12. And because Scripture declares it.

And Scripture moreover directly declares that the soul which has

departed by way of the artery in the upper part of the head and passed

along the path of the Gods reaches the highest Brahman: 'This serene

being having risen from the body, having reached the highest light

manifests itself in its own shape' (Ch. Up. VIII, 12, 3).--Against the

contention that the text 'I enter the hall of Prajâpati, the house'

shows that he who proceeds on the path beginning with light aims at the

effected Brahman, the next Sûtra argues.

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