Chapter Four (चतुर्थोऽध्यायः॥)

विष्णुर्ब्रह्म तथाऽदातेत्येवं नित्यमुपासनम्‌। कार्यमापद्यपि ब्रह्म तेन यात्यपरोक्षताम्‌ ॥१॥

“Viṣṇu is Brahman and likewise the non-giver”—meditation in this manner is to be performed constantly, even in adversity. Through it, Brahman becomes directly apprehended.

प्रारब्धकर्मणोऽन्यस्य ज्ञानादेव परिक्षयः। अनिष्टस्योभयस्यापि सर्वस्यान्यस्य भोगतः ॥२॥

Karma other than prārabdha karma is completely destroyed through knowledge alone, as is undesirable karma of both kinds; all the rest is exhausted through experience.

उत्तरेषूत्तरेष्वेवं यावद्वायुं विमुक्तिगाः। प्रविश्य भुञ्जते भोगांस्तदन्तर्बहिरेव वा ॥३॥

वायुर्विष्णुं प्रविश्यैव भोगांश्चैवोत्तरोत्तरम्‌। उत्क्रम्य मानुषा मुक्तिं यान्ति देहक्षयात् सुराः ॥४॥

अर्चिरादिपथा वायुं प्राप्य तेन जनार्दनम्‌। यान्त्युत्तमा नरोच्चाद्या ब्रह्मलोकात् सहाऽमुना ॥५॥

Entering successively higher beings in this way, as far as Vāyu, those proceeding toward liberation experience karmic fruits either within that being or indeed outside it; Vāyu does so only upon entering Viṣṇu. Human beings, having also passed beyond the successively higher enjoyments, attain liberation upon the dissolution of the body. The gods—the highest souls, beginning with the highest among humans—having reached Vāyu by the path beginning with flame, go through him to Janārdana from Brahmaloka together with him.

यथासङ्कल्पभोगाश्च चिदानन्दशरीरिणः। जगत्सृष्ट्यादिविषये महासामर्थ्यमप्यृते ॥६॥

यथेष्टशक्तिमन्तश्च विना स्वाभाविकोत्तमान्‌। अनन्यवशगाश्चैव वृद्धिह्रासविवर्जिताः। दुःखादिरहितं नित्यं मोदन्तेऽविरतं सुखम्‌ ॥७॥

Their enjoyment accords with their will, and they possess bodies of consciousness and bliss, though they lack even great power with respect to the creation of the world and the like; possessing power according to their desire, subject to no other except those naturally superior, and free from increase and decrease, they rejoice uninterruptedly in eternal happiness devoid of sorrow and the like.

पूर्णप्रज्ञेन मुनिना सर्वशास्त्रार्थसङ्ग्रहः। कृतोऽयं प्रीयतां तेन परमात्मा रमापतिः ॥८॥

This compendium of the meanings of all the scriptures was composed by the sage Pūrṇaprajña. May the Supreme Self, the Lord of Ramā, be pleased with it.

नमो नमोऽशेषदोषदूरपूर्णगुणात्मने। विरिञ्चिशर्वपूर्वेड्‌यवन्द्याय श्रीवराय ते ॥९॥

Obeisance, obeisance to you, the Lord of Śrī, who are far removed from every defect, whose nature is replete with perfect qualities, and who are worthy of praise and reverence by Viriñci, Śarva, and others.

॥इति चतुर्थोऽध्यायः॥

Thus ends the fourth chapter.

इति श्रीमदानन्दतीर्थभगवत्पादाचार्यविरचितं ब्रह्मसूत्राणुभाष्यं सम्पूर्णम्‌

Thus the Aṇubhāṣya on the Brahma Sūtras, composed by the venerable Ānandatīrtha Bhagavatpādācārya, is complete.