Aphorisms on Brahman 96.3.p110

96.3.p110

aprastutapratibandhaprastutapratibandhaśabdoktaprārabdhakarmābhāve | aparokṣajñānamaihikaṃ śravaṇādīnāṃ sampūrtijanmanyeva bhavati | pratibandhe tu janmāntare bhavati | kutaḥ taddarśanāt "śrutvā’ iti (sauparṇa) śrutau tathā pratipādanādityarthaḥ |

"When an obstacle is not present": when there is an absence of prārabdha-karma referred to by the word "present obstacle." Direct knowledge is "of this world": it occurs in the very lifetime of completing hearing and the other [means]. But when there is an obstacle, it occurs in another lifetime. Why? "Because of that being seen": because it is taught thus in the revelation, "having heard..." (Sauparṇa recension); this is the meaning.