Brahmasūtra with Śaṃkara's Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya (with commentary) · Chapter 3.4

darśayati ca śrutisahabhāvaṃ pratyayānam - 'evaṃviddha vai brahmā yajñaṃ yajamānaṃ sarvāṃścartvijo 'bhirakṣati'
(chā. 4.17.10) iti /
sarvapratyayopasaṃhāre hi sarve sarvavidaḥ iti na vijñānavatā brahmaṇā paripālyatvamitareṣāṃ saṃkīrtyeta /
tasmādyathākāmamupāsanānāṃ samuccayo vikalpo veti // 66 //
iti śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmacchaṅkarabhagavatpūjyapādakṛtau śrīmacchārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣye tṛtīyādyāyasya tṛtīyaḥ pādaḥ // 3 //
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tṛtīyādhyāye caturthaḥ pādaḥ /
atra nirguṇavidyāyā antaraṅgabahiraṅgasādhanavicāraḥ
1 puruṣārthādhikaraṇam / sū. 1-17
puruṣārtho 'taḥ śabdād iti bādarāyaṇaḥ

athedānīmaupaniṣadamātmajñānaṃ kimadhikāridvāreṇa karmaṇyevānupraviśatyāhosvitsvatantrameva puruṣārthasādhanaṃ bhavatīti mīmāṃsamānaḥ siddhāntenaiva tādupakramate puruṣārtho 'ta iti /
asmadvedāntavihitādātmajñānātsvatanatrātpuruṣārthaḥ siddyatīti bādarāyaṇa ācāryo manyate /
kuta etadavagamyate śabdādityāha /
tathāhi - 'tarati śokamātmavit' (chā. 7.1.3) 'sa yo ha vai tatparamaṃ brahma veda brahmaiva bhavati' (mu. 3.2.9) 'brahmavidāpnoti param' (tai. 2.1.1) 'ācāryavānpuruṣo veda tasya tāvadeva ciraṃ yāvannavimokṣye 'tha saṃpatsye' (chā /
6.14.2) iti /
'ya ātmāpahatapāpmā' (chā. 8.7.1) ityupakramya 'sarvāṃśca lokānāpnoti sarvāṃśca kāmānyastamātmānamanuvidya vijānāti (chā. 8.7.1) iti /
'ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ' (bṛ. 4.5.6) ityupakramya 'etāvadare khalvamṛtatvam' (bṛ. 4.5.15) ityevañjātīyakā śrutiḥ kevalāyā vidyāyāḥ puruṣārthahetutvaṃ śrāvayati // 1 //
athātra pratyavatiṣṭhate -
śeṣatvātpuruṣārthavādo yathānyeṣv iti jaiminiḥ

kartṛtvamātmanaḥ karmaśeṣatvāttadvijñānamapi vrīhiprokṣaṇādivadviṣayadvāreṇa karmasaṃbandhyevetyatastasminnavagataprayojana ātmajñāne yā phalaśrutiḥ sārthavāda iti jaiminirācāryo manyate yathānyeṣu dravyasaṃskārakarmasu 'yasya parṇamayī juhūrbhavati na sa pāpaṃ ślokaṃ śṛṇoti /
yadaṅ ke cakṣureva bhrātṛvyasya vṛṅ kte /
yatprayājānuyājā ijyante varma vā etadyajñasya kriyate karma yajamānasya bhrātṛvyābhibhūtyai' ityevañjātīyakā phalaśrutirarthavādaḥ /
tadvat /
kathaṃ punarasyānarabhyādhītasyātmajñānasya prakaraṇādīnāmanyatamenāpi hetunā vinā kratupraveśa āśaṅkyate /
kartṛdvāreṇa vākyāttadvijñānasya kratusaṃbandha iti cet /
na /
vākyāttadviniyogānupapatteḥ /
avyabhicāriṇā hi kenaciddvāreṇānārabhyādhītānāmapi vākyanimittaḥ kratusaṃbandho 'vakalpate /
kartā tu vyabhicāri dvāraṃ lokikavaidikakarmasādhāraṇyāt /
tasmānna taddvāreṇātmajñānasya kratusaṃbandhasiddhiriti /
na /
vyatirekavijñānasya vaidikebhyaḥ karmabhyo 'nyatrānupayogāt /
nahi dehavyatiriktātmajñānaṃ lokikeṣu karmasūpayujyate /
sarvathā dṛṣṭārthapravṛttyupapatteḥ /
vaidikeṣu tu dehapātottarakālaphaleṣu dehavyatiriktātmajñānamantareṇa pravṛttirnopapadyata ityupayujyate vyatirekavijñānam /
nanvapahatapāpmatvādiviśeṣaṇādasaṃsāryātmaviṣayamaupaniṣadaṃ darśanaṃ na pravṛttyaṅgaṃ syāt /
na /
priyādisaṃsūcitasya saṃsāriṇa evātmano draṣṭavyatvenopadeśāt /
apahatapāpmatvādi viśeṣaṇaṃ tu stutyarthaṃ bhaviṣyati /
nanu tatra tatra prasīdhitametadadhikamasaṃsāri brahma jagatkāraṇaṃ tadeva ca saṃsāriṇa ātmanaḥ pāramārthikaṃ svarūpamupaniṣatsūpadiśyata iti /
satyaṃ prasāditaṃ tasyaiva tu sthūṇānikhananavatphaladvāreṇākṣepasamādhāne kriyete dārḍhyāya // 2 //
ācāradarśanāt

'janako ha vaideho bahudakṣiṇena yajñeneje' (bṛ. 3.1.1) 'yakṣyamāṇo vai bhagavanto 'hamasmi' (chā. 5.11.5) ityevamādīni brahmavidāmapyanyapareṣu vākyeṣu karmasaṃbandhadarśanāni bhavanti /
tathoddālakādīnāmapi putrānuśāsanādidarśanādgārhasthyasaṃbandho 'vagamyate /
kevalāccejjñānātpuruṣārthasiddhiḥ syātkimarthamanekāyāsasamanvitāni karmāṇi te kuryuḥ 'arke cenmadhu vindeta kimarthaṃ parvataṃ vrajet' iti nyāyāt // 3 //
tacchruteḥ

'yadeva vidyayā karoti śraddhayopaniṣadā tadeva vīryavattaraṃ bhavati' (chā. 1.1.10) iti ca karmaśeṣatvaśravaṇādvidyāyā na kevalāyāḥ puruṣārthahetutm // 4 //
samanvārambhaṇāt

'taṃ vidyākarmaṇī samanvārabhete' (bṛ. 4.4.2) iti ca vidyākarmaṇoḥ phalārambhe sahakāritvadarśanānna svātantryaṃ vidyāyāḥ // 5 //
tadvato vidhānāt

'ācāryakulādvedamadhītya yathāvidānaṃ guroḥ karmātiśeṣeṇābhisamāvṛttya kuṭumbe śucau deśe svādhyāyamadhīyānaḥ' (chā. 8.15.1) iti caivañjātīyakā śrutiḥ samastavedārthavijñānavataḥ karmādhikāraṃ darśayati tasmādapi na vijñānasya svātantryeṇa phalahetutvam /
nanvatrādhītyetyadhyayanamātraṃ vedasya śrūyate nārthavijñānam /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
dṛṣṭārthatvādvedādhyayanamarthāvabodhaparyantamitisthitam // 6 //
niyamāc ca

'kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣecchataṃ samāḥ /
evaṃ tvayi nānyatheto 'sti na karma lipyate nare' (īśa. 2) iti /
tathā 'etadvai jarāmaryaṃ satraṃ yadagnihotraṃ jarayā vā hyevāsmānmucyate mṛtyunā vā' ityevañjātīyakānniyamādapi karmaśeṣatvameva vidhyayā iti // 7 //
evaṃ prāpte pratividhatte -
adhikopadeśāt tu bādarāyaṇasyaivaṃ taddarśanāt

