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VIVEKACŪDAMAŅI realisation that it is a cow, but surely pierces its target with great speed.
Under the belief "this cruel tiger should be killed”, if an arrow drawn up to the ear is released and if after the release, it is known that the animal in front is a cow, it does not tarry in its course; but it goes with great speed and surely pierces the target in front. So too, the prārabdha-karma, having begun to bear fruit wears out only after producing its results even at the time when Brahman-realisation springs. The good and evil actions that have begun to bear fruit are spent by the experience of their fruits and the person then attains videha-mukti, liberation on disembodiment. That is the meaning of the sutra. Thus, to the jñānin, the delay is only so long as he is not released from the body due to the operation of the prārabdha-karmas. After the fall of the body, he attains liberation after disembodiment (videha-mukti). That is the meaning of the śruti.
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In the first half of this bloka, the meaning of the śruti and sūtra given above is summarised and in the second half the supreme truth is conveyed.
प्रारब्धं बलवत्तरं खल विदां भोगेन तस्य क्षयः
सम्यज्ज्ञानहुताशनेन विलयः प्रासंचितागामिनाम् । ब्रह्मात्मैक्यमवेक्ष्य तन्मयतया ये सवदा संस्थिताः
तेषां तत्त्रितयं नहि क्वचिदपि ब्रह्मव ते निर्गुणम् ॥ ४५४॥ . prārabdham balavattaram khalu vidām bhogena tasya kşayaḥ
samyajjñanahutāśanena vilayaḥ prāk sañcitāgāminām brahmātmaikyamavekşýa tanmayatayā ye sarvadā samsthitäh teşām tat tritayam nahi kvacidapi brahmaiva te
nirguņam 11 Prárabdha is very strong indeed; for those of wisdom it is liquidated only by experience (of its effects). Of the sañcita (accumulated) and āgāmi (future) karmas the liquidation takes place in the fire of jñāna. But, to those who perceive the identity of the atman with Brahman, and who ever remain engrossed in it, these three do not obtain anywhere. They are verily the qualityless Brahman.
Though jñāna is of an identical nature, yet, due to difference in the content of samadhi, those who have attained Brahman-realisation are distinguished as Brahmavit, Brahmavidarah, Brahmavid
