उत्क्रान्तिगत्यागतीनाम् ॥ १९ ॥
utkrāntigatyāgatīnām || 19 ||
utkrānti-gati-āgatīnām—Passing out, going, and returning.
19. (As the Sruti texts declare the soul’s) passing out, going (to other spheres) and returning (thence), (the soul is not infinite in size).
From this up to Sutra 82 the question of the size of the soul–whether it is atomic, medium-sized or infinite—is discussed. We have in the Svetas-vatara Upanishad : “He is the one God . . . all-pervading” (6. 11); and again. “This Atman is atomic” (Mu. 3. 3. 9). The two texts contradict each other and we have to arrive at a decision on the point. Sutras 20-28 set forth the prima facie view. The opponent says, we find in the scriptures texts mentioning the soul’s passing out of the body, going to heaven etc., and returning from there. This is possible only if the soul is atomic, and not infinite or all-pervading; for to an infinite soul there can be no going and coming. Therefore the soul is atomic.