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# Shribhashya 6.2-79

Śrībhāṣya (complete text) 6.2-79

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2-79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!ramanuja*complete.6.2-79)

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turvidhāḥ | kāpālāḥ, kālāmukhāḥ, pāśupatāḥ, śaivāśceti sarve caite vedaviruddhāṃ tattvaprakriyāmaihikāmuṣmikani-śreyasasādhanakalpanāśca kalpayanti | nirmittopādānayorbhedam, nimittakāraṇaṃ ca paśupatimācakṣate | tathā niḥśre-yasasādhanamapi mudrikāṣaṭkadhāraṇādikam, yathā''huḥ kāpālāḥ - "mudrikāṣaṭkatattvajñaḥ paramudrāviśāradhaḥ | bhagāsanasthamātmānaṃ dhyātvā nirvāṇamṛcchati | kaṇṭhikā rucakaṃ caiva kuṇḍalaṃ ca śisvāmaṇiḥ | bhasmayajño- pavītaṃ ca mudrāṣaṭakaṃ pracattate || ābhirmudritadehastu na bhūya iha jāyata" ityādikam | tathā kālāmukhā api kapālapātrabhojanaśavabhasmasnānatatprāśanalaguḍadhāraṇasurākumbhasthāpana-tadādhāradevapūjādikamaihikāmuṣmikasaka-laphalasādhanamabhidadhati | "rudrākṣakaṅkaṇaṃ haste jaṭā caikā ca mastake | kapālaṃ bhasmanā snāna"mityādi ca prasiddhaṃ śaivāgameṣu | tathā kenacitkriyāviśeṣeṇa vijātīyānāmapi brāhmaṇyaprāptimuttamāśramaprāptiṃ cāhuḥ "dīkṣāpraveśamātreṇa brāhmaṇo bhavati kṣaṇāt | kapālaṃ bratamāsthāya yatirbhavati mānavaḥ’iti | tatredamucyate patyurasāmañjasyāditi | naikasminnasambhavādityato netyanuvartate | patyuḥ paśupatermataṃ nādaraṇīyam, kutaḥ - asāmañjasyāt; rasāmañjasyaṃ cānyonyavyāghātādvedavirodhācca | mudrikāṣaṭakadhāraṇabhagāsanasthātmadhyānasurākumbhasthāpanatatsthadevatārcanagūḍhācāraśmaśānabhasmasnānapraṇavapūrvābhidhyānānyanyonyaviruddhāni | vedaviruddhaṃ cedaṃ tattvaparikalpanamupāsanamācāraśca | vedāḥ khalu paraṃ brahma nārāyaṇameva jagannimittamupādānaṃ ca vadanti - "nārā-yaṇaḥ paraṃ brahma tattvaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ nārāyaṇaparo jyotirātmā nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ, "tadaikṣata bahu syāṃ prajā-yeyeti, so'kāmayata bahu syāṃ prajāyeye’ti, "tadātmānaṃ svayamakuruta"ityādayaḥ parabrahmabhūtaparamapuruṣavedana meva ca mokṣasādhanamupāsanaṃ vadanti - "vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam ādityavaṇaṃ tamastu pāre | tametaṃ vidvānamṛta iha bhavati nānyaḥ panthā ayanāya vidyata" ityādinaikatāṃ gatāḥ sarve vedāntā| taditikarttavyatābhūtaṃ karma ca vedavihitava-rṇāśramasambatandha-yajñādikameva vadanti - "tametaṃ vedānuvacanena brāhmaṇā vividiṣanti yajñena dānena tapasā'nā-

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