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488 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 1 10-11. ADH. 2.] SŪTRA 10 "IF IT BE OBJECTED THAT (THERE IS) FUTILITY, (WE REPLY) NO, BECAUSE OF THE DEPENDENCE ON THAT" Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha If it be objected that in that case there may be "futility of conduct,—(we reply) "no", "because of the dependence" of works on conduct. Vedānta-kaustubha If it be objected that there may be "futility" of conduct called 'caraṇa', if it be admitted that the scriptural text about 'caraṇa' is meant for connoting work,—(we reply) "no", "because of the dependence" of good and bad works on good and bad conduct, the former being accomplishable by the latter, in accordance with the Smṛti passage: "The Vedas do not purify one who is devoid of good conduct' (V. Sm. 6.3 ¹). SŪTRA 11 "BUT (THE WORD 'CARAṆA' MEANS) NOTHING BUT GOOD AND BAD WORKS, SO BĀDARI (THINKS)." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "Good and bad works" are denoted by the word 'caraṇa', "so Bādari" (holds). Vedānta-kaustubha In the phrase: 'of a pleasant conduct' (ramaṇīya-caraṇā) the word 'caraṇa' means good deed; and in the phrase 'of a stinking conduct' (kapūya-caraṇā), the word 'caraṇa' means bad deed. Thus by the term 'caraṇa' good and bad deeds are denoted. The separate designation has a meaning in accordance with the maxim of a Brāhmaṇa-mendicant,²—"but this", the teacher "Bādari" holds ¹ P. 197, line 7. Ś, R, Bh. ² I.e. the Brāhmaṇa-parivrājaka-nyāya, which is the same as the Brāhmaṇa- Vasiṣṭha-nyāya and the Go-balīvarda-nyāya. When it is said: 'The Brāhmaṇas should be fed, the mendicants as well', the separate mention of the latter, who are really included in the former, merely emphasizes their position as a special