attainment of a qualitiless state, the means to it would be the
cognition of the sentence-meaning (chydrtha). If the
attainable is that possessing two characteristics (ubhaaligaka)
1he neans would be the meditation of it as such. Therefore
knowledge of the nature of liberation requires the knowledge
of what is rejated to it.
Therefore the mantra * YeyaH prete ... " has reference only to the question pertainiug to the nature of the freeतै but not merely to the nature of the individual soul, who is the agent and enjoyet required for the performance of actions, which have results enjoyable in the other world, and (who i: distiuct fron its body. Otherwise it must be noted that the test of allurings, bifers of provisions, manifold enjoyments and the showing that the object of his (Naciketas's) quest is extremely difficult to attain, will be foiled. verity, what Naciketas means here is as follows: Having heard from good souis that the individual soul on departing from its last body, becomes as one anifest with eight qualities of freedom from sin, & etc, "I questioned (Yama) abont the Fire leading to jiberation by the two questions beginning with "There is no fear at all in the world of Starge'. But now owing to contradictory statements of the disputants there arises the doubt in respect of it. Some maintain there is that soul of the form of one that is free fron sin which is described in the mantra "Swarglobe. 3b But there are others who assert - He is not ". Taught by you I would kuow this." This is the interpretation with which the passage in the reply " having heard of this nature of this Self aud well studied it the knower enjoys abandoning his body which is the result of his actions, attaining this subtlest (argumatra), and attaining his own nature with the eight characteristics of freedom from sin and etc." (R.U. . ii. 13), is in full accord. The meaning therefore is the same as is given below .
But some say that it is seen "In the Vedanta Shitra II. i. 4): It (the nature of the individual soul) is hidden on ccount of the Wi of the Supreme. Bondage and its reverse are truly due to it ", that the concealreat embordinately
