1932 Verse 3088

Original

स्वर्गादौ मतभेदश्च विप्राणामपि दृश्यते ।
लभ्यते नार्थसंवादस्तस्मादिह नरादिषु ॥ ३०८८ ॥

svargādau matabhedaśca viprāṇāmapi dṛśyate |
labhyate nārthasaṃvādastasmādiha narādiṣu || 3088 ||

Even among Brāhmaṇas there is difference of opinion in regard to ‘heaven’ and such things; hence the cognition derived from the Veda is not found to be the same in all men.—(3088)

Kamalaśīla

For instance, the author of the Nirukta and other authorities describe ‘Heaven’ as—‘the abode of Personalities superior to human beings,—located in such places as the summit of Mount Meru,—the place affording superhuman pleasures,—full of numerous amenities’;—while the Mīmāṃsakas describe it as ‘a particular form of happiness found among men’.

In regard to ‘Sacrifices’ also, there is difference of opinion. For example, it is heard that in ancient times it was only animals made of flour that were sacrificed; while other wicked and cruel people have declared that it was the living animal that was sacrificed.—(3088)