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

[sū. 3. 4. 42.
ADH 10 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 763
Vedanta-kaustubha
"Preceded by 'upa'," i e. the deviation of a perpetual religious
student and so on, bound by chastity and the rest, from their vow
of chastity by going to women and so on, is "preceded by the word
'upa'", i.e is but a minor (upa) sin (pātaka); not a major sin that
cannot be atoned for. The word "even" implies reason. "Some"
teachers think that they too being equally religious students, there
is "the existence" of an expiation for them as for those who are reli-
gious students for a time, but not always. "As in the case of eating."
Just as the prohibition with regard to the taking of spirituous liquor
and so on and the expiation thereof apply equally to those who are
religious students for life and those who are so for a time only,—so is the
case here. "That has been said" by the Smṛti-writer: "Of the subse-
quent ones, what is non-contradictory to that". The sense is that
what has been said with regard to one who is a religious student for
a time is possible in the case of one who belongs to a subsequent stage
of life, viz. one who is religious student for life and so on, in so far
as it is not contradictory to the stage of life of the latter. In this
way, an expiation for the deviation of perpetual religious students
from their vow of chastity being possible, they come to be entitled
to knowledge once again Similar is the case with the hermits belong-
ing to the third order of life and the wandering mendicants belonging
to the fourth order
COMPARISON
Śaṁkara
He takes it to be forming an adhikaraṇa by itself. Interpretation
same.
Bhāskara
This sūtra is not found in his commentary.
Baladeva
Interpretation absolutely different, viz. "But what is preceded
by 'upa' (i.e. upāsanā or meditation) (is the only object desired by a
nirapekṣa devotee) some (branches declare so), (and) the sentiment
(of devotion) is like food (to him), that has been said (in Scripture)" ¹.
¹ G.B. 3.4.42, pp. 286-287, Chap. 3.
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