V. 7.1 PRASNOPANISEAD-BHASHYA 51 Sāntam: free from the six waves (viz kāma, krodha, Lobha, moha, mada, and mātsarya) ajaram : free ſro:n old age and death abhayam : fearless in respect of anything Param: Transcendent, higher than all on account of its being the cause of all. He also attains that Brahman (which has the above attributes) is the meaning. It is explained by the revered author of the Brahma Sūtras (Bhagavān Bādarāyaṇa) under the Sūtra "Ikşati. karma vyapadesát sah" (I. iii. 12) "He is the object of percep- tion on account of being stated to be the Supreme Self" that this context refers only to the Supreme Self. Now the Sutra is explained in the Sri Bhäsya' on it thus : + The followers of the Atharva-veda, in the section containiug the question asked by Satyakāma, read as follows: "He again who meditates with this syllable OM with three mătrās on the highest person, he comes to light and to the Sun, As a snake frees itself from its skin, so he frees himself from evil. He is led up by the Saman verses to the Brahman-world; he sees the person dwelling in the Castle who is higher than the pure soul that is higher than the individual souls concreted with bodies "{Praśna Up. V. 2). "Here the terms he meditates' and he sees' have the same object for seeing " is the result of devout meditation, 1. Ajara : undecaying or that which does not suffer from old age. I. Thibaut translated the sutra wrongly taking Ikpatikarma-bya. padesāt as one word as in the Buanya of Sri Sankara instead nf taking it ex iwo words according to Sri Ramáutja ic, Iksat karma saķ the iksatikarna 19 He because of vyapadeśa as lie himself read it ou page 31". 2. The entire adhikarana is bere reproduced from Thibaut's translation of the Sri Bhāşya (p. 311-314) but changes have been effected at certain places which have been found to be incorrect is his translation. 8. Changes. p. 811 lide fast insert before individuals 'pure soul higher then and delete ou p. 812 first line and higher than those 4 & 5. Thibaut : Vedānta Satras (of Romaguja Commentary) 1 p 31211ac 3 ippert' for ' and delete the same belore 'according to
