शब्दादिभेदाधिकरणम् २४
नाना शब्दादिभेदात् ॥ ५६ ॥
सद्विद्याभूमविद्यादीनां ब्रह्मण एकस्यैवोपास्यत्वे तत्प्राप्तेरेव फलत्वेऽप्युपास्यप्रकारभेदाद्विद्याभेद्ः| प्रकारभेदश्च शब्दान्तराद्यनुबन्धभेदादवगभ्यते । पूर्वकाण्डोदितमपि ज्ञानस्याविधेयत्वं ब्रुवतां निरासायेदं पुनरारब्धम् ॥
विकल्पाधिकणम् २५
विकल्पोऽविशिष्टफलत्वात् ॥ ५७ ॥
V -18-1). But it speaks of the evil consequences of that thus, 'Your head wou1d have fallen off, if you had not come to me' (Chand. V-12-2).
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56. Naanaa sabdaadibhedaat
The meditations are different; because they are called by different names etc. In Sadvidyaa, Bhumavidyaa, etc., the Brahman alone is to be meditated upon and the fruit thereof is His attainment alone. But these Vidyaas are different from each other; because the modes of the chief object (Brahman) of meditations are distinct from each other. That the modes are different has been determined by their denotation by different words etc. This topic was once dealt with in the Purvakaanda of the Mimaamsaa with reference to the sacrifices, yet it is dealt with again here to dispel the mistaken idea of certain groups of philosophers namely, that the Vedaanta texts do not enjoin the knowledge (meditation).
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57. Vikalpovisistaphalatvaat
