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

742 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [sū. 3. 4. 26.
ADH 5.]
knowledge), (i.e. indirectly). If the primacy of the meaning of the
root be admitted, then sacrifices and the rest are to be regarded as
the subsidiary parts of so desired knowledge directly.¹
A parallel instance is cited: "As in case of a horse". A horse
is needed for accomplishing a journey to a desired place; but when
the journey is accomplished, it is no longer needed—so is the case
here.² It has been said by the Lord as well: ' "The acts of sacrifice,
charity and austerity are not to be given up, but are to be performed
Sacrifice, charity and austerity are the purifiers of the wise" ' (Gītā
18 8), ' "From whom proceeds the activity of all beings, by whom
all this is pervaded, by worshipping Him with his own work, a man
attains perfection" ' (Gītā 18.46) Thus it is established that know-
ledge,—having the form of worship, meditation, highest devotion,
steady remembrance and so on; the destroyer of all evil; the special
cause of the attainment of the nature of the Highest Person, denoted
by the terms 'Highest Brahman' and so on; and attainable through
His grace,—arises, through the grace of Scripture and the spiritual
teacher, from the proper performance of the daily and occasional
duties, incumbent on one's own stage of life, and constituting the
means to the worship of Lord Vāsudeva.
Here ends the section entitled "Dependence on all" (5).
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara
The example "aśva-vat" interpreted differently. He points
out that knowledge is dependent on work in the sense that work
gives rise to it; and independent of work in the sense that once gene-
rated, it does not depend on work for bringing about its result, viz.
salvation. Hence there is no contradiction in saying that knowledge
is independent of work (as done in the previous sūtra) and dependent
on it (as done in this sūtra). In this world everything has its own
particular use. A horse, e.g. is of no use for drawing the plough,
but is of use for drawing the chariot only. Similarly, works are of
¹ See Br. Sū. 1.1.4, pp. 37-38.
² I.e. Karma is needed for the rise of vidyā; but when vidyā has once
originated, it is no longer needed.