tadetaccāturvarṇyaṃ sṛṣṭam - brahma kṣatraṃ viṭśūdra iti;uttarārthaṃ upasaṃhāraḥ yattatsraṣṭṛ brahma, tadagninaivanānyena rūpeṇa deveṣu brahma, brāhmaṇajātirabhavat | brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇasvarūpeṇa manuṣyeṣu brahmābhavat, itareṣu varṇeṣu vikārāntaraṃ prāpya, kṣatriyeṇa kṣatriyo 'bhavadindrādidevatādhiṣṭhitaḥ, vaiśyena vaiśyaḥ, śūdreṇa śūdraḥ | yasmātkṣatrādiṣu vikārāpannam, agnau brāhmaṇa e cāvikṛtaṃ sraṣṭṛ brahma, tasmādagnāveva deveṣu devānāṃ madhye lokaṃ karmaphalam, icchantyagnisambaddhaṃ karma kṛtvetyarthaḥ | tadarthameva hi tadbrahma karmādhikaraṇatvenāgnirūpeṇa vyavasthitam | tasmāt tasminnagnau karma kṛtvā tatphalaṃ prārthayanta ityetadupapannam |
brahmaṇe manuṣyeṣu - manuṣyāṇāṃ punarmadhye karmaphalecchāyāṃ nāgnyādinimittakriyāpekṣā, kiṃ tarhi? jātimātrasvarūpapratilambhenaiva puruṣārthasiddhiḥ |
yatra nu devādhīnā puruṣārthasiddhiḥ, tatraivāgnyādisambaddhakriyāpekṣā |
smṛteśca - "japyenaiva tu saṃsidhyedbrāhmaṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ |
kuryādanyanna vā kuryānmaitro brāhmaṇa ucyate ||
" (manu.2 | 87) iti | pārivrājyadarśanācca | tasmādbrahmaṇatva eva manuṣyeṣu lokaṃ karmaphalamicchanti | yasmādetābhyāṃ hi brāhmaṇāgnirūpābhyāṃ karmakartradhikaraṇarūpābhyāṃ yatsraṣṭṛ brahma sākṣādabhavat | atra tu paramātmalokamagnau brāhmaṇe cecchantīti kecit | tadasat, avidyādhikāre karmādhikārārthaṃ varṇavibhāgasya prastutatvāt, pareṇa ca viśeṣaṇāt;yadi hyatra lokaśabdena para evātmocyeta, pareṇa viśeṣaṇamanarthakaṃ syāt'svaṃ lokamadṛṣṭvā'iti | svalokavyatiriktaścedagnyadhīnatayā prārthyamānaḥ prakṛto lokaḥ, tataḥ svam, iti yuktaṃ viśeṣaṇam, prakṛtaparalokanivṛttyarthatvāt;svatvena cāvyabhicārātparamātmalokasya, avidyākṛtānāṃ ca svatvavyabhicārāt | bravīti ca karmakṛtānāṃ vyabhicāram-'kṣīyata eva'iti | brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā varṇāḥ karmārtham;tacca karma dharmākhyaṃ sarvāneva kartavyatayā niyantṛ puruṣārthasādhanaṃ va | tasmāttenaiva cetkarmaṇā svo lokaḥ paramātmākhyo 'vidito 'pi prāpyate, kiṃ tasyaiva padanīyatvena kriyata ityata āha-atheti pūrvapakṣavinivṛttyarthaḥ;yaḥ kaścit, ha vai asmātsaṃsārikāmakarmahetukādagnyadhīnakarmābhimānatayā vā brāhmaṇajātimātrakarmābhimānatayā vā āgantukādasvabhūtāllokāt, svaṃ lokamātmākhyam ātmatvenāvyabhicāritvāt, adṛṣṭā -'ahaṃ brahmāsmi'iti, praiti mriyate;sa yadyapi svo lokaḥ, avidito 'vidyayā vyavahito 'sva ivājñātaḥ enam - saṅkhyāpūraṇa iva laukika ātmānam na bhunakti na pālayati śokamohabhayādidoṣāpanayena | yathā ca loke vedo 'nanukto 'nadhītaḥ karmādyavabodhakatvena na bhunakti, anyadvā laukikaṃ kṛṣyādi karmākṛtaṃ svātmanānabhivyañjitam ātmīyaphalapradānena na bhunakti, evamātmā svo lokaḥ svenaiva nityātmasvarūpeṇānabhivyañjito 'vidyādi prahāṇena na bhunaktyeva | nanu kiṃ svalokadarśananimittaparipālanena? karmaṇaḥ phalaprāptidhrauvyāt, iṣṭaphalanimittasya ca karmaṇo bāhulyāt, tannimittaṃ pālanamakṣayaṃ bhaviṣyati | tanna, kṛtasya kṣayavattvāt;ityetadāha - yadiha vai saṃsāre 