[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c46.76 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.76 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.76 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c46.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.76) 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।' - [Previous: v3.c46.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.75) - [Next: v3.c46.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.77) - [Up: v3.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Saṃnyāsanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vallabha.samnyasanirnaya) — Vallabha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.76) · Pramāṇa