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Aphorisms on Brahman 2.701

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya) 2.701

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2.701.1

maunavad itareṣām apy upadeśāt ||

On account of there being injunction of the others also, in the same way as of the state of a Muni.

George Thibaut 1890, The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38)

2.701.2

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 //

As the state of the Muni (Samnyâsin) and the state of the householder are enjoined in scripture, so also the two other orders, viz. that of the hermit, and that of the student. For we have already pointed above to passages such as Austerity is the second, and to dwell as a student in the house of a teacher is the third.' As thus the four âsramas are equally taught by scripture, they are to be gone through equally, either in the way of option (between them) or in the way of comprehension (of all of them).--That the Sûtra uses a plural form (of 'the others') when speaking of two orders only, is due to its having regard either to the different sub-classes of those two, or to their different duties.

George Thibaut 1890, The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38)

2.701.3

15 anāviṣkārādhikaraṇam / sū. 50

(The passage enjoining bâlya means that the ascetic is to live) not manifesting himself; on account of the connexion (thus gained for the passage).

George Thibaut 1890, The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38)

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