History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.76

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2174a वल्लभाचार्य in his संन्यासनिर्णय, (published by M. T. Telivala in 1918 with eight commentaries) states 'अतः कलौ स संन्यासः पश्चात्तापाय नान्यथा। पाषण्डित्वं भवेच्चापि तस्माज्ज्ञाने न संन्यसेत् ॥ 16; तस्मादुक्तप्रकारेण परित्यागो विधीयताम् । अन्यथा भ्रश्यते स्वार्थादिति मे निश्चिता मतिः ॥ 21'. पुरुषोत्तम in his com. (called विवरण) on verse 16 remarks that *bhaktas* (those who follow the path of *bhakti*, devotion to Kṛṣṇa) should resort to renunciation (*parityāga*) in the way which Lord Kṛṣṇa ordered his great devotee Uddhava to follow (vide Bhāgavata III. 4. 20-21) and not by way of sannyāsa taught by those who follow the path of knowledge 'यस्माद्विद्विषत्संन्यासस्य कलौ खेदादिजनकत्वं विद्वत्संन्यासस्य चासम्भवस्तस्मात् ज्ञानमार्गे वैधं संन्यासं न कुर्यात्।'