That they are conductors is established on the ground of both other alternatives being (untenable, since) confused. — 526.

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Those who die in the night-time cannot have connection with the day, etc., and consequently they cannot have connection with light or Archis, etc. Therefore, Archis and the rest cannot be the landmarks, more so as they are not fixed. Moreover, light and the rest being unintelligent objects and incapable of being guides, cannot be individuals. Since both these views are open to objections, it follows that the third view, namely, that they are conducting divinities, is the right view, as established by the Scriptures.

Note: A man dying in the night-time cannot have connection with the day, so if «day» be a landmark, then to such a man it is no landmark. Similarly, if a man dies in the daytime of the new-moon day, he can have no connection with the moon, because there is no moon visible then. To such a man the «moon» cannot be a landmark. Moreover, landmarks are permanent immovable thugs, while these are constantly changing, so they cannot be landmarks. Nor can they be persons, because they are unintelligent objects. Therefore, they must be taken in the sense of conducting divinities.

Adhikarana V — The Amanava Purusha or the spiritual messenger of God conies down to the plane of lightning to receive the soul

Doubt: The question next to be answered is: Whether the Amanava Purusha, the Not-human Being appointed by the Supreme Person, comes down to the plane of Archis, to carry the soul of the devotees upwards, or does he come down only up to the plane of Vidyut (Lightning)?

Purvapaksha: The opponent holds the view, that since there are instances of the messengers of the Lord coming down even up to the physical plane, to carry the souls of persons like Ajamila, and the rest, to heaven, it is natural to suppose that the non-human conductor comes down, as a rule, up to the plane of Archis. In fact, this messenger of the Lord welcomes the soul at the very entrance, as soon as it goes out of the physical and steps into the non-physical.

Siddhanta: This view is refuted in the next Sutra.

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