History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.357

v7.c95.357

Acyutarāya quotes thirteen verses from Vārtikasāra about Vāsanā (pūrvaprajñā), Karma and Vidyā (pp. 31-33). He quotes the Jīvanmuktiviveka on the three means of jīvanmukti viz. *tattvajñāna* (knowledge of the Reality as enunciated in 'Tat-tvamasi' Chān. Up. VI. 8. 7, 'Aham brahmāsmi' Bṛ. Up. I. 4. 10), *manonāśa* (disappearance of the activities of the mind) and *Vāsanākṣaya* (destruction of the instincts of anger &c). Then he gives a lengthy disquisition on the condemnation of prārabdhavāda and the superiority of effort from the Vāsiṣṭha-Rāmāyaṇa. About *mumukṣu* Acyutarāya advises going to a guru as laid down in Muṇḍakopaniṣad I. 2. 12 (*tadvijñānārtham sa gurumevābhigacchet* &c).