Aphorisms on Brahman 12.3

12.3

3-4-2
|tattvamasītyādisāmānādhikaraṇyena brahmaṇaḥ karmasu kartṛsvarūpatvāvagamādvidyāyāḥ kartṛsaṃskāradvāreṇa karmaśeṣatvāttatra puruṣārthavādo'rthavādamātram; yathā anyeṣu dravyasaṃskārādiṣviti jaiminirācāryo manyate||

3-4-2
Because it is understood from the co-ordinate predication in texts such as ‘That thou art’ that Brahman is identical in nature with the agent in ritual actions, knowledge is an auxiliary to ritual action by way of being a purificatory refinement of the agent; therefore, the statement of a human goal therein is a mere laudatory passage, just as in the case of purificatory refinements of substances and the like in other instances—so the teacher Jaimini holds.