invested with the subtle material elements
(bhutasukshma) which serve as an abode to the pra/n/as attached to the
soul.

Adhik. II (8-11) shows that, when the souls of those who had enjoyed the
reward of their good works in the moon descend to the earth in order to
undergo a new embodiment, there cleaves to them a remainder (anu/s/aya)
of their former deeds which determines the nature of the new embodiment.

Adhik. III (12-21) discusses the fate after death of those whom their
good works do not entitle to pass up to the moon.

Adhik. IV, V, VI (22; 23; 24-27) teach that the subtle bodies of the
souls descending from the moon through the ether, air, &c., do not
become identical with ether, air, &c., but only like them; that the
entire descent occupies a short time only; and that, when the souls
finally enter into plants and so on, they do not participate in the life
of the latter, but are merely in external contact with them.

PADA II.

Adhik. I (1-6) treats of the soul in the dreaming state. According to
/S/a@nkara the three first Sutras discuss the question whether the
creative activity ascribed to the soul in some scriptural passages
produces things as real as those by which the waking soul is surrounded,
or not; Sutra 3 settles the point by declaring that the creations of the
dreaming soul are mere 'Maya,' since they do not fully manifest the
character of real objects. Sutra 4 adds that dreams, although mere Maya,
yet have a prophetic quality. Sutras 5 and 6 finally reply to the
question why the soul, which after all is a part of the Lord and as such
participates in his excellencies, should not be able to produce in its
dreams a real creation, by the remark that the soul's knowledge and
power are obscured by its connexion with the gross body.

The considerably diverging interpretation given of this adhikara/n/a by
Ramanuja has the advantage of more closely connecting the Sutras with
each other. According to him the question is not whether the creations
of a dream are real or not, but whether they are the work of the
individual soul or of the Lord acting within the soul. Sutras 1 and 2
set forth the purvapaksha. The creations of dreams (are the work of the
individual soul); for thus Scripture declares: 'And the followers of
some /s/akas declare (the soul to be) a creator,' &c. The third Sutra
states the siddhanta view: 'But the creations of dreams are Maya, i.e.
are of a wonderful nature (and as such cannot