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764 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 4. 43.
ADH. 10 ]
CORRECT CONCLUSION (Sūtra 43)
SŪTRA 43
"BUT (SUCH A TRANSGRESSOR IS) OUTSIDE (THE SPHERE OF KNOW-
LEDGE), IN EITHER CASE EVEN, ON ACCOUNT OF SMṚTI AND ON
ACCOUNT OF CONDUCT."
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
Whether the deviation of perpetual religious students from their
own stage of life be a major or a minor sin, "in either case even",
they are "outside" the right to the knowledge of Brahman, "on
account of the Smṛti passage: "I do not see any expiation whereby
he, the killer of himself, may be purified" (Agni 165.24b ¹) "and on
account of the conduct" of the good
Vedānta-kaustubha
Whether the deviation of those who are bound by chastity from
their own stage of life be a major or a minor sin, "in either case even"
they are to be kept "outside" ² indeed by the good. Why? "On
account of Smṛti and on account of conduct," i.e. on account of the
Smṛti passage censuring such a deviation, viz.: "I do not see any
expiation whereby he, the killer of himself, may be purified" (Agni
165.24b), "If one sees a Brāhmaṇa who ascended (to a high stage)
has fallen (therefrom), one should undergo the Cāndrāyaṇa ³ penance";
and on account of the conduct of the good who always shun one who
has deviated from the vow of chastity. Hence it is established that
those who have deviated from their stages of life are not entitled to
the knowledge of Brahman.
Here ends the section entitled "One who has become
that" (10)
¹ Ś, R, Śk.
² Note that the interpretation of the term "bahiḥ" is different from Nim-
bārka's.
³ An expiatory penance regulated by the moon's age. The method is to
begin with taking fifteen mouthfuls of food at the full moon, and decrease it
daily by one mouthful during the dark-half, and increase by one mouthful again
during the bright-half. Vide Manu 6.20 and Kullukabhaṭṭa's commentary.
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