गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)
Govinda Bhashya of Baladeva Vidyabhushana with Commentary
by श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण (संपादक: कृष्णदास बाबा जी)
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Read in contextsaktāḥ karmaṇy avidvāṁso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryād vidvāṁs tathāsaktaś cikīrṣur loka-saṅgraham "As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, the learned may similarly act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path."* In the next sūtra Jaimini Muni gives a different opinion. Sūtra 18 parāmarśaṁ jaiminir acodanā cāpavadati hi parāmarśam—favorable idea; jaiminiḥ—Jaimini; acodanā—not ordering; ca— and; apavadati—criticizes; hi—because. Jaimini favors it. It is not ordered, and because indeed it is forbidden. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa A person situated in transcendental knowledge has the freedom to perform prescribed Vedic rituals and duties in whatever way he likes. That is the meaning of the Śruti-śāstra's explanation that he may act as he likes. The word "hi" here means "because". The word parāmarśam" means that the Śruti-śāstra orders that even one situated in transcendental knowledge must perform Vedic rituals, and the word "apavadati" means that the Śruti-śāstra forbids that he stop performing Vedic rituals. The word “acodanā" means that a person situated in transcendental knowledge may renounce those activities not prescribed by the scriptures. That is the meaning here. Īśopaniṣad mantra 2 and the passage from Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (quoted in the purport of sūtra 7) both forbid the renunciation of Vedic rituals. They do not say that one should renounce Vedic rituals. Therefore there is a contradiction, with some texts encouraging performance of Vedic rituals and some encouraging renunciation of Vedic rituals. It is not that the texts encouraging renunciation are wrong. These texts are intended for persons who are crippled, mute, or in some other way unable to perform Vedic rituals. Therefore even they who are situated in transcendental knowledge should continue to perform Vedic rituals.