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[SŪ. 1. 1. 1,
ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 19
mīmāṁsā'. But according to Śaṁkara, this is not the case. He
points out that the study of the Pūrva-mīmāṁsā is by no means an
essential pre-requisite to the study of Brahman ¹ There is no essential
connection between the enquiry into religious duties and that into
Brahman On the contrary, there is an absolute difference between
them as regards the result and the object of enquiry.² The result
of the former is the attainment of worldly and heavenly enjoyment,
which is something to be accomplished, while the result of the latter
is salvation, which is not something to be accomplished, being eternal
and ever-accomplished This being so, the essential pre-requisite
to the enquiry into Brahman is not the enquiry into religious duties,
but the acquisition of the four qualifications ³,–viz (1) discrimination
between eternal and non-eternal objects, (2) aversion to the enjoyment
of the objects of sense, here or hereafter, (3) possession of self-restraint,
tranquillity and the rest ⁴ and (4) the desire of emancipation.⁵
Rāmānuja
Reading and interpretation same, only much more elaborate.
Rāmānuja points out that the two Mīmāṁsās—viz. the Karma-
mīmāṁsā and the Brahma-mīmāṁsā constitute one connected whole,
the first naturally leading to the second,⁶ and criticises at length, in
this connection, the Śaṁkarite view that the enquiry into Brahman
does not necessarily presuppose the enquiry into religious duties.⁷
Bhāskara
Literal interpretation same, but import different. Bhāskara
develops here his peculiar doctrine of jñāna-karma-samuccaya, or
¹ Ś B. 1.1 1. 'Dharma-jijñāsāyāḥ prāg api adhīta-Vedāntasya Brahma-
jijñāsopapatteḥ', p. 71
² Ś.B. 1 1.1. 'Dharma-brahma-jijñāsayoh phala-jijñāsya-bhedācca' (p. 74).
³ Sādhana-catuṣṭaya.
⁴ I e. śama (control of the internal organ, viz the mind), dama (control of
the external sense-organs), uparati (indifference to worldly pursuits), titikṣā
(endurance of the opposite extremes, like heat and cold, pleasure and pain,
etc.), śraddhā (faith in the scripture and the spiritual teachers), and samādhāna
(deep concentration).
⁵ Ś.B. 1.1 1. 'Nityānitya-vastu-vivekaḥ, ihāmutrārtha-phalabhoga-virāgaḥ,
śama-damādi-sādhana-sampat, mumukṣutvañ ca',
⁶ Śrī. B. 1.1.1. 'Vakṣyati ca Karma-brahma-mīmāṁsayor aikaśāstryam',
etc., p. 2, vol. 1 (Madras ed.).
⁷ Op. cit., pp. 5–13, vol 1.