tuśabdātpakṣo viparivartate /
yaduktam - 'śeṣatvātpuruṣārthavādaḥ' (bra. sū. 3.4.2) iti tannopapadyate /
kasmāt /
adhikopadeśāt /
yadi saṃsāryevātmā śārīraḥ kartā bhoktā ca śarīramātravyatirekeṇa vedānteṣūpadiṣṭaḥ syāttato varṇitena prakāreṇa phalaśruterarthavādatvaṃ syāt /
adhikastāvaccharīrādātmano 'saṃsārīśvaraḥ kartṛtvādisaṃsāridharmarahito 'pahatapāpmatvādiviśeṣaṇaḥ paramātmā vedyatvenopadiśyate vedānteṣu /
naca tadvijñānaṃ karmaṇāṃ pravartakaṃ bhavati pratyuta karmāṇyucchinattīti vakṣyati 'upamardaṃ ca' (bra.sū. 3.4.16) ityatra /
tasmāt 'puruṣārtho 'taḥ śabdāt' (bra.sū. 3.4.1) iti yanmataṃ bhagavato bādarāyaṇasya tattathaiva tiṣṭhati na śeṣatvaprabhṛtibhirhetvābhāsaiścālayituṃ śakyate /
tathāhi tamadhikaṃ śārīrādīśvaramātmānaṃ darśayanti śrutayaḥ - 'yaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvavit' (muṇḍa. 1.19) 'bhīṣāsmādvātaḥ pavate' (tai. 2.8.1) 'mahadbhayaṃ vajramudyatam' (kaṭha. 6.2) 'etasya vā akṣarasya praśāsane gārgi' (bṛ. 3.8.9) 'tadaikṣata bahu syāṃ prajāyeyeti tattejo 'sṛjata' (chā. 6.2.3) ityevamādyāḥ /
yattu priyādisaṃsūcitasya saṃsāriṇa evātmano vedyatayānukarṣaṇam 'ātmanastu kāmāya sarvaṃ priyaṃ bhavati /
ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ' (bṛ. 2.4.5) 'yaḥ prāṇena prāṇiti sa ta ātmā sarvāntaraḥ' (bṛ. 3.4.1) 'ya eṣo 'kṣīṇi puruṣo dṛśyate' (chā. 8.7.4) ityupakramya 'etaṃ tveva te bhūyo 'nuvyākhyasyāmi' (chā. 8.9.3) iti caivamādi tadapi 'asya mahato bhūtasya niḥśvasitametadyadṛgvedaḥ' (bṛ. 2.4.10) 'yo 'śanāyāpipāse śokaṃ mohaṃ jarāṃ mṛtyumatyeti' (bṛ. 3.5.1) 'paraṃ jyotirupasaṃpadya svenarūpeṇābhiniṣpadyate sa uttamaḥ puruṣaḥ' (chā. 8.12.3) ityevamādibhirvākyaśeṣaiḥ satyāmevādhikopadidikṣāyāmatyantābhedābhiprāyamityavirodhaḥ /
pārameśvarameva hi śārīrasya pāramārthikaṃ svarūpam /
upādhikṛtaṃ tu śārīratvam 'tatvamasi' (chā. 6.8.7) 'nānyodato 'sti draṣṭṛ' (bṛ. 3.8.11) ityādiśrutibhyaḥ /
sarvaṃ cātadvistareṇāsmābhiḥ purastāttatra tatra varṇitam // 8 //
tulyaṃ tu darśanam

yattūktamācāradarśanātkarmaśeṣo vidyeti /
atra brūmaḥ - tulyāmācāradarśanamakmaśeṣitve 'pi vidyāyāḥ /
tathāhi śrutirbhavati - 'etadvā sma vai tadvidvāṃsa āhurṛṣayaḥ kāvaṣeyāḥ kimarthā vayamadhyeṣyāmahe kimarthāvayaṃ yakṣyāmahe /
etaddha sma vai tatpūrve vidvāṃso 'gnihotraṃ na juhavāñcakrire' 'etaṃ vai tamātmānaṃ viditvā brāhmaṇāḥ putraiṣaṇāyāśca vittaiṣaṇayāśca lokaiṣaṇāyāśca vyutthāyātha bhikṣācaryaṃ caranti' (bṛ. 3.5.1) ityevajātīyakā /
yājñavalkyādīnāmapi brahmavidāmarmaniṣṭhatvaṃ dṛśyate - 'etāvadare khalvamṛtatvamiti hoktvā yājñavalkyo vijahāra' (bṛ. 4.5.15) ityādiśrutibhyaḥ /
apica yakṣyamāṇo vai bhagavanto 'hamasami (chā. 5.11.5) ityetalliṅgadarśanaṃ vaiśvānaravidyāviṣayam /
saṃbhavati ca sopādhikāyāṃ brahmavidyāyāṃ karmasāhityadarśanam /
natvatrāpi karmāṅgatvamasti /
prakaraṇādyabhāvāt // 9 //
yatpunaruktam - 'tacchruteḥ' (bra.sū. 3.4.4) iti atra brūmaḥ -
asārvatrikī

'yadeva vidyayā karoti' (chā. 1.1.10) ityeṣā śrutirna sarvavidyāviṣayā /
prakṛtavidyābhisaṃbandhāt /
prakṛtā codgīthavidyā 'omityetadakṣaramudgīthamupāsīta' (chā. 1.1.1) ityatra // 10 //
vibhāgaḥ śatavat

yadapyuktam - 'taṃ vidyākarmaṇī samanvārabhete' (bṛ. 4.4.2) ityetatsamānvārambhavacanamasvatantrye vidyāyā liṅgamiti tatpratyucyate /
vibhāgo 'tra draṣṭavyo vidyānyaṃ puruṣamanvārabhate karmānyamiti /
śatavat /
yathā śatamābhyāṃ dīyatāmityukte vibhajya dīyate pañcāśadekasmai pañcāśadaparasmai tadvat /
nacedaṃ samanvāramabhavacanaṃ mumukṣuviṣayam 'iti nu kāmayamānaḥ' (bṛ. 4.4.6) iti saṃsāriviṣayatvopasaṃhārāt /
'athākāmayamānaḥ' (bṛ. 4.4.6) iti ca mumukṣoḥ pṛthagupakramāt /
tatra saṃsāriviṣaye vidyā vihitā pratiṣiddhā ca parigṛhyate viśeṣābhāvāt /
karamāpi vihitaṃ pratiṣiddhaṃ ca yathāprāptānuvāditvāt /
evaṃ satyavibhāgenāpīdaṃ samanvārambhavacanamavakalpate // 11 //
yaccaitat 'tadvato vidhānāt' (bra. sū. 3.4.6) ityata uttaraṃ paṭhati -
adhyayanamātravataḥ

'ācāryakulādvedamadhītya' (chā. 8.15.1) ityadhyayanamātrasya śravaṇādadhyayanamātravata eva karmavidhirityadhyavasyāmaḥ /
nanvevaṃ satyāvidyatvānadhikāraḥ karmasu prajyeta /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
na vayamadhyayanaprabhavaṃ karmāvabodhanamadhikārakāraṇaṃ vārayāmaḥ kiṃ tarhyeniṣadamātmajñānaṃ svātantryeṇaiva prayojanavatpratīyamānaṃ na karmādhikārakāraṇatāṃ pratipadyata ityetāvatpratipādayāmaḥ /
yathāca na kratvantarajñānaṃ kratvantarādhikāreṇāpekṣyata evametadapi draṣṭavyamiti // 12 //
yadapyuktaṃ niyamacca (bra. sū. 3.4.7) ityatrābhidhīyate -
nāviśeṣāt

'kurvanneveha karmāṇi jijīviṣet' (īśā. 2) ityelamādiṣu niyamaśravaṇeṣu na viduṣa iti viśeṣo 'sti /
aviśeṣeṇa niyamavidhānāt // 13 //
stutaye 'numatirvā

'kurvanneveha karmāṇi' (īśā. 2) ityatrāparo viśeṣa ākhyāyate yadyapyatra prakaraṇasāmarthyādvidvāneva kurvanniti saṃbadhyate tathāpi vidyāstutaye karmānujñānametaddraṣṭavyam /
'na karma lipyate nare' (īśā. 2) iti hi vakṣyati /
etaduktaṃ bhavati /
yāvajjīvaṃ karma kurvatyapi viduṣi puruṣe hi vakṣyati /
etaduktaṃ bhavati /
yāvajjīvaṃ karma kurvatyapi viduṣupuruṣe na karma lepāya bhavati vidyāsāmarthyāditi tadevaṃ vidyā stūyate // 14 //
kāmakāreṇa caike

apicaike vidvāṃsaḥ pratyakṣīkṛtavidyāphalāḥ santastadavaṣṭabhyātphalāntarasādhaneṣu prajādiṣu prayojanābhāvaṃ parāmṛśanti /
kāmakāreṇeti śrutirbhavati vājasaneyinām 'etaddha sma vai tatpūrve vidvāṃsaḥ prajāṃ na kāmayante kiṃ prajayā kariṣyāmo yeṣāṃ no 'yamātmāyaṃ lokaḥ' (bṛ. 4.4.22) iti anubhavārūḍhameva ca vidyāphalaṃ na kriyāphalavatkālāntarabhāvītyasakṛdavocāma /
ato 'pi na vidyāyāḥ karmaśeṣatvaṃ nāpi tadviṣayāyāḥ phalaśruterayathārthatvaṃ śakyamāśrayitum // 15 //
upamardaṃ ca

apica karmākārahetoḥ kriyākārakaphalalakṣaṇasya samastasya prapañcasyāvidyākṛtasya vidyāsāmarthyātsvarūpopamardamāmananti - 'yatra vā asya sarvamātmatmaivābhūttatkena kaṃ paśyettatkena kaṃ jighret' (bṛ. 2.4.14) ityādinā /
vedāntoditātmajñānapūrvikāṃ tu karmādhikārasiddhiṃ pratyāśāsanasya karmādhikārocchittireva prasajyeta /
tasmādapi svātantryaṃ vidyāyāḥ // 16 //
ūrdhvaretassu ca śabde hi

ūrdhvaretaḥsu cāśrameṣu vidyā śrūyate /
naca tatra karmāṅgatvaṃ vidyāyā upapadyate /
karmābhāvāt /
nahyagnihotrādīni vaidikāni karmāṇi teṣāṃ santi /
syādetat /
ūrdhvaretasa āśramā na śrūyante veda iti tadapi nāsti /
te 'pi hi vaidikeṣu śabdeṣvavagamyante 'trayo dharmaskandhāḥ' (chā. 2.23.1) 'ye ceme 'raṇye śraddhā tapa ityupāsate' (chā. 5.10.1) 'tapaḥśraddhe yo hyupavasantyaraṇye' (mu. 1.2.11) 'etameva pravājino lokamicchantaḥ pravajanti' (bṛ. 4.4.22) 'brahmacaryādeva pravrajet' (jā. 4) ityevamādiṣu /
pratipannāpratipannagārhasthyānāmapākṛtānāpākṛtarṇatrayāṇāṃ cordhvaretastvaṃ śrutismṛtiprasiddham /
tasmādapi svātantryaṃ vidyāyāḥ // 17 //
2 parāmarśādhikaraṇam / sū. 18-20
parāmarśaṃ jaiminiracodanāccāpavadati hi

