arcirādinā tatprathiteḥ ..4.3.1..

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SUTRA IV. 3. 1.

अर्चिरादिना तत्प्रथितेः॥४.३.१॥

arcirādinā tatprathiteḥ ..4.3.1..

… Archih-adina, by the path of the rays, etc. .. Tat, that … Prathiteh, being well-known.

1. The first stage on the Devayana path is Archis, because that is well-known. — 522.

COMMENTARY

Every sage goes to the world of Brahman by the path in which Archis is the first. Why do we say so? Because it is well known. In other passages of the Upanishad, also, whenever Devayana is described, it commences with Archis. Thus in the Chhandogya Upanishad, (V., 10. 1) we find Archis mentioned as the first stage of the path.

Those who know this thus, and those who perform works of faith and hardship (altruistically) in some secluded pleasant place go (after death) to Archis from Archis to day, from day to the light half of the moon, from the light half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to the north, from the six months when the sun goes to the north to the year, from the year to the sun, from the sun to the moon, from the moon to the lightning There is the person, the servant of God (Manu), he leads them to Brahman. This is the path of the Devas.

The above passage occurs in the Vidya of the five fires of the Chhandogya Upanishad. It, therefore, shows that even the worshippers of other Vidyas also go by the path beginning with Archis. In the Brahmatarka also we find the same:

There are only two paths well established and well-known; that which commences with Light for the passage of the wise and that which commences with smoke for the passage of those who perform (sacrificial) acts.

This being so whenever a different path is mentioned, there also we must supply the deficiency from other texts, in the same way as we did in the case of the attributes of the Lord, for though the subject-matter may be different, the Vidya is one. Therefore, all texts must be construed as commencing with Archiradi, otherwise there would be split in the sentence.

Adhikarana II — The thirteen stages on the path.

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