111. II.) PRASNOPANISHAD-BHASHYA 93 and this has been stated in the Sutra " It (the breath) in the controller (soul) on account of its approach to him and others (V.S. IV. ii. 4) and the meaning of the Sūtra is explained in the Commentary on that topic (adhikaraņa) thus : "There the prima facie view is as follows "Just as speech and mind merge only in the mind and breath (respectively) in accordance with the passage The speech merges in the mind and the mind in the breath' (Ch. Up. VI viii. 6.) similarly on account of the passage : 'the breath (merges) in the light' (Ch. Up. IV. viii. 6.) the breath merges in the light alone." In reply to this view, we state 'It (merges) in the controller' (V.S. IV. ii. 4). The breath perges in the controller of the organs, that is, in the soul. Because of its going to him and others,' prāna is stated in the scriptures as going to the soul. "In the same manner verily to this soul at the time of death all breaths go forth." Likewise the going-out of breath (Brh. Up. IV. iii. 38) along with the soul is stated : "When he goes out the breath goes out following him" (Brh. Up. IV. iv. 2). and the estab. lishmenent of the breath together with the soul is also stated thus : "At the time of whose going upward I shall be going out and on account of whose establishment I shall be establi- sbed" (Praśna Up. IV. 3). This mergerce breath in the light after its contact with the soul is stated here in the passage - The breath (merges) in the light." As the state. ment" That the Yamunā goes to the ocean" is not improper though the Yamunā goes to the ocean after joining the Ganges, even so (here)." (Sri-Bhāşya IV. ii. 4) Still it can be seen it is proper to mention the soul as going to the breath, as this passage chiefly concerns the extolling of Breath. prānas tejasa...: Then in the manger (mentioned) in the passage 'breath merges in the light and the light in the Supreme Godhead' (Ch. Up. VI. viii. 6), conjoined with the light and Supreme Self, the breath leads the dying person to this or that world according to his will. Since thus the breath is the cause of leading upwards (to other worlds) only 5
