Chapter 4 Section 3 Adhikarana 4
Adhikarana 4 of Chapter 4, Section 3. Deities identified with the flame
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WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 4.3 · Verse 4.3.4
आतिवाहिकाः, तल्लिङ्गात् ॥ ४ ॥
(These are) deities conducting the soul (on the path of the gods), on account of indicatory marks to that effect.
Brahma Sutra 4.3.5
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 4.3 · Verse 4.3.5
उभयव्यामोहात्तत्सिद्धेः ॥ ५ ॥
(That deities are meant in those texts) is established, because both ( i.e. the traveller and the path) are benumbed ( i.e. unconscious).
Brahma Sutra 4.3.6
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 4.3 · Verse 4.3.6
वैद्युतेनैव ततः, तच्छ्रुतेः ॥ ६ ॥
From thence (the souls are guided) by the very same (superhuman) person who comes to lightning, that being known from the Sruti.