लिङ्गाच् च
And also because of the indications.
आत्मेति तूपगच्छन्ति ग्राहयन्ति च
They understand and instruct that it is the Self.
न प्रतीके न हि सः
Not in a symbol, for he is not there.
ब्रह्मदृष्टिर् उत्कर्षात्
The vision of Brahman is due to its excellence.
आदित्यादिमतयश् चाङ्ग उपपत्तेः
And the meditations on the sun and others, O friend, are justified.
आसीनः संभवात्
Seated, because it is possible.
ध्यानाच् च
And also because of meditation.
अचलत्वं चापेक्ष्य
And considering the requirement of immobility.
स्मरन्ति च
And they remember it.
यत्रैकाग्रता तत्राविशेषात्
Where there is concentration, there is no distinction.
आप्रयाणात् तत्रापि हि दृष्टम्
Even up to departure, this is indeed observed.
तदधिगम उत्तरपूर्वाघयोर् अश्लेषविनाशौ तद्व्यपदेशात्
Upon attaining that, the previous and subsequent sins are destroyed by non-contact, as stated.
इतरस्याप्य् एवम् असंश्लेषः पाते तु
For the other as well, there is no contact at the time of the fall.
अनारब्धकार्ये एव तु पूर्वे तदवधेः
But only for those whose actions have not begun, the earlier ones are limited to that.
अग्निहोत्रादि तु तत्कार्यायैव तद्दर्शनात्
But the Agnihotra and similar rites are only for their own results, as seen.
अतो ऽन्यापि ह्य् एकेषाम् उभयोः
Therefore, for some, there are also others for both.
यद् एव विद्ययेति हि
Because it is indeed by knowledge.
भोगेन त्व् इतरे क्षपयित्वाथ संपद्यते
But after exhausting the others through enjoyment, then one attains (the result).
वाङ्मनसि दर्शनाच् छब्दाच् च
Speech merges into mind, as is seen and as is declared.
अत एव सर्वाण्यनु
Therefore, all (the senses) follow accordingly.
तन्मनः प्राण उत्तरात्
That mind (merges) into prāṇa, as stated in the subsequent section.
सो ऽध्यक्षे तदुपगमादिभ्यः
He is the witness, as is known from approach and other (statements).
भूतेषु तच्छ्रुतेः
In the elements, as is heard (in scripture).
नैकस्मिन् दर्शयतो हि
For it is not shown in one alone.
समाना चासृत्युपक्रमाद् अमृतत्वं चानुपोष्य
And because of the same entry and beginning, and because immortality is not attained without fasting.
तदापीतेः संसारव्यपदेशात्
Because of the designation of transmigration at the time of drinking (soma).
सूक्ष्मं प्रमाणतश् च तथोपलब्धेः
Because it is subtle, and so perceived according to valid means of knowledge.
नोपमर्देनातः
Not by destruction, therefore.
अस्यैव चोपपत्तेर् ऊष्मा
And because of the appropriateness in this very (context), the warmth (ūṣmā).
प्रतिषेधाद् इति चेन् न शारीरात् स्पष्टो ह्येकेषाम्
If it is objected, 'because of denial,' it is not so; for in some cases, it is clearly from the embodied (self).