Aphorisms on Brahman 12.32

12.32

3-4-35
|dharmeṇa pāpamapanudati|ityādibhiśca yajñādidharmānnirdiśya tairvidyāyāḥ anabhibhavaṃ-pāpakarmabhirutpattipratibandhābhāvaṃ darśayati| ata ubhayatra viniyogātkevalāśramiṇāṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ cānuṣṭheyā yajñādayaḥ|| iti vihitatvādhikaraṇam||

3-4-35
And by texts such as, "Through righteousness he dispels evil," [scripture] designates duties such as sacrifices and indicates the non-overpowering of knowledge by them—that is, the absence of an impediment to its arising caused by evil deeds. Therefore, because of application in both contexts, sacrifices and the like are to be performed both by those merely belonging to an order of life and by those desiring liberation. Here ends the topical section on what is enjoined.