Aphorisms on Brahman 37.108

37.108

vidyādivat vidyādau karmakāṇḍe yathā gṛhasyāśramavataḥ sāgnihotrādīni bahūni
karmāṇi svargaphaloddeśena vihitāni evaṃ tadvataḥ brahmavidyāvataḥ puruṣasya
tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ pāṇḍityaṃ niridya iti jñānakāṇḍaśrutau sahakāryantaravidhiḥ
śama-damādyapekṣayā sahakāryantarāṇāṃ śravaṇa-manana##-
trayāṇāṃ madhye śravaṇa-manane sarveṣāmapi tatsākṣātkārakāmānāṃ
bahukālamanuṣṭhātavye | tṛtīyaṃ nididhyāsanantu pakṣeṇa kālaparipākatvena
anuṣṭheyam | sādhakānāṃ śravaṇa-mananānantaramapi brāhmaṇa##-
kṛśo'haṃ kartā'haṃ bhoktā'ham ityevaṃ vidho dehābhimānaśca dṛḍho vartate |
tasmātteṣāṃ praśamanāya nididhyāsanāṃ kartavyam | yeṣāṃ
tvativiśuddhāntaḥkaraṇānāṃ dehādyabhimānaḥ śravaṇamananābhyāsādeva
śithilībhūtasteṣāṃ svalpakālanididhyāsanenaiva tatsākṣātkārasambhavāt
bahukālanididhyāsanamakartavyamiti sūtrārthaḥ |