गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

the great glory of transcendental knowledge will be described. In the Vājasaneyī śruti (Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.23) it is said: eṣa nityo mahimā brāhmaṇasya na karmaṇā vardhate no kanīyān "Karma can neither lessen nor increase the eternal glory of one who understands the Supreme." Saṁśaya (doubt): Do they who are situated in transcendental knowledge have the right to act in any way they please or do they not have that right? Pūrvapakṣa (the opponent speaks): By abandoning prescribed duties one commits a sin. Therefore a person in transcendental knowledge does not have the right to act as he pleases. Siddhānta (conclusion): In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion. Sūtra 15 kāma-kāreṇa caike kāma—desire; kāreṇa—by doing; ca—and; eke—some. Also, some say he may act as he pleases. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa To show mercy to the people of the world a person situated in transcendental knowledge may sometimes voluntarily perform Vedic rituals even though he gains no personal benefit by performing them and neither is he faulted if he does not perform them. His glory is eternal, as is explained in Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.23 (quoted in the previous purport). Therefore a person situated in transcendental knowledge can act as he likes and he is never touched by sin. Here the word "brāhmaṇa" means "he who has directly seen the Supreme Personality of Godhead". Such a person does not become virtuous by performing Vedic rituals, and neither does he do anything wrong by failing to perform them. As a lotus leaf is untouched by water, so he is untouched by the good karma generated by Vedic rituals. As a handful of straw is at once consumed by a blazing fire, so all his sins are at once burned to ashes. All of this shows the great power of