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<p>Added {content_identifier} content</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>English Translation of Abhinavgupta&#039;s Sanskrit Commentary By Dr. S. Sankaranarayan<br /> 8.16 A Brhma etc. [This verse] has been interpreted by all as &#039;There is r<br /> irth even for those who have reached the world of Brhma (the personal god).&#039; If this interpretation is accepted, then it would amount to the proposition that going to the worlds that are higher than that [of Brahma], is emancipation [from r<br /> irth]. However according to us, with our inner sight blurred by the powerful darkness of doubt, this interpretation does not seem to touch the heart [of the text]. Hence, the following is the wick of the lamp brought from the Agama literature : Till Brahman : Till the status of the Supreme Brahman is attained. Till then all are subject to return (to r<br /> irth) from each and every world, whether it lies adjacently, or above or below [the world of Brahman]; men run round like a wheel wandering without stop from one place to another. <br /> But who knows in this manner viz., &#039;from all the world there is return&#039; ? For, it is heard [in the Puranas] that [the personal gods like] Brahma etc., themselves exist indeed for a very long period. How is it that they too are subject to return again ? If they are subject to return, will they not be of the nature of having birth and death ? Expecting this objection, [the Lord] says :</div>

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