Aphorisms on Brahman 12.38

12.38

3-4-42
eke prāyaścittabhāvamapi manyante, yata upapūrvam- upapātakamidam; aśanavat-madhvaśanādiniṣedhatatprāyaścittavadbhavatītyarthaḥ| ata upakurvāṇasya brahmacāriṇaḥ uktamādhikārikamasyāpi bhavatīti| taduktaṃ smṛtikāraiḥ |uttareṣāṃ caitadavirodhi| iti| upakurvāṇe brahmacāriṇyukto dharma uttareṣāṃ cāśramiṇāṃ svāśramāvirodhī bhavatyevetyarthaḥ||

3-4-42
Some consider that there is indeed an expiation, because this is an "upa-prefixed" [sin], that is, a minor sin; "like eating"—that is, it is like the prohibition against eating honey and the like, and the expiation for it. Therefore, what was stated relating to the title in the case of the temporary student applies to this one as well. So it has been said by the authors of sacred tradition: "And this is not contradictory for the later ones." The meaning is that the duty stated with respect to the temporary student is definitely applicable to the later orders of life, so long as it is not contradictory to their own order of life.