History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.333.4

v7.c93.333.4

18 'na devatāgniśabdakriyam-anyārthasaṁyogāt', explains that in place of a prescribed *kriyā* like prayājas (that have an unseen or spiritual reward) there is to be no substitute, since what has an invisible result is ārādupakāraka, but in place of rice grains (that are the means of preparing *puroḍāśa*) a substitute may be employed, since the rice grains are sannipatyopakārakas and have a seen purpose viz. preparing puroḍāsa. Śaṅkarācārya in his bhāṣya on V. S. IV. 1. 16 states that the performance of obligatory vedic rites (like Agnihotra) by a man who has to acquire knowledge of brahma is helpful for attaining it as an ārādupakāraka.²⁰⁴⁰