'trayo dharmaskandhāḥ' (chā. 2.2.3.1) ityādayo ye śabdā ūrdhvaretasāmāśramāṇāṃ sadbhāvāyodāhṛtā na te tatpratipādanāya prabhavanti /
yataḥ parāmarśameṣu śabdeṣvāśramāntarāṇāṃ jaiminirācāryo manyate na vidim /
kutaḥ - nahyatra liṅgādīnāmanyatamaścodanāśabdo 'sti /
arthāntaraparatvaṃ caiṣu pratyekamupalabhyate /
trayo dharmaskandhā ityatra tāvadyajño 'dhyayanaṃ dānamiti prathamastapa eva dvitīyo brahmacāryācāryakulavāsī tṛtīyo 'tyantamātmānamācāryakule 'vasādayansarva ete puṇyalokā bhavantīti parāmarśapūrvakamāśramāṇāmanātyantikaphalatvaṃ saṃkīrtyātyantikaphalatayā brahmasaṃsthatā stūyate - 'brahmasaṃstho 'mṛtatvameti' (chā. 2.23.1) iti /
nanu parāmarśe 'pyāśramā gamyanta eva /
satyaṃ gamyante /
smṛtyācārābhyāṃ tu teṣāṃ prasiddhirna pratyakṣaśruteḥ /
ataśca pratyakṣaśrutivirodhe satyanādaraṇīyāste bhaviṣyanti /
anadhikṛtaviṣayā vā /
nanu gārhasthyamapi sahaivordhvaretobhiḥ parāmṛṣṭaṃ yajño 'dhyayanaṃ dānamiti prathama iti /
satyamevaṃ tathāpi tu gṛhasthaṃ pratyevāgnihotrādīnāṃ karmaṇāṃ vidhānācchrutiprasiddhameva hi tadastitvam /
tasmātstutyartha evāyaṃ paramarśo na codanārthaḥ /
apicāpavadati hi pratyakṣā śrutirāśramāntar 'vīrahā vā eṣa devānāṃ yo 'gnimudvāsayate', 'ācāryāya priyaṃ dhanamāhṛtya prajātantuṃ mā vyavacchetsīḥ' (tai. 1.11.1) 'nāputrasya loko 'stīti tatsarve paśavo viduḥ' ityevamādyā /
tathā 'ye cemeraṇye śraddhā tapa ityupāsate' (chā. 5.10.1) 'tapaḥśraddhe ye hyupāsantyaraṇye' (muṇḍa. 1.2.11) iti ca devayānopadeśo nāśramāntaropadeśaḥ /
saṃdigdhaṃ cāśramāntarābhidhānam 'tapa eva dvitīyaḥ' (chā. 2.2.3.1) ityevamādiṣu /
tathā etameva pravrājino lokamicchantaḥ pravrajanti' (bṛ. 4.4.22) iti lokasaṃstavo 'yaṃ na pārivrājyavidhiḥ /
nanu brahmacaryādeva pravrajeditivispaṣṭamidaṃ pratyakṣaṃ privrājyavidhānaṃ jābālānām /
satyametat /
anapekṣya tvetāṃ śrutimayaṃ vicāra iti draṣṭavyam // 18 //
anuṣṭheyaṃ bādarāyaṇaḥ sāmyaśruteḥ

anuṣṭheyamāśramāntaraṃ bādarāyaṇa ācāryo manyate /
vede śravaṇāt /
agnihotrādīnāṃ cāvaśyānuṣṭhoyatvāttadvirodhādanadhikṛtānuṣṭheyamāśramāntaramitihīmāṃ matiṃ nirākaroti gārhasthyavadevāśramāntaramapyanicchatā pratipattavyamiti manyamānaḥ /
kutaḥ sāmyaśruteḥ /
samā hi gārhastyenāśramāntarasya parāmarśaśrutirdṛśyate 'trayo dharmaskandhāḥ' (chā. 2.2.3.1)ityādyā /
yatheha śrutyantaravihitameva gārhastyaṃ parāmṛṣṭamevāśramāntaramapīti pratipattavyam /
yathāca śāstrāntaraprāptayoreva nivītaprācīnavītayoḥ parāmarśa upavītavidhipare vākye /
tasmāttulyamanuṣṭheyatvaṃ gārhasthyenāśramāntarasya /
tathā 'etameva pravrājino lokamicchantaḥ pravrajanti' (bṛ. 4.4.22) ityasya vedānuvacanādibhiḥ samabhivyāhāraḥ /
'ye ceme 'ramye śraddā tapa ityupāsate' (chā. 5.101) ityasya ca pañcāgnividyayā /
yattūktam 'tapa eva dvitīyaḥ (chā. 2.2.3.1) ityādiṣvāśramāntarābhidhānaṃ saṃdigdhamiti /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
niścayakāraṇasadbhāvāt /
'trayo dharmaskandhāḥ' (chā. 2.23.1) iti hi dharmaskandhatritvaṃ pratijñātam /
naca yajñādayo bhūyāṃso dharmā utpattibhinnāḥ santo 'nyatrāśramasaṃbandhātritve 'ntarbhāvayituṃ śakyante /
tatra yajñādiliṅgo gṛhāśrama eko dharmaskandho nirdiṣṭo brahmacārīti ca spaṣṭa āśramanirdeśastapaityapi ko 'nyastapaḥpradhānādāśramāddharmaskandho 'bhyupagamyeta /
'ye ceme 'raṇye' (chā. 5.10.1) iti cāraṇyaliṅgācchraddhātapobhyāmāśramagṛhītiḥ /
tasmātparāmarśe 'pyanuṣṭheyamāśramāntaram // 19 //
vidhir vā dhāraṇavat

vidhirivāyamāśramāntarasya na parāmarśamātram /
nanu vidhitvābhyupagama ekavākyatāpratītiruparudhyeta pratīyate cātraikavākyatā puṇyalokaphalāstrayo dharmaskandhā brahmasaṃsthātā tvamṛtatvaphaleti /
satyametat /
satīmapi tvekavākyatāpratītiṃ parityajya vidhirevābhyupagantavyo 'pūrvatvāt /
vidhyantarasyādarśanāt /
vispaṣṭāccāśramāntarapratyayādguṇavādakalpanayaikavākyatvāyojanānupapatteḥ /
dhāraṇavat /
yathā 'adhastatsamidhaṃ dhārayannanudravedupari hi devebhyo dhārayati' ityatra satyāmapyavirodhodhāraṇainaikavākyatāpratītau vidhīyata evoparidhāraṇamapūrvatvāt /
tathācoktaṃ śeṣalakṣaṇe - 'vidhistu dhāraṇe 'pūrvatvāt' iti /
tadvadihāpyāśramaparāmarśaśrutirvidhiriveti kalpyate /
yadāpi parāmarśa evāyamāśramāntarāṇāṃ tadapi brahmasaṃsthatā tāvatsaṃstavasāmarthyādavaśyaṃ vidheyābhyupagantavyā /
sā ca kiṃ caturṣvāśrameṣu yasya kasyacidāhosvitparivrājakasyaiveti vivektavyam /
yadi ca brahmācāryanteṣvāśrameṣu parāmṛśyamāneṣu parivrājako 'pi parāmṛṣṭastaścaturṇāmapyāśramāṇāṃ parāmṛṣṭatvāviśeṣādanāśramitvānupapatteśca yaḥ kaściccaturṣvāśrameṣu brahmasaṃstho bhaviṣyati /
atha na parāmṛṣṭastataḥ pariśiṣyamāṇaḥ parivrāḍeva brahmasaṃstha iti saṃtsyati /
tatra tapaḥśabdena vaikhānasagrāhiṇāparāmṛṣṭaḥparivrāḍapīti kecit /
tadapyuktam /
nahi satyāṃ gatau vānaprasthaviśeṣaṇena parivrājako grahaṇamiti /
yathātra brahmacārigṛhamedhināvasādāraṇenaiva svena svena viśeṣaṇena viśeṣitāvevaṃ bhikṣuvaikhānasāvapīti yuktam /
tapaścāsādhāraṇodharmo vānaprasthānāṃ kāyakleśapradhānatvāt /
tapaḥśabdasya tatra rūḍheḥ /
bhikṣostu dharma indriyasaṃyamādilakṣaṇo naiva tapaḥśabdenābhilapyate /
catuṣṭhvena ca prasiddhā āśramāstritvena parāmṛśyanta ityanyāyyam /
apica bhedavyapadeśo 'tra bhavati 'traya ete puṇyalokabhāja eko 'mṛtatvabhāk' iti /
pṛthaktveva caiṣa bhedavyapadeśo 'vakalpate /
nahyevaṃ bhavati devadattayajñadattau mandaprajñāvanyastvanayormahāprajña iti /
bhavati tvevaṃ devadattayajñadattau mandaprajñau viṣṇumitrastu mahāprajña iti /
tasmātpūrvo traya āśramiṇaḥ puṇyalokabhājaḥ pariśiṣyamāṇaḥ parivrāḍevāmṛtatvabhāk /
kathaṃ punarbrahmasaṃsthaśabdo yogātpravartamānaḥ sarvatra saṃbhavanparivrājaka evāvatiṣṭheta /
rūḍhyabhyupagame cāśramamātrādamṛtatvaprāpterjñānānarthakyaprasaṅga iti /
atrocyate - brahmasaṃstha iti hi brahmaṇi parisamptirananyavyāpāratārūpaṃ tanniṣṭhatvamabhidhīyate /
tacca trayāṇāmā8māṇāṃ na saṃbavati /
svāśramavihitakarmānanuṣṭhāne pryavāyaśravaṇāt /
parivrājakasya tu sarvakarmasaṃnyāsātapratyavāyo na saṃbhavatyananuṣṭhānanimittaḥ /
śamadamādistu tadīyo dharmo brahmasaṃsthatāyā upodbalako na virodhī /
brahmaniṣṭhatvameva hi tasya śamadamādyupabṛṃhitaṃ svāśramavihitaṃ karma yajñādīni cetareṣāṃ tadvyatikrame ca tasya pratyavāyaḥ tathāca 'nyāsa iti brahmā brahmā hi paraḥ paro hi brahma tāni vā etānyavarāṇi tapāṃsi nyāsa evātyarecayat' (nārā. 78) 'vedāntavijñānasuniṣcitārthāḥ saṃnyāsayogādyatayaḥ śuddhasattvāḥ' (muṇḍa. 3.2.6. nārā. 1.2.3. kaivalya. 3) ityādyāḥ śrutayaḥ /
smṛtayaśca -'tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ' (gī. 5.17) ityādyā brahmasaṃsthasya karmābhāvaṃ darśayanti /
tasmātaparivrājakasyāśramamātrādamṛtatvaprāpterjñānānarthakyaprasaṅga ityeteṣo 'pi doṣo nvatarati /
tadevaṃ parāmarśo 'pītareṣāmāśramāṇāṃ pārivrājyaṃ tāvadbrahmasaṃsthatālakṣaṇaṃ labhyetaiva /
anapekṣyaiva jābālaśrutimāśramāntaravidhāyinīmayamācryoṇa vicāraḥ pravartitaḥ /
vidyata eva tvāśramāntaravidhiśrutiḥ pratyakṣā /
'brahmacaryaṃ parisampya gṛhī bhavedgṛhī bhūtvā vanībhavedvanī bhūtvā pravrajet /
yadi vetarathā brahmacaryādeva brahmacaryādeva pravrajedgṛhādvā vanādvā' (jābā. 4) iti /
na ceyaṃ śrutiranadikṛtāviṣayā śakyā vaktum /
aviśeṣaśravaṇāt /
pṛthagnidhānāccānadhikṛtānāma 'atha punareva vratī vāvratī vā snātako vāsnātako votsannāgniranagniko vā' (jābā. 4) ityādinā /
brahmadānaparipākāṅgatvācca pārivrājyasya nānadhikṛtaviṣayatvam /
tacca darśayati - 'atha parivrāḍvivarṇavāsā muṇḍo 'parigrahaḥ śuciradrohī bhaikṣāṇo brahmabhūyāya bhavati' (jābā. 5) iti /
tasmātsiddhā ūrdhvaretasāmāśramāḥ /
siddhaṃ cordhvaretaḥsu vidānādvidyāyāḥ svātantryamiti // 20 //
stutimātrādhikaraṇam / sū. 21-22
stutimātram upādānād iti cen nāpūrvatvāt

