The soul descends partly by the same path as it ascended and partly by a different path. — 300.

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SUTRA III. 1. 9.

यथेतमनेवं च॥३.१.९॥

yathetamanevaṃ ca ..3.1.9..

.. Yatha, as. Itam, gone, went. … Anevam, not thus, by different steps. Cha, and.

9. The soul descends partly by the same path as it ascended and partly by a different path. — 300.

COMMENTARY

The soul, returning from the Chandra-world, with a remainder of its work, does so by the path it went but not wholly in that way, but by a different way also. The ascent takes place by the following stages: smoke, night, etc., as mentioned in the following verses of the Chhandogya Upanishad, V., 10. 3 and 4.

Bat they who living in a village practise (a life of) sacrifices, works of public utility, and alms, they go to the smoke, from smoke to night, from night to the dark half of the moon, from the dark half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to south. But they do not reach the year.

From the months they go to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to the ether, from the ether to the moon. That is Somaraja. Here they are eaten by the Devas, yes, the Devas eat them.

The method of descent, given in the next verse, shows that it agrees to a certain extent with the way of ascent, namely, so far as smoke and ether are concerned, for those two are common to both the ascending and descending paths. But on the descending line, there is no mention of the night or the dark half of the moon and the rest. On the other hand, there is the additional mention of the cloud, the rain and the rest. This shows that the journey on the descending path, is partly by the same road as the soul ascended, and partly by a different road.

SUTRA III. 1. 10.

चरणादिति चेन्नोपलक्षणार्थेति कार्ष्णाजनिः॥३.१.१०॥

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