@BNOTE = 1.<+><MI>pŽrva-v‰tt€d karma-jˆ€n€d anantara… tata eva hetor 
brahma jˆ€tavyam ity ukta… bhavati. tad €ha v‰tti-k€ra‚ <169>v‰tt€t 
karm€dhigam€d anantara… brahma-vividi‹€<170> iti. vak‹yati ca karma-brahma-mƒm€…sayor 
aika-Œ€stryam <169>sa…hitam etac ch€rƒraka… jaiminƒyena ‹o�aŒa-lak‹a†eneti 
Œ€straikatva-siddhi‚<170> iti:<D> <169>[The <MI>sŽtra,<D> <MI>ath€to 
brahma-jijˆ€s€:<D> `Now, therefore, let us inquire about the Supreme'] 
means to say that subsequent to one's previous engagement in learning 
about <MI>karma,<D> and for the very reason of having gained that 
knowledge, one should then try to understand Brahman. The author of 
the V‰tti has expressed this same idea: `After sucessful engagement 
in the understanding of <MI>karma,<D> one should then become inquisitive 
about Brahman.' And he will also later state that the Karma- and Brahma-mƒm€…s€s 
comprise one and the same treatise: `This <MI>œ€rƒraka<D> [<MI>Ved€nta-sŽtra<D>] 
connects consistently with the sixteen-chapter work of Jaimini [<MI>Mƒm€…s€-sŽtra<D>], 
and thus is established their unity as a single treatise.'<|><170> 
(R€m€nuja, <MI>œrƒ-bh€‹ya<D> 1.1.1, with citations from the earlier 
<MI>Ved€nta<D> commentary of Bodh€yana)

@BNOTE = 2.<+><MI>ved€nte‹u <169>ved€ham eta… puru‹a… mah€ntam €ditya-var†a… 
tamasa‚ parast€t/ ta… eva vidv€n am‰ta iha bhavati n€nya‚ panth€ vidyate 
'yan€ya<170> ity-€di‹u vihita… vedana… dhy€nop€san€di-Œabda-v€cya… 
darŒana-sam€n€k€ra… sm‰ti-sant€nam atyartha-priyam iha man-man€ bhaveti 
vidhƒyate:<D> <169>In the <MI>Ved€ntas<D> [<MI>Upani‹ads<D>], in such 
statements as `I know this Great Person, colored like the sun, who 
transcendents darkness. Knowing Him, one becomes immortal in this 
very world; no other path exists for passing beyond.'
[<MI>Uttara-n€r€ya†a-t€panƒ Up.<D>],
the `act of knowing' expressed by such terms as `meditation' and `worship' 
is enjoined; it is equivalent in manifest form to an act of seeing, 
and is a constant flow of remembrance which is exceptionally agreeable. 
This act of knowing is also enjoined in the present context by the words
`think of Me.'<|><170> (R€m€nuja, <MI>Bhagavad-gƒt€-bh€‹ya<D> 18.65)

@BNOTE = 3.<+><169>How can the soul, which is so active within this 
body, be inactive after being liberated from the body? It is always 
active. If it is eternal, then it is eternally active, and its activities 
in the spiritual kingdom are the most confidential part of spiritual 
knowledge.<170> (A.<|>C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup€da, <MI>Bhagavad-gƒt€ 
As It Is,<D> purport to 9.2)

@BNOTE = 4.<+><MI>vidy€-karma-virodh€c ca. na hi brahm€tmaikatva-darŒanena 
saha karma svapne 'pi samp€dayitu… Œakyam.<D>

@BNOTE = 5.<+><MI>ata‚ karma-niv‰ttyaiva s€hitya… jˆ€nasya na karma†ety 
artha‚. itaŒ ca na karma-samuccit€ vidy€ mok‹a-s€dhanam<193><D> 

@BNOTE = 6.<+><MI>œruta-prak€Œik€<D> on <MI>œrƒ-bh€‹ya<D> 1.1.23.

@BNOTE = 7.<+><MI><D>

@INDENT = <MI>manor vaivasvatasy€d€v/ stharv€ brahma†o 'jani<R>
mitraŒ ca varu†aŒ c€tho/ prahetir hetir eva ca//<R>
brahma†a‚ prathame kalpe/ Œiva‚ prathama-ja‚ suta‚<R>
sanak€dy€s tu v€r€he/ brahm€ vi‹†o‚ suto 'gra-ja‚//