'sa eṣa rasānāṃ rasatamaḥ paramaḥ parārdhyo 'ṣṭamo yadudgīthaḥ' (chā. 1.1.3) 'ityevamāgniḥ sāma' ( chā. 1.6.1) ayaṃ vāva loka eṣo 'gniścitaḥ /
tadidamevokthamiyameva pṛthivī' ityevañjātīkāḥ śrutayaḥ kimudgīthādeḥ stutyarthā āhosvidupāsanāvidyarthā ityasminsaṃśaye stutyarthā iti yuktam /
udgīthādīni karmāṅgānyupādāya śravaṇāt /
yathā 'iyameva juhūrādityaḥ kūrmaḥ svargo loka āhavanīyaḥ' ityādyā juhvādistutyarthāstadvaditi cet /
netyāha /
nahi stutimātramāsāṃ śrutīnāṃ prayojanaṃ yuktamapūrvatvāt /
vidhyarthatāyāṃ hyapūrvor'tho vihito bhavati stutyarthatāyāṃ tvānarthakyameva syāt /
vidhāyakasya hi śabdasya vākyaśeṣabhāvaṃ pratipadyamānā stutirupayujyata ityuktam 'vidhinā tvekavākyatvātstutyarthena vidhīnāṃ syuḥ ityatra /
pradeśāntaravihitānāṃ tūdgīthādīnāmiyaṃ pradeśāntarapaṭhitā stitirvākyaśeṣabhāvamapratipadyamānānarthikaiva syāt /
iyameva juhūrityādi tu vidhisaṃnidhāvevāmnatamiti vaiṣamyam /
tasmādvidhyarthā evaivañjātīyakāḥ śrutayaḥ // 21 //
bhāvaśabdāc ca

'udgīthamupāsīta' (chā. 1.1.1) 'sāmopāsīta' (chā. 2.2.1) 'ahamukthamasmīti vidyāt' ityādayaśca vispaṣṭā vidhiśabdāḥ śrūyante te ca stutimātraprayojanatāyāṃ vyāhanyeran /
tathāca nyāyavidāṃ smaraṇam -'kuryātkriyeta kartavyaṃ bhavetasyāditi pañcamam /
etatsyātsarvavedeṣu niyataṃ vidhilakṣaṇam' iti liṅgādyartho vidhiriti manyamānāsta evaṃ smaranti /
pratiprakaraṇaṃ ca phalāni śrāvyate - 'āpayitā ha vai kāmānāṃ bhavati' (chā. 1.1.7) 'eṣa hyeva kāmāgānasyeṣṭe' (chā. 1.7.9) 'kalpante hāsmai lokā ūrdhvaścāvṛttāśca' (chā. 2.2.3) ityādīni /
tasmādapyupāsanāvidhānārthā udgīthādiśrutayaḥ // 22 //
4 pāriplavādhikaraṇam / sū. 23-24
pāriplavārthā iti cen na viśeṣitatvāt

'atha ha yājñavalkyasya dve bhārye babhūvaturmaitreyī ca kātyayanī ca' (bṛ. 4.5.1) 'pratardano ha vai daivodāsirindrasya priyaṃ dhāmopajagāma' (kauṣī. 3.1) 'jānaśrutirha pautrāyaṇaḥ śraddhādeyo bahudāyī bahupākya āsa' (chā. 4.1.1) ityevamādiṣu vedāntapaṭhiteṣvākhyāneṣu saṃśayaḥ - kimimāni pāriplavaprayogārthānyohosvitsaṃnihitavidyāpratipattyarthānīti /
pāriplavārthā imā ākhyānaśrutayaḥ /
ākhyānasāmānyāt /
ākhyānaprayogasya ca pariplave coditatvāt /
tataśca vidyāpradhānatvaṃ vedāntānāṃ na syāt, mantravatprayogaśeṣatvāditi cet /
tanna /
kasmāt /
viśeṣitatvāt /
'pāriplavamācakṣīta' iti hi prakṛtya 'manurvaivasvato rājā' ityevamādīni kānicidevākhyānāni tatra viśeṣyante /
ākhyānasāmānyāccetsāmānyāccetsarvagṛhītiḥ syādanarthakamevedaṃ viśeṣaṇaṃ bhavet /
tasmānna pāriplavārthā etā ākhyānaśrutayaḥ // 23 //
tathā caikavākyatopabandhāt

asati ca pariplavārthatva ākhyānānāṃ saṃnihitavidyāpratipādanopayogitaiva nyāyyā /
ekavākyatobandhāt /
tathāhi ta6 tatra saṃnihitābhirekavākyatā dṛśyate prarocanopayogātpratipattisaukaryopayogācca /
maitreyībrāhmaṇe tāvat - 'ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ' (bṛ. 4.5.6) ityādyā vidyayaikavākyatā dṛśyate /
prātardane 'pi prāṇo 'smi prajñātmā ityādyayā /
jānaśrutiriyyatrāpi 'vāyurvāva saṃvargaḥ' (chā. 4.3.1) ityādyā /
yathā 'sa ātmāno vapāmudakhidat' ityevamādīnāṃ karmaśrutigatānāmākhyānāṃ saṃnihitavidhistutyarthatā tadvat /
tasmānna pāriplavārthatvam // 24 //
5 agnīndhanādyadhikaraṇam / sū. 25
ata eva cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā

