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श्छन्दतो नेतव्यः ; **एतं देवयानं पन्थानमापद्य' इति वाक्यखण्डात् प्रागनुगमयितव्य इत्यथैः ॥ चोदयति---- गतेरर्थवत्त्वमुभयथा; अन्यथा हि विरोधः ॥ २९ ॥ देवयानगतिश्रुतेरर्थवत्त्वमुभयत्र चिन्तायामेव 1 *अम्यथा देहवियोग- काल एव चिन्तायां तस्मिन्नेव सर्वकर्मक्षयात् देहाभावेन गतिर्नोपपद्यत इतेि हि गतिश्रुतिविरोधः ॥
to be considered so as to suit the convenience. This means tbat this passage must be taken as coming before the earlier passage 'Having reached that path of the gods' (Kau. 1-21). Then the following objection is put- 29. Gaterarthavatvamubhayatha; anyatha hi virodhah There is a meaning in the soul's going, only on the two.fold hypothesis; for otherwise there is contradic- tion. The scriptural text referring to the journey through the path of gods, will be sensible only when the leaving of the deeds is accepted to take place on two different occasions. Otherwise if it is considered to take place at the time of death, then all his deeds must perish at that time. Then as he has no body_ he cannot proceed by any path. Hence there will be contradic. tion regarding the journey, as stated in the scriptural texts. 1 अभिप्रपद्य M 2, 3. * अन्यत्र M 2, . · 8fRl!l M 2.
