nirmamā nirahaṅkṛtāḥ. sva-dharmāptena sattvena. pariśuddhena cetasā. sūrya-dvāreṇa te yānti. puruṣaṁ viśvato-mukham. parāvareśaṁ prakṛtim. asyotpatty-an
nirmamā nirahaṅkṛtāḥ
sva-dharmāptena sattvena
pariśuddhena cetasā
sūrya-dvāreṇa te yānti
puruṣaṁ viśvato-mukham
parāvareśaṁ prakṛtim
asyotpatty-anta-bhāvanam
Engrossed in actions of detachment, with no sense of possessiveness or ego, with consciousness purified completely, having attained sattva by performance of prescribed duties, going by the path of the sun they attain the perfect Lord, the controller of higher and lower beings, who is the material and efficient cause of the universe.
Gaining knowledge, they attain the perfect (viśvato-mukham) Supreme Lord. This means they actually attain liberation. Śruti also says sūrya-dvāreṇa te virajāḥ prayānti tatrāmṛtaḥ puruṣo hy avyayātmā: purified, they go by the sun planet to the place where the indestructible immortal person resides. (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.11) They attain the Lord who is the material cause (prakṛti) of the universe (asya) and the efficient cause (utpatty-anta-bhāvanam).
|| 3.32.8 ||
dvi-parārdhāvasāne yaḥ
pralayo brahmaṇas tu te
tāvad adhyāsate lokaṁ
parasya para-cintakāḥ
They remain on Satyaloka meditating on Brahmā until the end of Brahmā’s life of two parārdhas.
Brahmā is just a guṇāvatāra of the Supreme Lord. The worshippers of Hiraṇyagarbha by bhakti-miśra-jñāna gradually attain liberation along with Brahmā. Śruti[266] says:
brahmaṇā saha te sarve samprāpte pratisañcare
parasyānte kṛtātmānaḥ praviśanti paraṁ padam
Those who are on Brahma-loka with exalted status at the time of dissolution go directly to the supreme abode, along with Lord Brahmā. Kūrma Purāṇa 1.11.284
However, if they worship only Hiraṇyagarbha without bhakti for Viṣṇu, then they do not attain liberation when Brahmā is liberated. That is explained in three verses. Loka refers to Brahmaloka. They meditate on Brahmā (parasya).
|| 3.32.9 ||
kṣmāmbho-'nalānila-viyan-mana-indriyārtha-
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