'puruṣārtho 'taḥ śabdāt' (bra.sū. 3.4.1) ityetadvyavahitamapi saṃbhavādata iti parāmṛśyate /
ateva ca vidyāyāḥ puruṣārthahetutvādagnīndhanādīnyāśramakmāṇi vidyayā svārthasiddhau nāpekṣitavyānītyādyasyaivādhikaraṇasya phalamupasaṃharatyadhikavivakṣayā // 25 //
6 sarvāpekṣādhikaraṇam / sū. 26-27
sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruter aśvavat

idamidānīṃ cintyate kiṃ vidyāyā atyantamevānapekṣāśramakarmamāmutāsti kācidapekṣeti /
tatrāta evāgnīndhanādīnyāśramakarmāṇi vidyā svārthasiddhau nāpekṣyanta evamatyantamevānapekṣāyāṃ prāptāyāmidamucyate sarvāpekṣā ceti /
apekṣata ca vidyā sarvāṇyāśramakarmāṇi nātyantamanapekṣaiva /
nanu viruddhamidaṃ vacanamapekṣate cāśramakarmāṇi vidyā nāpekṣate ceti /
neti brūmaḥ /
utpannā hi vidyā phalasiddhiṃ prati na kiñcidanyadapekṣata utpattiṃ prati tvapekṣate /
kutaḥ - yajñādiśruteḥ /
tathāhi śrutiḥ - 'tametaṃ vedānuvacanena brāhmaṇā vividiṣanti yajñena dānena tapasānāśakena' (bṛ. 4.4.22) iti yajñādīnāṃ vidyāsādhanabhāvaṃ darśayati /
vividiṣāsaṃyogāccaiṣāmutpattisādhanabhāvoṣavasīyate /
'atha yadyajña ityācakṣate brahmacaryasya yajñādibhiḥ yaṃstavādyajñādīnāmapi hi sādhanabhāvaḥ sūcyate /
'sarve vedā yatpadamāmananti tapāṃsi sarvāṇi ca yadvadanti /
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa bravīmi' (kaṭha. 2.15) ityevamādyā ca śrutirāśramakarmaṇāṃ vidyāsādhanabhāvaṃ sūcayati /
smṛtirapi - 'kaṣāyapakatiḥ karmāṇi jñānaṃ tu paramā gatiḥ /
kaṣāye karmabhiḥ pakke tato jñānaṃ pravartate' ityevamādyā /
aśvavaditi yogyatānidarśanam /
yathāca yogyatāvaśenāśvo na lāṅgalākarṣaṇe yujyate rathacaryāyāṃ tu yujyate /
evamāśramakarmāṇi vidyayā phalasiddhau nāpekṣyanta utpattau cāpekṣyanta iti // 26 //
śamadamādyupetas syāt tathāpi tu tadvidhes tadaṅgatayā teṣām apy avaśyānuṣṭheyatvāt

yadikaścinmanyeta yajñādīnāṃ vidyāsādhanabhāvo na nyāyyo vidhyabāvāt /
'yajñena vividiṣanti' ityevañjātīyakā hi śrutiranuvādasvarūpāvidyābhiṣṭavaparā na yajñādividhiparā /
itthaṃ mahābhāgā vidyā syādvidyārthī 'tasmādevaṃvicchanto dānta uparatastitikṣuḥ samāhito bhūtvātmaneyevātmānaṃ paśyati' (bṛ. 4.4.23) iti vidyāsādhanatvena śamadamādīnāṃ vidhānādvihitānāṃ cāvaśyānuṣṭheyatvāt /
nanvatrāpi śamādyupeto bhūtvā paśyatīti vartamānāpadeśa upalabhyate na vidhiḥ /
neti brūmaḥ /
tasmāditi prakṛtapraśaṃsāparigrahādvidhitvapratīteḥ /
paśyediti na mādhyandinā vispaṣṭameva vidhimadhīyate /
tasmādyajñādyanapekṣāyāmapi śamadīnyapekṣitavyāni /
yajñādīnyapi tvapekṣitavyānīti yajñādiśrutereva /
nanūktaṃ yajñādibhirvividiṣantītyatra na vidhirupalabhyata iti /
satyamuktaṃ tathāpi tvatpūrvatvātsaṃyogasya vidhiḥ parikalpyate /
nahyayaṃ yajñādīnāṃ vividiṣāsaṃyogaḥ pūrvaṃ prāpto yenānūdyeta /
'tasmātpūṣā prapiṣṭabhāgo 'dantako hi ityevamādiṣu cāśrutavidhikeṣvapi vākyeṣvapūrvatvādvidhiṃ parikalpya pauṣṇaṃ peṣaṇaṃ vikṛtau pratīyetyādivicāraḥ prathame tantre pravartitaḥ /
tathācoktam 'vidhirvā dhāraṇavat' (bra, sū. 3.4.20) iti /
smṛtirapi bhagavadgītādyāsvanabhisaṃdhāya phalamanutiṣṭhitāni yajñādīni mumukṣorjñānasādhanāni bhavantīti prapañcitam /
tasmādyajñādīni śamadamādīni ca yathāśramaṃ sarvāṇyevāśramakarmāṇi vidyotpattāvapekṣitavyāni /
tatrāpyevaṃviditi vidyāsaṃyogātpratyāsannāni vidyāsādhanāni śamādīni, vividiṣāsaṃyogāttu brahyatarāṇi yajñādīnīti vivektavyam // 27 //
7 sarvānnānumatyadhikaraṇam / sū. 28-31
sarvān nānumatiś ca prāṇātyaye taddarśanāt

prāṇasaṃvāde śrūyate chandogānām - 'na ha vā evaṃvidi kiñcanānannaṃ bhavati' (chā. 5.2.1) iti /
tathā vājasaneyinām - 'na ha vā asyānnaṃ jagdhaṃ bhavati nānannaṃ pratigṛhītam' (bṛ. 6.1.14) iti /
sarvamevāsyādanīyameva bhavatītyarthaḥ /
kimidaṃ sarvānnānujñānaṃ śamādivadvidyāṅgaṃ vidhīyata uta stutyarthaṃ saṃkārtyata iti saṃśaye vidhiriti tāvatprātm /
tathāhi - pravṛttiviśeṣakara upadeśo bhavatyataḥ prāṇavidyāsaṃnidhānāttadaṅgatveneyaṃ niyamanivṛttirupadiśyate /
nanvevaṃsati bhakṣyābhakṣyavibhāgaśāstravyāghātaḥ syāt /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
smānyaviśeṣabhāvādbādhopapatteḥ /
yathā prāṇihiṃsāpratiṣedhasya paśusaṃjñāpanavidhinā bādhaḥ /
yathāca 'na kāñcana pariharettadvratam' (chā. 2.13.2) ityanena vāmadevyāvidyāviṣayeṇa sarvastrayaparihāravacanena tatsāmānyaviṣayaṃ gamyāgamyavibhāgaśāstraṃ bādhyate /
evamanenāpi prāṇavidyāviṣayeṇa sarvānnabhakṣaṇavacanena bhakṣyābhakṣyavibhāgaśāstraṃ bādhyateti /
evaṃ prāpte brūmaḥ - nedaṃ sarvānnānujñānaṃ vidhīyata iti /
nahyatra vidhāyakaḥ śabda upalabhyate 'na ha vā evaṃvidi kiñcanānannaṃ bhavati' (chā. 5.2.1) iti vartamānāpadeśāt /
nacāsatyāmapi vidhipratītau pravṛttiviśeṣakaratvalobhenaiva vidhirabhyupagantuṃ śakyate /
apica śvādimaryādaṃ prāṇasyānnamityuktvedamucyate 'naivaṃvidaḥ kiñcidanannaṃ bhavati' iti /
naca śvādimaryāmannaṃ mānuṣeṇa dehenopabhoktuṃ śakyate /
śakyate tu prāṇasyānnamidaṃ sarvamiti vicintayitum /
tasmātprāṇānnavijñānapraśaṃsārtho 'yamarthavādo na sarvānnānujñānavidhiḥ /
taddarśayati 'sarvānnānumatiśca prāṇātyaye' iti /
etaduktaṃ bhavati- prāṇātyaya eva hi parasyāmāpadi sarvamannamadīyatvenābhyanujñāyate taddarśanāt /
tathāhi śrutiścākrāyaṇasyerṣeḥ kaṣṭāyāmavasthāyāmabhakṣyabhakṣaṇe pravṛttiṃ darśayati - 'maṭacīhateṣu kuruṣu' (chā. 1.10.1) ityasminbrāhmaṇe /
cākrāyaṇaḥ kilarṣirāpadgata ibhyena sāmikhādintānkulmāṣāṃścakhāda /
anupānaṃ tu tadīyamucchiṣṭadoṣātpratyācacakṣe /
kāraṇaṃ cātrovāca 'na vā ajīviṣyamimānakhādan' (chā. 1.10.4) iti, 'kāmo ma udapānam' (chā. 1.10.4) iti ca /
pinaścottaredyustāneva svaparocchiṣṭānparyuṣitānkulmāṣānbhakṣayāṃbabhūveti /
tadetaducchiṣṭaparyuṣitabhakṣaṇaṃ darśayantyāḥ śruterāśayātiśayo lakṣyate prāṇātyayaprasaṅge prāṇasaṃdhāraṇāyābhakṣyamapi bhakṣayitavyamiti /
svasthāvasthāyāṃ tu tanna kartavyaṃ vidyāvatāpītyanupānapratyākhyānādgamyate /
tasmādarthavādo 'na ha vā evaṃvidi' (cā. 5.2.1) ityevamādiḥ // 28 //
abādhāc ca

evañca satyāhāraśuddhau sattvaśuddhirityevamādi bhakṣyābhakṣyavibhāgaśāstramabādhitaṃ bhaviṣyati // 29 //
api ca smaryate

apicāpadi sarvānnabhakṣaṇamapi smaryateviduṣo.viduṣaścāviśeṣeṇa - 'jīvitātyayamāpanno yo 'nnamatti yatastataḥ /
lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā' iti /
tathā 'madyaṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ', 'surāpasya brāhmaṇasyoṣṇāmasiṃceyuḥ', 'surāpāḥ kṛmayo bhavantyabhakṣyabhakṣaṇāt' iti ca smaryatevarjanamannasya // 30 //
FN: uṣṇamatitaptām /
śabdaś cāto 'kāmakāre

