11 None

11. And on account of Smr̥ti.

Smr̥ti also agrees with this view; cp. the following passage, ‘When the pralaya has come and the end of the highest (i.e. Hiraṇyagarbha), then they all, together with Brahman, with purified minds enter the highest place.’

The final conclusion (siddhānta) therefore is that the going of the souls, of which scripture speaks, has for its goal the effected Brahman.

But what is the primā facie view, with regard to which this final conclusion has been established in Sutras 7-11?

This required primā facie view is now set forth in the following Sūtras.