वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)
Vedanta Parijata Saurabha of Nimbarkacharya with Commentary
भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य (टीकाकार: श्रीश्रीनिवासचार्य - वेदान्तकौस्तुभ सहित) द्वारा
पृष्ठ 774, कुल 906 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ें[sū. 3. 4. 36.
ADH. 9.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 753
incumbent on the stages of life, such as, the life of a religious student
and so on. The phrase: ‘The self does not perish’ means that the
self is not forgotten. Sacrifices and the rest, performed as the mere
duties incumbent on the stages of life, lead to the attainment of
heaven and so on; those very sacrifices and the rest, performed as
auxiliaries to knowledge, give rise to knowledge. Hence there is
difference of application, but not difference of works. Hence it is
established that the same things are to be performed by both one who
is desirous for salvation and one who is not.
Here ends the section entitled “Being enjoined” (8).
COMPARISON
Baladeva
He concludes here the topic of the pariniṣṭha devotees. “And
(Scripture) shows the non-overpowering (of a pariniṣṭha devotees).”
That is, a pariniṣṭha devotee is not overpowered by the fault of not
performing the duties incumbent on his own stage of life. He incurs
no sins by such an omission.¹
Adhikaraṇa 9: The section entitled “Widower”.
(Sūtras 36-39)
SŪTRA 36
“BUT (THOSE) ALSO (WHO STAND) BETWEEN, ON ACCOUNT OF THAT
BEING SEEN.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
Those “also” who stand “between” the stages of life, are entitled
to knowledge, since Raikva and the like are found to be well-grounded
in knowledge.
¹ G.B. 3.4.35, pp. 275-276, Chap. 3.