śabdaścānannasya pratiṣedhakaḥ kāmakāranivṛttiprayojanaḥ kāṭhakānāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śrūyate - 'tasmādbrahmaṇaḥ surāṃ na pibet' iti /
so 'pi 'na ha vā evaṃvidi' (chā. 5.2.1) ityasyārthavādatvādupapannataro bhavati /
tasmādevañjātīyakā arthavādā na vidhaya iti // 31 //
8 āśramakarmādhikaraṇam / sū. 32-36
vihitatvāc cāśramakarmāpi

'sarvāpekṣā ca -' (bra. sū. 3.4.23) ityatrāśramakarmaṇāṃ vidyāsādhanatvamavadhāritam /
idānīṃ tu kimamumukṣorapyaśramamātraniṣṭhasya vidyāmakāmamayamānasya tānyanuṣṭheyānyutāho neti cintyate /
tatra 'tametaṃ vedānuvacanena brāhmaṇā vividiṣanti' (bṛ. 4.4.22) ityādināśramakarmaṇāṃ vidyāsādhanatvena vihitatvādvidyāmanicchataḥ phalāntaraṃ kāmayamānasya nityanyananuṣṭheyāni /
atha tasyāpyanuṣṭheyāni na tarhyeṣāṃ vidyāsādhanatvaṃ nityānityasaṃyogavirodhāditi /
asyāṃ prāptau paṭhati - 'āśramamātraniṣṭhasyāpyamumukṣoḥ kartavyanyeva nityāni karmāṇi yāvajjīvamagnihotraṃ juhoti' ityādinā vihitatvāt /
nahi vacanasyātibhāro nāma kaścidasti // 32 //
atha yaduktaṃ naivaṃ sati vidyāsādhanatveṣāṃ syādityata uttaraṃ paṭhati -
sahakāritvena ca

vidyāsahakārīṇi caitāni syurvihitatvādeva 'tametaṃ vedānuvacanena brāhmaṇā vividiṣanti' (bṛ. 4.4.22) ityādinā /
taduktam - 'sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruteraśvavat' (bra. sū. 3.4.26) iti /
nacedaṃ vidyāsahakāritvāvacanamāśramakarmaṇāṃ prayājādivadvidyāphalaviṣayaṃ mantavyam /
avidhilakṣaṇatvādvidyāyāḥ /
asādhyatvācca vidyāphalasya /
vidhilakṣaṇaṃ hi sādhanaṃ darśapūrṇamāsādi svargaphalasiṣādhayiṣayā sahakārisādhanāntaramapekṣate naivaṃ vidyā /
tathācoktam 'ata eva cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā' (bra. sū. 3.4.25) iti /
tasmāduttpattisādhanatva evaiṣāṃ sahakāritvavācoyuktiḥ /
nacātra nityānityasaṃyogavirodha āśaṅkayaḥ, karmābhede 'pi saṃyogabhedāt /
nitye hyekaḥ saṃyogo yāvajjīvādivākyakalpito na tasya vidyāphalatvam /
anityastvaparaḥ saṃyogaḥ 'tametaṃ vedānuvacanena' (bṛ. 4.4.22)
ityādivākyakalpitastasya vidyāphalatvam /
yathaikasyāpi khādiratvasya nityena saṃyogena kratvarthatvamanityena saṃyogena puruṣārthatvaṃ tadvat // 33 //
sarvathāpi ta evobhayaliṅgāt

sarvathāpyāśramakarmapakṣe vidyāsahakāritvapakṣe ca ta evāgnihotrādayo dharmā anuṣṭoyāḥ /
ta evetyavadhārayannācryaḥ kiṃ nivartayati /
karmabhedaśah kāmiti brūmaḥ /
yathā kuṇḍapāyināmayane 'māsamagnihotraṃ jihoti' ityatra nityādagnihotrātkarmāntaramupadiśyate naivamiha karmabhedo 'stītyarthaḥ /
kutaḥ -ubhayaliṅgāt /
śrutiliṅgātsmṛtiliṅgācca /
śrutiliṅgaṃ tāvat 'tametaṃ vedānuvacanena brāhmaṇā vividiṣanti' (bṛ. 4.4.22) iti siddhavadutpannarūpāṇyeva yajñādīni vividiṣāyāṃ viniyuṅ kte natu juhvatītyādivadapūrvameṣāṃ rūpamutpādayatīti /
smṛtiliṅgamapi 'anāśritaḥ karmaphalaṃ kāryaṃ karma karoti yaḥ' (6.1) iti vijñātakartavyatākameva karma vidyotpattyarthaṃ darśayati /
yasyaite 'ṣṭācatvāriṃśatsaṃskārā ityādyā ca saṃskāratvaprasiddhirvaidikeṣu karmasu tatsaṃskṛtasya vidyotpattimabhipretya smṛtau bhavati /
tasmātsādvidamabhedāvadhāraṇam // 34 //
anabhibhavaṃ ca darśayati

sahakāritvasyaivaitadupodbalakaṃ liṅgadarsanamanabhibhavaṃ ta darśayati śrutirbrahmacaryādisādhanasaṃpannasya rāgadibhiḥ kleśaiḥ 'eṣa hyātmā na naśyati yaṃ brahmacaryeṇānuvindate' (chā. 8.5.3) ityādinā /
tasmādyajñādīnyāśramakarmāṇi ca bhavanti vidyāsahakārīṇi ceti niścitam // 35 //
9 vidhurādikaraṇam / sū. 36 -39
antarā cāpi tu taddṛṣṭeḥ

vidhurādīnāṃ dravyādisaṃpadrahitānāṃ cānyatamāśramapratipattihīnānāmantarālavartināṃ kiṃ vidyāyāmadhikāro 'sti kiṃvā nāstīti saṃśaye nāstīti tāvatprāptam /
āśramakarmaṇāṃ vidyāhetutvāvadhāraṇādāśramakarmāsaṃbhavāccaiteṣāmiti /
evaṃ prāpta idamāha - antarā cāpi tvanāśramitvena vartamāno 'pi vidyāyāmadhikriyate /
kutaḥ taddṛṣṭeḥ /
raikvavācaknavīprabhṛtīnāmevaṃbhūtānāmapi brahmatvaśrutyupalabdheḥ // 36 //
api ca smaryate

saṃvartaprabhṛtīnāṃ ca nagnacaryādiyogādanapekṣitāśramakarmāṇāmapi mahāyogitvaṃ smaryata itihāse // 37 //
nanu liṅgamidaṃ śrutismṛtidarśanamipanyastaṃ kā nu khalu prāptiriti sābhidhīyate -
viśeṣānugrahaś ca

teṣāmapi ca vidhurādīnāmaviruddhaiḥ puruṣamātrasaṃbandhibhirjapopavāsadevatārādhanādibhirdharmaviśeṣairanugraho vidyāyāḥ saṃbhavati /
tathāca smṛtiḥ - 'japyenaiva tu saṃsiddhyedbrāhmaṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ /
kuryādantra vā kuryānmantro brāhmaṇa ucyate' ityasaṃbhavadāśramakarmāṇo 'pi japye 'dhikāraṃ darśayati /
janmāntarānuṣṭhitairapi cāśramakarmabhiḥ saṃbhavatyeva vidyāyā anugrahaḥ /
tathāca smṛtiḥ - 'anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim' (6.45) iti janmāntarasaṃcitānāmapi saṃskāraviśeṣānanugrahītṛnvidyāyāṃ darśayati /
dṛṣṭārthā ca vidyā pratiṣedhābhāvamātreṇāpyartinamadhikaroti śravaṇādiṣu /
tasmādvidhurādīnāmapyadhikāro na virudhyate // 38 //
atas tv itarajjyāyo liṅgāc ca

atastvantarālavartitvāditaradāśramavartitvaṃ jyāyo vidyāsādhanam /
śrutismṛtisaṃdṛṣṭatvāt /
śrutiliṅgācca 'tenaiti brahmavitpūṇyakṛttejasaśca' (bṛ. 4.4.1) iti /
'anāśramī na tiṣṭheta dinamekamapi dvijaḥ /
saṃvatsaramanāśramī sthitvā kṛcchramekaṃ caret' iti ca smṛtiliṅgāt // 39 //
10 tadbhūtādhikaraṇam / sū. 40
tadbhūtasya tu nātadbhāvo jaiminer api niyamāt tadrūpābhāvebhyaḥ

santyūrdhvaretasā āśramā iti sthāpitam /
tāṃstu prāptasya kathañcittataḥ pracyutirasti nāsti veti saṃśayaḥ /
pūrvakarmasvanuṣṭhānacikīrṣayā vā rāgādivaśena vā pracyuto 'pi syādviśeṣābhāvāditi /
evaṃ prāpta ucyate - tadbhūtasya tu pratipannordhvaretobhāvasya na kathañcidapyatadbhāvo na tataḥ pracyutiḥ syāt /
kutaḥ - niyamātadrūpābhāvebhyaḥ /
tathāhi - 'atyantamātmānamācāryakule 'vasādayan' (chā. 2.23.1) iti 'araṇyamiyāditi padaṃ tato na punareyādityupaniṣat' iti 'ācāryeṇābhyanujñātaścaturṇāmekamāśramam /
ā vimokṣāccharīrasya so 'nutiṣṭhedyathāvidi' iti caivañjātīyake niyamaḥ pracyutyaprabhāvaṃ darśayati /
yathāca 'brahmacaryaṃ samāpya gṛhī bhavet' (jā. 4) 'brahmacaryādeva pravrajet' (jā. 4) iti caivamādīnyāroharūpāṇi vacāṃsyupalabhyante naivaṃ pratyavaroharūpāṇi /
nacaivamācārāḥ śiṣṭhā vidyante /
yattu pūrvakarmasvanuṣṭhānacikīrṣayā pratyavarohaṇamiti tadasat 'śreyānsvadharmo viguṇaḥ paradharmātsvanuṣṭhitāt' (3.35) iti smaraṇāt /
nyāyācca /
yo hi yaṃ prati vidhīyate sa tasya dharmo natu yo yena svanuṣṭhātuṃ śakyate /
codanālakṣaṇatvāddharmasya /
naca rāgādivaśātpracyutiḥ /
niyamaśāstrasya balīyastvāt /
jaiminerapītyapiśabdena jaiminibādarāyaṇayoratra saṃpratipattiṃ śāsti pratipattidārḍhyāya // 40 //
11 adhikārādhikaraṇam / sū. 41 - 42
na cādhikārikam api patanānumānāt tadayogāt

