Aphorisms on Brahman 44.43

44.43

iha tu - brahmavit brahmaiva bhavati brahmavidāpnoti paraṃ tarati śokamātmavit
jñātvā śivaṃ śāntimatyantameti tattvamasi ityādiśabdāt śrutau
niravayavabrahmopāsakānāṃ brahmātmakatvavyapadeśāt loharasādinyāyavat
tadupāsanamahimnā svābhāvikajīvabhāvanivṛttipūrvaka-śivatatvaprāptisambhavāt
pāśabaddhajīvavanna punarāvṛttiḥ | umāsahāyaṃ dhyātvā munirgachati bhūtayoniṃ
samastasākṣiṃ tamasaḥ parastāt iti śrutau mūrtaparaśivabrahmopāsakānāṃ viduṣāṃ
tamaśśabdavācyaguṇatrayasāmyāvasthārūpaprakṛtivilakṣaṇa##-
yāvadāyuṣaṃ brahmalokamabhisampadyate na ca punarāvartate na ca punarāvartate
ityādiśrutiṣu mūrtamaheśvaropāsakānāṃ talloke tena saha sarvakāmān avāpyalabdhā
tadanantaraṃ tallokādeva bhramarakīṭanyāyavat śivajñānapurṇabhāvena
sarvaparipūrṇaśivasāyujyasiddhidarśanācca mūrtaparaśivopāsakānāmapi
baddhajīvavatpunarāvṛttirna sambhavati iti sūtrasūcitasūkṣmārthaḥ |