विभागः शतवत् ॥ ११ ॥
vibhāgaḥ śatavat || 11 ||
vibhāgaḥ—(There is) division of knowledge and work; śatavat—as in the case of a hundred (divided between two persons).
11. (There is) division of knowledge and work, as in the case of a hundred (divided between two persons).
This Sutra refutes Sutra 5. “It is followed by knowledge, work and past experiences” (Brih. 4. 4. 2). Here we have to take knowledge and work in a distributive sense, meaning that knowledge follows one and work another. Just as when we say a hundred be given to these two persons, we divide it into two halves and give each man fifty. There is no combination of the two. Even without this explanation Sutra 5 can be refuted. For the text quoted refers only to knowledge and work, which concern the transmigrating soul, and not an emancipated soul. For the passage, “Thus does the man who desires (transmigrate)” (Brih. 4. 4. 6) shows that the previous text refers to the transmigrating self. And of the emancipated soul Sruti says, “But the man who never desires (never transmigrates)” etc. (Brih. 4. 4. 6).