Epilogue
vardhasva kalpaga samam samantat
kurusva tapa-ksatim acritanam tvad-agga-sagkirni-karah paras ta himsra lasad-yukti-kutharikabhih
tree that fulfills all desires, please extend yourself in all directions. To they who take shelter of you please give the shade that stops all troubles. The glistening axes of logic have now cut away the underbrush that choked you Pada 3
Introduction by Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana na vina sadhanair devo
jnana-vairagya-bhaktibhih dadati sva-padam criman atas tani budhah crayet
The glorious Supreme Personality of Godhead does not give residence in His abode to they who do not follow the path of devotion, knowledge, and renunciation. Therefore the wise should take shelter of that path.
In the previous two chapters was explained the truth that the entire Vedanta philosophy describes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the only creator of the material world, completely faultless, a jewel mine of transcendental virtues, eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, the supreme person, and meditated on by they who seek liberation. In those chapters all opposing views were refuted, and the real nature of the Supreme was described.
In this third chapter will be described the spiritual practices that should be followed in order to attain the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The most important of these are thirst to attain the Supreme Lord and a disinterest in what has no relation to the Lord. That is explained in the first two padas. in the first pada, in order to show that one should renounce the world, the various defects of material existence are explained. In this connection the description of the soul's travels from one kind of material body to another kind of material body are quoted from the PaYcagni- vidya chapter of the Chandogya Upanisad. In the second pada, in order to show that one should love the Supreme Lord, the Lord's many glories and virtues will be described. In the PaYcagni- vidya portion of the Chandogya Upanisad (Adhyaya 5, khandas 3-10) are described the individual souls departure for another world and return to this world.
Samcaya (doubt): When the individual soul goes to the next world does he take his subtle body with him or not?
Purvapaksa (the opponent speaks): The soul does not take the subtle body with him. Siddhanta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sutras gives His conclusion.