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[SŪ. 3. 4. 31.
748 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 7.]
Vedānta-kaustubha
“Moreover,” the eating of all food from anyone whatsoever both
by a knower and a non-knower in the event of danger of life “is
declared by Smṛti” thus: “He who being in danger of life eats food
from anyone whatsoever is not touched by sin, as a lotus-leaf is not
touched by water”.
COMPARISON
Rāmānuja and Baladeva
They omit the “Ca”.
SŪTRA 31
“AND SO THERE IS A SCRIPTURAL TEXT AS TO NON-PROCEEDING
ACCORDING TO LIKING.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
For this very reason, there is “a scriptural text” for prevent-
ing wanton acting, viz.: “Hence let not a Brāhmaṇa drink wine”
(Kāṭh. Saṃ. 12.12¹).
Vedānta-kaustubha
As the permission of all food to both who knows and who does
not is valid only in the event of life being in danger, “so” the “scrip-
tural text” of the Kaṭhas “as to non-proceeding according to liking”,
i.e. the text regarding the reverse of acting as one likes, viz. “Hence
let not a Brāhmaṇa drink wine” (Kāṭh. Saṃ. 12 12) fits in. The
permission of all food to a worshipper of the vital-breath refers to his
being in danger of life. The texts not referring to such a danger, on
the other hand, are for the purpose of glorifying those particular
vidyās, but are not enjoined as subsidiary parts of the doctrine of the
vital-breath, like calmness and so on,—this is the resulting meaning.
Hence it is established that the eating of all food is allowable only
in cases of danger to life.
Here ends the section entitled “The permission of all food” (7).

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¹ P. 174, last line but four. Ś, R, Bh, Śk.
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