conferring final beatitude; in the following verse of the Bhā-
gavata Purāṇa: nivṛttatarṣairupagīyamānādbhavauṣadhācchrotramano-
'bhirāmāt . ka uttamaślokaguṇānuvādātpumānvirajyeta vinā-
paśugghnāt (where the two latter words however, apparently
in the same sense, may also be analyzed into vinā paśu-
gghnāt, accord. to Śrīdharasvāmin: atra loke trividhā janāḥ .
muktā mumukṣavo viṣayiṇaśca . teṣāṃ madhye'tra na kasyāpyalaṃpratyaya
ityāha . nivṛttatarṣairiti gatatṛṣṇairmuktairityarthaḥ . mumukṣūṇāmayame-
vopāya ityāha . bhavauṣadhāditi . viṣayiṇāṃ paramo viṣayo
'yamevetyāha . śrotramano'bhirāmāditi . apagatā śugyasmātta-
mātmānaṃ hantītyapaśugghnastasmāt . paśughātina iti vā). E. apa-
śuc and ghna.