With reference to the Yogins, these two courses are spoken of in Smritis and they depend upon their remembrance.

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22. With reference to the Yogins, these two courses are spoken of in Smritis and they depend upon their remembrance.

(These two courses refer to the two classes of) Yogins and also depend upon their remembrance (of the routes as described by Smritis.

The routes leading to Brahman and Moon are not merely under the control of time; but they differ according as the Yogins are those that follow knowledge, or those that follow Karma (action). Further the routes are travelled according as they are remembered at the end, which is seen by the distinguishing attributes used (viz., Yogin and Brahmavid) in the following Gita verses: “Fire, light, the day, the bright half of the month, the six months, the Northern progress — those people that having known (seen) Brahman travel by this route, go to Brahman” (Gita. VIII. 24-25); “Smoke, night, the dark half of the month, the six months, the Southern progress; the Yogin travelling by this route reaches Moon and comes back.” It is said also in the Adhyatma: “By the remembrance of the path, the departing soul certainly goes to Brahman or Moon; but this route is obtained only when such remembrance is secured at least in another life in the case of him who at death does not possess it.”

End of the Second Pada

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FOURTH ADHYAYA

THIRD PADA

In this Pada, the route and that which is to be reached are described.

1. (The departed wise goes to Brahman by the one path only) commencing with Light, on account of that being widely known (being distinctly stated in Shruti and Smriti).

“They go to Light, from Light to the Day; from the Day to the waxing (bright) half of the month” (Ch. V. 10. 1). Thus Light is declared to be the first (that is reached).” When the wise person (soul) departs from this body, he reaches Vayu (called Pravaha) ” (Bri. VII. 10. 1). This text appears to say that the departed first goes to Vayu. (But) here the reaching of Light only is the first stage. The Brahma Tarka has the following: There are only two paths established, 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, as conclusively known from a thoroughly sound enquiry into all the Vedas. Fire and Light are the two forms in which the deity Agni remains in the same city (region). The wise going to Brahman first reaches Fire and then Light before going to others; for the venerable one is in the same city in two forms; and Soma to be hereafter spoken of being the son of Agni, no inconsistency arises.

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