The eligibility for wisdom) does not belong to all.

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10. (The eligibility for wisdom) does not belong to all.

All do not possess the eligibility (for attaining that wisdom which leads to heaven).

11. The division (among the individuals as eligible and ineligible) exists as in the case of the hundred (eligible for the Soma offering).

From the following, it will be understood that though the desire of eternal happiness (and other blessings) is general, still in the matter of eligibility for knowledge, there is a division among the souls admitted on authority: “There are indeed nine crores of gods; but of them, only a hundred are eligible for performing sacrifices with soma offerings prescribed in the Vedas (or eligible for a share in the soma libations poured out in sacrifices); and the two Brahmans (Brahma and Brahman) are also eligible.in addition to the hundred. Similarly innumerable are the beings of the world; but only an infinitely small number of them being devoted to the feet of Vishnu, is declared eligible for knowledge.”

Who (else) is then eligible?

12. The eligibility belongs to him (alone) who has studied all the Vedas (to the extent of his capability).

“He who is not devoted to Vishnu, who is destitute of dutifulness to his preceptor, who is devoid of tranquility and other virtues, as well as one who is not of the three twice-born classes, is not eligible for the study of the Vedas or for the performance of Vedic duties; therefore, he who is possessed of Vedic learning together with the virtues mentioned above is certainly considered by the wise to be fit for the knowledge of Brahman to be derived by means of the Vedas” (Brahma Tarka). The Kausharava Shruti speaks to the same effect: “He shall read the Vedas; he shall study their meaning; then having made enquiries, he shall reach Brahman.”

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