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

744 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [SŪ. 3. 4. 27.
ADH. 6 ]
of the duties incumbent on his own stage of life, yet he "must be
endowed with calmness, self-control and so on", since, "on account
of the injunction" of calmness and the rest in the passage. "Hence,
he who knows thus, having become calm, self-restrained, indifferent,
patient and collected, should see the self in the self alone" (Bṛh
4.4.23 ¹), "they are to be practised necessarily".
Vedānta-kaustubha
Having thus determined the external means to the origination
of knowledge, the author is now determining the internal means.
On the doubt, viz. whether a seeker after the knowledge of
Brahman must be endowed with calmness, self-control and so on
in order that there may be the rise of knowledge, or not,—if it be sug-
gested: Since calmness and the rest, being posterior to the rise of
knowledge, are not its subsidiary parts, and since the rise of know-
ledge is possible by means of those works alone which are mentioned
in the text: "Him the Brāhmaṇas desire to know by the recitation
of the Veda" (Bṛh. 4.4.22), it is not reasonable to suppose that the
seekers after the knowledge of Brahman should be endowed with
calmness and so on,—
We reply: the word "but" is meant for disposing of the objection.
Although knowledge is possible on the part of a seeker after the
knowledge of Brahman through the purification of the mind by
works, "still" he "must be endowed with calmness, self-control and
so on". Why? They "are to be performed necessarily", on account
of the injunction of them as subsidiary parts of that, i.e. because
calmness, self-control and the rest have been enjoined as the subsi-
diary parts of knowledge, and because "they" are enjoined in the
text: "Hence, he who knows thus, having become calm, self-
restrained, indifferent, patient and collected, should see the self in the
self alone" (Bṛh. 4.4.23). Through calmness, self-control, and so
on, one-pointed attention arises (directly), in accordance with the
scriptural text: "By religious duty he drives away evil (Mahānār.
22.1). And through works, one-pointed attention arises (indirectly)
by way of the removal of sins; thence there is the rise of knowledge;

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¹ Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B.