yadi naiṣṭhiko brahmacārī pramādādavakīryeta kiṃ tasya 'brahmacaryāvakīrṇī nairṛtaṃ gardabhamālabhet' ityetatprāyaścittaṃ syāduta neti /
netyucyate /
yadapyadhikāralakṣaṇe nirṇītaṃ prāyaścittam 'avakīrṇipaśuśca tadvadādhānasyāprāptakālatvāt' (jai. sū /
6.8.21) iti tadapina naiṣṭhikasya bhavitumarhati /
kiṃ kāraṇam - 'ārūḍho naiṣṭhikaṃ dharmaṃ yastu pracyavate pinaḥ /
prāyaścittaṃ na paśyāmi yena śuddhyetsa ātmahā' ityapratisamādheyapatanasmaraṇācchinnaśirasa iva pratikriyānupapatteḥ /
upakurvāṇasya tu tādṛkpatanasmaraṇābhāvādupapadyate tatprāyaścittam // 41 //
upapūrvam api tv eke bhāvamaśanavat tad uktam

apitveka ācāryā upapātakamevaitaditi manyate /
yannaiṣṭhikasya gurudārādibhyo 'nyatra brahmacaryaṃ viśīryeta na tanmahāpātakaṃ bhavati gurutalpādiṣu mahāpātakeṣvaparigaṇanāt /
tasmādupakurvāṇavannaiṣṭhikasyāpi prāyaścittasya bhāvamicchanti brahmacāritvāviśeṣādavakīrṇitatvāviśeṣācca /
aśanavat /
yathā brahmacāriṇo madhumāṃsāśane vratalopaḥ punaḥsaṃskāraścaivamiti /
ye hi prāyaścittasyābhāvamicchanti teṣāṃ na mūlamupalabhyate /
ye tu bhāvamicchanti teṣāṃ brahmacāryavakīrṇetyadaviśeṣaśravaṇaṃ mūlam /
tasmādbhāvo yuktataraḥ /
taduktaṃ pramāṇalakṣaṇe - 'samā vipratipattiḥ syāt' (jai. sū. 1.3.8) 'śāstrasthā vā tannimittatvāt' (jai. sū. 1.3.9) iti /
prāścittābhāvasmaraṇaṃ tvevaṃ sati yatnagauravotpādanārthamiti vyākhyātam /
evaṃ bhikṣuvaikhānasayorapi vānaprastho dīkṣābhede kṛcchraṃ dvādaśarātraṃ caritvā mahākakṣaṃ vardhayet bhikṣurvānaprasthavatsomavalliṅgavarjaṃ svaśāstrasaṃskāraśca ityavamādi prāyaścittasmaraṇamanuvartavyam // 42 //
12 bahiradhikaramam / sū. 43
bahis tūbhayathāpi smṛter ācārāc ca

yadūrdhvaretasāṃ svaśramebhyaḥ pracyavanaṃ mahāpātakaṃ yadi vopapātakamubhayathāpi śiṣṭhaiste bahirkartavyāḥ /
'ārūḍho naiṣṭhikaṃ dharmaṃ yastu pracyavate punaḥ /
prāyaścittaṃ na paśyāmi yena śudhyetsa ātmahā' iti 'ārūḍhapatitaṃ vipraṃ maṇḍalācca viniḥsṛtam /
udbaddhaṃ kṛmidaṣṭaṃ ca spṛṣṭvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret' iti caivamādinindātiśayasmṛtibhyaḥ /
śiṣṭācārācca /
nahi yajñādhyayanavivāhādīni taiḥ sahācaranti śiṣṭāḥ // 43 //
13 svāmyadhikaraṇam / sū. 44 -46
svāminaḥ phalaśruter ity ātreyaḥ

aṅgeṣūpāsaneṣu saṃśayaḥ /
kiṃ tāni yajamānakarmāṇyāhosvidṛtvikkarmāṇīti /
kiṃ tāvatprāptam yajamānakarmāṇīti /
kutaḥ - phalaśruteḥ /
phalaṃ hi śrūyate - 'varṣati hāsmai varṣayati ha ya etadevaṃ vidvānvṛṣṭau pañcavidhaṃ sāmopāste' (chā. 2.3.2) ityādi /
tacca svāmigāmi nyāyyam /
tasya sāṅge prayoge 'dhikṛtatvāt /
adhikṛtādhikāratvāccaivañjātīyakasya /
phalaṃ ca kartaryupāsanānāṃ śrūyate - 'varṣatyasmai ya upāste' ityādi /
nanvṛtvijo 'pi phalaṃ dṛṣṭam 'ātmane vā yaṃ kāmaṃ kāmayate tamāgāyati' (bṛ. 1.3.28) iti /
na /
tasya vācanikatvāt /
tasmātsvāmina eva phalavatsūpāsaneṣu kartṛtvamityātreya ācāryo manyate // 44 //
ārtvijyam ity auḍulomiḥ tasmai hi parikrīyate

naitadasti svāmikarmāṇyupāsanānīti /
ṛtvikkarmāṇyetāni syurityauḍulomirācāryo manyate /
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ, tasmai hi sāṅgāya karmaṇe yajamānenartvikparikrīyate /
tatprayogāntaḥpātīni codgīthādyupāsanānyadhikṛtādhikārakatvāt /
tasmādgodohanādiniyamavadevartvigbhirnirvartyetan /
tathāca 'taṃ ha bako dālbhyo vidāñcakāra sa ha naimiśīyānāmudgātā babhūva (chā. 1.2.13) ityudgātṛkatṛrkatāṃ vijñānasya darśayati /
yattūktaṃ kartrāśrayaṃ phalaṃ śrūyata iti /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
parārthatvādṛtvijo 'nyatra vacanātphalasaṃbandhānupapatteḥ // 45 //
śruteśca

yāṃ vai kāñcana yajña ṛtvija āśiṣamāśāsata iti yajamānāyaiva tāmāśāsata iti hovāceti tasmādu haivaṃvidudgātā brūyātkaṃ te kāmamāgāyāni (chā. 1.7.8 - 9) iti /
taccarvitvakkartṛkasya vijñānasya yajamānagāmi phalaṃ darśayati /
tasmādaṅgopāsanānāmṛtvikkarmatvasiddhiḥ // 46 //
14 sahakāryantaravidhyadhikaraṇam / sū. 47 - 49
sahakāryantaravidhiḥ pakṣeṇa tṛtīyaṃ tadvato vidhyādivat

'tasmādbrahmaṇaḥ pāṇḍityaṃ nirvidya bālyena tiṣṭhāsedbālyaṃ ca pāṇḍityaṃ ca nirvidyātha muniramaunaṃ ca monaṃ ca nirvidyātha brāhmaṇaḥ' (bṛ. 3.5.1) iti bṛhadāraṇyake śrūyate /
tatra saṃśayaḥ maunaṃ vidīyate na veti /
na vidīyata iti tāvatprāptam /
bālyena tiṣṭhāsedityatraiva vidheravasitatvāt /
nahyatha munirityatra vidāyakā vibhaktirupalabhyate tasmādayamanuvādo yuktaḥ /
kutaḥ prāptiriti cet /
munipaṇḍitaśabdayorjñānārthatvātpāṇḍityaṃ nirvidyetyevaṃ prāptaṃ maunam /
apicāmaunaṃ ca maunaṃ ca nirvidyātha brāhmaṇa ityatra tāvanna brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidhīyate prāgeva prāptatvāt /
tasmādatha brāhmaṇa iti praśaṃsāvadastathaivātha munirityapi bhavitumarhati samānanirdeṣatvāditi /
evaṃ prāpte brūmaḥ - sahakāryantaravidhiriti /
vidyāsahakāriṇo maunasya bālyapāṇḍityavadvidhirevāśrayitavyo 'pūrvavat /
nanu pāṇḍityaśabdenaiva maunasyāvagatatvamuktam /
naiṣa doṣaḥ /
muniśabdasya jñānātiśayārthatvāt /
mananānmuniriti ca vyutpattiriti ca vyutpattisaṃbhavāt /
'munīnāmapyahaṃ vyāsaḥ' (gī. 10.37) iti ca prayogadarśanāt /
nanu muniśabda uttamāśramavacano 'pi śrūyate 'gārhasthyamācāryakulaṃ maunaṃ vānaprastham' ityatra /
na /
'vālmīkirmunipuṅgavaḥ' ityādiṣu vyabicāradarśanāt /
itarāśramasaṃnidhānāttu pāriśeṣyāttatrottamāśramopādānaṃ jñānapradhānatvādutmāśramasyaṣa tasmādbālyapāṇḍityāpekṣayā tṛtīyamidaṃ maunaṃ jñānātiśayarūpaṃ vidīyate /
yattu bālya eva vidheḥ paryavasānamiti tathāpyapūrvatvānmunitvasya vidheyatvāmāśrīyate muniḥ syāditi /
nirvedanīyatvanirdeśādapi maunasya bālyapāṇḍityavadvidheyatvāśrayaṇam /
tadvato vidyāvataḥ sanyāsinaḥ /
kathañca vidyāvaḥ saṃnyāsina ityavagamyate /
tadadhikārāt 'ātmānaṃ viditvā putrādyeṣaṇābhyo vyutthāyātha bhikṣācaryaṃ caranti' iti /
nanu sati vidyāvattve prāpnotyeva tatrātiśayaḥ kiṃ monavidhinetyata āha - pakṣeṇeti /
etaduktaṃ bhavati -
yasminpakṣe bhedadarśanaprābalyānna prāpnoti tasminneṣa vidhiriti /
vidhyādivat /
yathā - 'darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ svargakāmo yajeta' ityevañjātīyake vidhyādau sahakāritvenāgnyanbādhānādikamaṅgajātaṃ vidhīyate /
evamavipradhāne 'pyasminvidyāvākye maunavidhirityarthaḥ // 47 //
evaṃ bālyādiviśiṣṭe kaivalyāśrame śrutimati vidyamāne kasmācchāndogye gṛhiṇopasaṃhāraḥ 'abhisamāvṛtya kuṭumbe' (chā. 8.15.1) ityatra /
tena hyupasaṃharaṃstadviṣayamādaraṃ darśatīti /
ata uttaraṃ paṭhati -
kṛtsnabhāvāt tu gṛhiṇopasaṃhāraḥ

