Establishment of Brahman 3.260

3.260

iti, tathā ‘tameva viditvāti mṛtyumeti'; iti vacanāt /
apunarāvṛtti śrutistarhi katham? atra kecinmanyate ---
kramamuktyāśrayaṇāttatprāpya tatrotpannanirupādhitattvajñānāḥ paraṃ padamaśnuvate /
yathoktam ---

thus [it is said], and likewise because of the statement: 'Knowing Him alone, one transcends death.' / How then is there the scriptural text regarding non-return? Here some consider: / By resorting to gradual liberation, having attained that [world], those in whom the knowledge of reality devoid of limiting adjuncts has arisen there attain the supreme state. / As it is said—