15. And Scripture declares the difference.

The text, 'He who meditates on name as Brahman, for him there is

movement as he wishes as far as name extends,' &c. (Ch. Up. VII, 1 ff.),

declares that those who meditate on the series of symbols beginning with

name and ending with prâna attain to a result of limited nature and not

depending on any particular path. Those therefore who meditate on the

Intelligent either as mixed with the Non-intelligent or by itself,

viewing it either under the aspect of Brahman or as separated from

Brahman, are not led on by the conducting deities. On the other hand, it

remains a settled conclusion that the deities speed on their way those

who meditate on the highest Brahman and on the soul as separated from

Prakriti and having Brahman for its true Self.--Here terminates the

adhikarana of 'the effected.'

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