tuśabdo viśeṣaṇārthaḥ /
kṛtsnabhāvo 'sya viśeṣyate /
bahulāyāsāni hi bahūnyāśramakarmāṇi yajñādīni taṃ prati kartavyatayopadiṣṭānyāśramāntarakarmāṇi ca yathāsaṃbhavamahiṃsendriyasaṃyamādīni tasya vidyante /
tasmādgṛhamedhinopasaṃhāro na virudhyate // 48 //
maunavad itareṣām apy upadeśāt

yathā maunaṃ gārhasthyaṃ caitāvāśramau śrutimantāvevamitarāvapi vānaprasthagurukulavāsau /
darśitā hi purastācchrutiḥ- 'tapaḥ eva dvitīyo brahmacaryācāryakulavāsī tṛtīyaḥ' (chā. 2.23.1) ityādyā /
tasmāccaturṇāmapyāśramāṇāmupadeśāviśeṣāttulyavadvikalpasamuccayābhyāṃ pratipattiḥ /
itareṣāmiti dvayorāśramayorbahuvacanaṃ vṛttibhedāpekṣayānuṣṭhātṛbhedāpekṣayā veti draṣṭavyam // 49 //
15 anāviṣkārādhikaraṇam / sū. 50
anāviṣkurvann anvayāt

'tasmādbrahmaṇaḥ pāṇḍityaṃ nirvedya bālyena tiṣṭhāset' (bṛ. 3.5.1) iti bālyamanuṣṭheyatayā śrūyate /
tatra bālasya bhāvaḥ karma vā bālyamitiraddhite sati bālabhāvasya vayoviśeṣasyecchāyā saṃpādayitumaśakyatvādyathopapādaṃ mūtrapurīṣatvādibālacaritantargatā vā bhāvaviśuddhiraprarūḍhendriyatvaṃ dambhadarpādirahitatvaṃ vā bālyaṃ syāditi saṃśayaḥ /
kiṃ tāvatprāptaṃ kāmacāravādabhakṣaṇatā yathopapādamūtrapurīṣatvaṃ ca prasiddhataraṃ loke bālyamiti tadgrahaṇaṃ yuktam /
nanu patitatvādidoṣaprāpterna yuktaṃ kāmacāratādyāśrayaṇam /
na /
vidyāvataḥ saṃnyāsino vacanasmarthyāddoṣanivṛtteḥ paśuhiṃsādiṣviveti /
evaṃ prāpte 'bhidhīyate /
na /
vacanasya gatyantarābhāvāt /
aviruddhe hyanyasminbālyaśabdābhilapye labhyamāne na vidhyantaravyāghātakalpanā yuktā /
pradhānopakārāya cāṅgaṃ vidhīyate /
jñānābhyāsaśca pradhānamiha yatīnāmanuṣṭheyam /
naca sakalāyāṃ bālacaryāyāmaṅgīkriyamāṇāyāṃ jñānābhyāsaḥ saṃbhāvyate /
tasmādāntaro bhāvaviśeṣo bālyasyāprarūḍhendriyatvādiriha bālyamāśrīyate /
tadāha - anāviṣkurvanniti /
jñānādhyayanadhārmikatvādibhirātmānamavikhyāpayandambhadarpādirahito bhavet /
yathā bālo 'prarūḍhendriyatayā na pareṣāmātmānamāviṣkartumīhate tadvat /
evaṃ hyasya vākyasya pradhānopakāryārthānugama upapadyate /
tathācoktaṃ smṛtikāraiḥ - 'yaṃ na santaṃ na cāsantaṃ nāśrutaṃ na bahuśrutam /
na suvṛttaṃ na durvṛttaṃ veda kaścitsa brāhmaṇaḥ //
gūḍhadharmāśrito vidvānajñātacaritaṃ caret /
andhavajjaḍavaccāpi mūkavacca mahīṃ caret' //
'avyaktaliṅgo 'vyaktācāraḥ' iti caivamādi // 50 //
16 aihikādhikaraṇam / sū. 51
aihikam apy aprastutapratibandhe taddarśanāt

'sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruteraśvavat (bra.sū. 3.4.23) ityata ārabhyoccāvacaṃ vidyāsādhanamavadhāritaṃ, tatphalaṃ vidyā siddhyantī kimihaiva janmani siddhyatyuta kadācidamutrāpīti cnavtyate /
kiṃ tāvatprāptam /
ihaiveti /
kiṃ kāraṇam /
śravaṇādipūrvikā hi vidyā /
naca kaścidamutra me vidyā jāyatāmityabhisaṃdhāya śravaṇādiṣu pravartate /
samāna eva tu janmani vidyājanmābhisaṃdhāyaiteṣu pravartamāno dṛśyate /
yajñādīnyapi śravaṇādidvāreṇaiva vidyāṃ janayanti prāmāṇajanyatvādvidyāyāḥ /
tasmādaihikameva vidyājanmeti /
evaṃ prāpte vadāmaḥ - aihikaṃ vidyājanma bhavatyasati prastutapratibandha iti /
etadapaktaṃ bhavati - yadā prakrāntasya vidyāsādhanasya kaścitpratibandho na kriyata upasthitavipākena karmāntareṇa tadehaiva vidyotpadyate, yadā tu khalu tatpratibandhaḥ kriyate tadāmutreti /
upasthitavipākatvaṃ ca karmaṇo deśakālanimittopaninipātādbhavati /
yāni cākasya karmaṇo vipācakāni deśakālanimittāni tānyevānyasyāpīti na niyantuṃ śakyate /
yato viruddhaphalānyapi karmāṇi bhavanti /
śāstramapyasya karmaṇa idaṃ phalaṃ bhavatītyetāvati paryavasitaṃ na deśakālanimittaviśeṣamapi saṃkārtayati /
sādhanavīryaviśeṣāttvatīndriyā kasyacicchaktirāvirbhavati tatpratibaddhā parasya tiṣṭhati /
nacāviśeṣeṇa vidyāyāmabhisaṃdhirnotpadyata ihāmutra vā me vidyā jāyatāmityabhisaṃdherniraṅ kuśatvāt /
śravaṇādi dvāreṇāpi vidyotpadyamānā pratibandhakṣayāpekṣayaivotpadyate /
tathācaśrutirdurbodhatvamātmano darśayati - 'śravaṇāyāpi bahubhiryo na labhyaḥ śṛṇvanto 'pi bahavo yaṃ na vidyuḥ /
āścaryo 'sya vaktā kuśalo 'sya labdhāścaryo jñātā kuśalānuśiṣṭaḥ' (ka. 2.7) iti /
garbhasya eva ca vāmadevaḥ pratipede brahmabhāvamiti vadantī janmāntarasaṃcitātsādhanājjanmāntare vidyotpattiṃ darśayati /
nahi garbhasyaivaihikaṃ kiñcitsādhanaṃ saṃbhāvyate /
samṛtāvapi - 'aprāpya yogasaṃsiddhiṃ kāṃ gatiṃ kṛṣṇa gacchati' (gī. 6.36) ityarjunena pṛṣṭo bhagavānvāsudevaḥ 'nahi kalyāṇakṛtkaściddurgatiṃ tāta gacchati' (gī. 6.40) ityuktvā punastasya puṇyalokaprāptiṃ sādhukule saṃbūtiṃ cābhidhāyānantaram 'tatra taṃ buddhisaṃyogaṃ labhate paurvadehikam' (gī.
6.43) ityādinā 'anekajanmasaṃsiddhastato yāti parāṃ gatim' (gī. 6.45) ityetenaitadeva darśayati /
tasmādaihikamāmuṣmikaṃ vā vidyājanma pratibandhakṣayāpekṣayeti sthitam // 51 //
17 muktiphalādhikaraṇam / sū. 52
evaṃ muktiphalāniyamas tadavasthāvadhṛtes tadavasthāvadhṛteḥ