वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 3. 4. 25.
740 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 4.]
of the sacrificial acts to be accomplished by placing the fire on the
sacrificial fire-place, i e is brought about by the proper duties, in-
cumbent on their own stage of life, such as hearing, thinking, medita-
ting and so on. During the stage of a house-holder there being a
variety of unavoidable worldly and scriptural duties, the full develop-
ment of knowledge, the means to the highest end of men, is not possible;
and hence the intentional giving up of the life of a house-holder for
the sake of that (viz knowledge) is known from Scripture itself.
Therefore, it is established that in the case of those who are bound
by chastity, knowledge is all the more possible.
Here ends the section entitled "The kindling of fire" (4).
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara
While Nimbārka holds that knowledge is independent of works
only in the case of those who are bound by chastity, Śaṁkara is of the
opinion that this is so in all cases, and does not speak here especially
of those only who observe chastity. Accordingly he, interprets the
phrase "ata eva" as "because the highest end of men arises from
knowledge" (established Br. Sū. 3.4.1 ¹).
Baladeva
He also does not speak here of those alone who are bound by
chastity. Hence the sūtra: "For this very reason, (i.e. because vidyā
is independent of karma, it) does not depend on the kindling of fire
and the like, (for manifesting its fruit)". That is, there is no necessity
for a combination of vidyā and karma for leading to salvation, but
vidyā alone is sufficient.²
¹ Ś B. 3.4.25, p. 874.
² G.B 3.4.25.