'dbhutavatkaścinmahātmāpi, anevaṃvit-svaṃ lokaṃ yathoktena vidhinā avidvān, mahadbahu aśvamedhādi puṇyaṃ karma iṣṭaphalameva nairantaryeṇa karoti,'anenaivānantyaṃ mama bhaviṣyati'iti, tatkarma hāsyāvidyāvato 'vidyājanitakāmahetutvāt svapnadarśanavibhramodbhūtavibhūtivadantato 'nte phalopabhogasya kṣīyata eva | tatkāraṇayoravidyākāmayoścalatvāt, kṛtakṣayaghnauvyopapattiḥ | tasmānna puṇyakarmaphalapālanānantyāśā astyeva | ata ātmānameva svaṃ lokam -'ātmānam'iti'svaṃ lokam'ityasminnarthe, svaṃ lokamiti prakṛtatvāt, iha ca svaśabdasyāprayogāt - upāsīta | sa ya ātmānameva lokamupāste, tasya kim? ityucyate - na hāsya karma kṣīyate;karmābhāvādeva, iti nityānuvādaḥ | yathāviduṣaḥ karmakṣayalakṣaṇaṃ saṃsāraduḥkhaṃ santatameva,na tathā tadasya vidyata ityarthaḥ | "mithilāyāṃ pradīptāyāṃ na me dahyati kiñcana"iti yadvat | svātmalokopāsakasya viduṣo vidyāsaṃyogātkarmaiva na kṣīyata ityapare varṣayanti | lokaśabdārthaṃ ca karmasamavāyinaṃ dvidhā parikalpayanti kila eko vyākṛtāvasthā karmāśrayo loko hairaṇyagarbhākhyaḥ, taṃ karmasamavāyinaṃ lokaṃ vyākṛtaṃ paricchinnaṃ ya upāste, tasya kila paricchinnaṃ ya upāste, tasya kila paricchinnakarmātmadarśinaḥ karma kṣīyate | tameva karmasamavāyinaṃ lokamavyākṛtāvasthaṃ kāraṇarūpamāpādya yastūpāste, tasyāparicchinnakarmātmadarśitvāttasya yastūpāste, tasyāparicchinnakarmātmadarśitvāttasya karma na kṣīyata iti | bhavatīyaṃ śobhanā kalpanā na tu śrautī | svalokaśabdena prakṛtasya paramātmano 'bhihitatvāt | svaṃ lokamiti prastutya svaśabdaṃ vihāyātmaśabdaprakṣepeṇa punastasyaiva pratinirdeśādātmānameva lokamupāsīteti | tatra karmasamavāyilokakalpanāyā anavasara eva | pareṇa ca kevalavidyāviṣayeṇa viśeṣaṇāt -"kiṃ prajayā kariṣyāmo yeṣāṃ no 'yamātmāyaṃ lokaḥ"(bṛ.u.4 | 4 | 22) ithi | putrakarmāparavidyākṛtebhyo hi lokebhyo viśinaṣṭi'ayamātmā no lokaḥ'iti | "na hāsya kenacana karmaṇā loko mīyata eṣo 'sya paramo lokaḥ"iti ca | taiḥ saviśeṣaṇairasyaikavākyatā yuktā, ihāpi svaṃ lokamiti viśeṣaṇadarśanāt | asmātkāmayata ityayuktamiti cet - iha svo lokaḥ paramātmā, tadupāsanātsa eva bhavatīti sthite, yadyatkāmayate tattadasmādātmanaḥ sṛjata ithi tadātmaprāptivyatirekeṇa phalavacanamayuktamiti cet, na;svalokopāsanastutiparatvat svasmādeva lokātsarvamiṣṭaṃ sampadyata ityarthaḥ;nānyadataḥ prārthanīyamāptakāmatvāt,"ātmataḥ prāṇa ātmata āśā" (chā.u.7 | 23 | 1) ityādi śrutyantare yathā |
sarvātmabhāvapradarśanārtho vā pūrvavat |
yadi hi para evātmā sampadyate tadā yuktaḥ asmāddhyevātmanaḥ ityātmaśabdaprayogaḥ, svasmādeva prakṛtādātmano lokādityevamarthaḥ |
anyathā'avyākṛtāvasthātkarmaṇo lokāt'iti saviśeṣaṇamavakṣyāt prakṛtaparamātmalokavyāvṛttaye vyākṛtāvasthāvyāvṛttaye ca |
na hyasminprakṛte viśeṣite 'śrutāntarālāvasthāpratipattuṃ śakyate || 15 ||
atho ayaṃ vā ātmā | atrāvidvān varṇāśramādyabhimāno dharmeṇa niyamyamāno devādikarmakartavyatayā paśuvatparatantra ityuktam | kāni punastāni karmāṇi yatkartavyatayā paśuvatparatantro bhavati? ke vā te devādayo yeṣāṃ karmabhiḥ paśuvadupakaroti? iti tadubhayaṃ prapañcayati-
