गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

transcendental knowledge. This is so because it is the order of the scriptures.
Here someone may object: Here it is said that Vedic rituals should continue to
be performed even after one has attained transcendental knowledge. How can this
not mean that transcendental knowledge and Vedic rituals must both be
performed together to bring the desired result?
If this is said, the author of the sūtras gives the following reply.
Sūtra 33
sahakāritvena ca
sahakāritvena—as helpful; ca—also.
Also, as helpful.
Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa
Vedic rituals should be performed, not because they are in themselves the cause
of liberation, but because they are helpful in attaining transcendental knowledge.
Transcendental knowledge is the real cause of liberation, as is explained in
Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (3.8).
In the beginning the svaniṣṭha devotee performs his prescribed duties of Vedic
rituals in order to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In that way he
attains transcendental knowledge. Then, although in this way he has already
attained transcendental knowledge, in order to increase that transcendental
knowledge, he continues to perform these prescribed