Aphorisms on Brahman 2.663.2

2.663.2

'ācāryakulādvedamadhītya' (chā. 8.15.1) ityadhyayanamātrasya śravaṇādadhyayanamātravata eva karmavidhirityadhyavasyāmaḥ /

As the clause, 'Having learnt (read) the Veda from a family of teachers,' speaks only of the reading, we determine that acts are there enjoined for him who has only read the Veda.--But from this it would follow that on account of being destitute of knowledge such a person would not be qualified for works!--Never mind; we do not mean to deny that the understanding of sacrificial acts which springs from the reading of the texts is the cause of qualification for their performance; we only wish to establish that the knowledge of the Self derived from the Upanishads is seen to have an independent purpose of its own and therefore does not supply a reason of qualification for acts. Analogously a person who is qualified for one act does not require the knowledge of another act.