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[SŪ. 3 4. 42.
762 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 10.]
perpetual religious student, bound by chastity, deviates therefrom,—
I do not see any expiation whereby he, the slayer of himself, may
be purified" (Agni 165.23a-34b, A.Sm. 8.16). The word "even"
(in the sūtra) suggests that the stated expiation is valid for a religious
student who becomes a house-holder after the completion of his study.¹
COMPARISON
Baladeva
Interpretation totally different, viz. "and (the nirapekṣa devotee
does) not (desire for) even the office (of world-rulership and the like),
on account of the inference (i.e. possibility) of fall (from such office),
(and) because (he has) no connection with those (offices)", i.e. no wish
for them.²
OPPONENT'S VIEW (Sūtra 42)
SŪTRA 42
"BUT PRECEDED BY ‘UPA’, (I.E. A MINOR SIN) EVEN, SOME (THINK
SO), (THEY CLAIM) THE EXISTENCE (OF AN EXPIATION FOR IT),
AS IN THE CASE OF EATING, THAT HAS BEEN SAID."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
"But some" think that the deviation of a perpetual religious
student bound by chastity ³ from his vow of chastity is a minor sin,
and hence there is an expiation for it, since he too is equally a religious
student like one who is a religious student for a time only and not for
life ⁴, "as in the case of the taking" of intoxicating liquor. "That has
been said :” “ ‘Of the subsequent ones, what is non-contradictory.’ ” ⁵
¹ I.e. an upakurvāṇa. A naiṣṭhika remains a religious student all his life,
but an upakurvāṇa only for a time.
² G.B. 3.4.41, p. 285, Chap. 3.
³ A naiṣṭhika.
⁴ An upakurvāṇa.
⁵ R. Śk.