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726 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 4. 15.
ADH. 1.]
CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued)
SŪTRA 15
"AND SOME (BRANCHES DESIGNATE THAT KNOWERS GIVE UP
WORK) ACCORDING TO VOLUNTARY PROCEDURE."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
For this very reason, "some" designate the voluntary giving
up of the life of a house-holder by the knowers thus: "'What shall we
do with progeny, we whose is this soul, this world?'" (Bṛh. 4.4.22 ¹).
Vedānta-kaustubha
"Some," i.e. the members of one branch, record the giving up
by the knowers of progeny and the rest, involving the performance of
action, "according to voluntary procedure", i.e. voluntarily indeed,
thus: "Knowing this, forsooth, those ancient ones did not wish for
progeny", '"What shall we do with progeny, we whose is this soul,
this world?"' (Bṛh. 4.4.22). The sense is that such a giving up of
the life of a house-holder fits in if knowledge be not complementary
to work, but not if it be so.
COMPARISON
Baladeva
He begins a new adhikaraṇa here (eleven sūtras), concerned with
the power of vidyā. He substitutes "Vā" in place of "Ca". Hence
the sūtra means: "Or some (hold that a knower of Brahman may act)
according to (his) liking". That is, such great is the glory of vidyā
that one who has attained vidyā may act just as he likes, or omit to
act yet be not subject to consequences, good or bad ².
¹ Ś, R, Bh, Śk.
² G.B. 3.4.15, p. 250, Chap. 3.