84 Notes on Gandapada-Karika as a whole, and ensures salvation for the individual as well (दक्षप्रभृतयस्त्वाश्रमाः परमार्था इति समर्थयन्ते । Anandagiri. दक्ष was the first great patriarch to introduce the system of आश्रमs in society accord- ing to some Puráņas ). The आश्रमs mentioned in III. 10 below are not to be confused with the आश्रमs referred to here. [ 31 ] स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकम् by the लैङगs : these are the grammarians, according to Anandagiri, who say that everything in this world can be classified into one of the three classes, male, female and neuter ( वैयाकरणास्तु स्त्रीनपुंसकं शब्दजातं तत्वमिति वर्णयन्ति ), followers of पाणिनि- a. Perhaps the remote ancestors of modern Freudists are meant here ; those who regard the highest तत्त्व as nothing but sex- urge which animates the world. These can take their stand upon passages like असत्यमप्रतिष्ठं ते जगदाहुरनीश्वरम् । अपरस्परसंभूतं किमन्यत्काम- हेतुकम्| Gità XVI.8, by interpreting the same to suit their own views. [32] परापरम् by some ; द्वे ब्रह्मणी वेदितव्ये परं चापरं चेति केचित् ( Anandagiri ). Perhaps, we should read परापरं here, and the reference might be to the passage, भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिश्छिद्यन्ते सर्वसंशया क्षीयन्ते चास्य कर्माणि तस्मिन्दृष्टे परावरे || Mundaka II. 2-8. पर and अपर ब्रह्म are mentioned in the Prasnopanisad V. 2, एतद्वै सत्यकाम परं चापरं च ब्रह्म... ( 28 ) [33 ) सृष्टि : by the सृष्टिविद् in whose eyes the problem of creation looms large ; these are presumably the worshippers of Brahmadeva, the creator. P4 : लयः by the लयविद्s, the worshippers of महेश, the destroyer of the world. (35] स्थिति: by the स्थितिविद्, the worshippers of Vişnu who looks to the maintenance of the world. सृष्टिर्वा लयो वा स्थितिर्वातत्त्वमिति पौराणिका: ( Anandagiri ). These thirty-five विकल्पs and similar others are always being continuously associated with the Highest by ignorant and semi- ignorant thinkers. ( 29 ) Gaudapāda here points out that in accordance with the dictum यो यच्छूद्धः स एव सः ( Gita XVI. 3), persons entertaining any विकल्प about the Atman, secure that विकल्प as their goal, and fail to reach the highest reality, The Karika ( especially the second half
