The teacher Jaimini holds that the Released one has a body and senses;
because the text declares manifoldness--'He is onefold, he is threefold,
he is fivefold, he is sevenfold' (Ch. Up. VII, 26, 2). The Self which is
one and indivisible cannot be manifold, and the various forms of
manifoldness of which the text speaks therefore must depend on the body.
The text which speaks of the absence of a body refers to the absence of
that body only which is due to Karman; for this latter body only is the
cause of pleasure and pain. Next the Reverend Bâdarâyana decides this
point by the declaration of his own view.
12. For this reason Bâdarâyana (holds him to be) of both kinds; as in
the case of the twelve days' sacrifice.
'For this reason,' i.e. for the reason that the text refers to the wish
of the Released, the Reverend Bâdarâyana is of opinion that the Released
may, at his liking, be with or without a body. This satisfies both kinds
of texts. The case is analogous to that of the twelve days' sacrifice
which, on the basis of twofold texts--'Those desirous of prosperity are
to celebrate the dvâdasâha,' and 'The priest is to offer the dvâdasâha
for him who desires offspring'--belongs, according to difference of wish,
either to the sattra or the ahîna class of sacrifices.--The next Sûtra
declares that the body and the sense-organs of the Released are not
necessarily created by the Released himself.
13. In the absence of a body, as in the state of dream; that being
possible.
As in the absence of a body and other instruments of enjoyment created
by himself, the Released may undergo experiences of pleasure by means of
instruments created by the highest Person, the Released, although
capable of realising all his wishes, may not himself be creative. As in
the state of dream the individual soul has experiences depending on
chariots and other implements created by the Lord ('He creates chariots,
horses,' &c., Bri. Up. IV, 3, 10); thus the released soul also may have
experience of different worlds created by the Lord engaged in playful
sport.