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[SŪ. 3. 3. 26. 624 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 11.] consisting in taking the merits and demerits, discarded by the knower, stated in the passage: “His sons obtain the inheritance, his friends the good deeds, his enemies the bad deeds”,¹ is included. Why? Because the word ‘taking’, mentioned in another branch, is supplementary to the word ‘abandoning’, just as the text: “The progeny of the udumbara tree” ² is supplementary to the text: “The kuśas are progeny of tree”, just as the text: “The metres of the gods are the prior” is supplementary to the text: “Let one praise by the metres”; just as the text: “The sun is half-risen” (Śat. Ś.S. 9.7.19 ³) is supplementary to the text · “He assists the chanting of the ṣoḍaśin ⁴ with gold ⁵”, and just as the text: “The Adhvaryyu ⁶ does not ⁷ join the singing” (Tait. Saṁ. 6.3.1 ⁸) is supplementary to the text. “The sacrificial priests join the singing”.⁹ Moreover, it is said by Jaimini as well: “Let it be supplementary to the text, on account of the impropriety of an option” (Pū. Mī. Sū. 10.8.15 ¹⁰). Vedānta-kaustubha Now the author points out that the inclusion of a particular matter in a particular place, with which it is connected, stands to reason. In the Upaniṣad of the Tāṇḍins, it is declared: “Shaking off evil, as a horse his hairs, shaking off the body as the moon frees itself from the mouth of Rāhu, I, with the self obtained, pass into the uncreated world of Brahman” (Chānd. 8.13.1). Similarly, it is declared by the text of the followers of the Atharva-veda. “His sons obtain the inheritance, his friends the good deeds, his enemies the bad deeds”. The Śāṭyāyanins read: “Then he discards good and evil deeds. His dear relatives obtain the good deeds, those not dear the evil deeds” (Kauṣ. 1.4).

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¹ Op. cit. ² Op. cit. ³ P. 961. The text reads · “Samayābiṣite sūryye hiraṇyena vahirbhyām ca”, etc. ⁴ A hymn or a formula consisting of sixteen parts. ⁵ Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ⁶ One of the four classes of priests. His special duty was to measure the ground, build the altar, prepair sacrificial vessels, etc., and he had to recite the hymns of the Yajur-veda while doing these duties. ⁷ Correct reading. Na upagāyet=should not sing. ⁸ P. 175, line 9, vol. 2. R, Bh, Śk. ⁹ R, Bh, Śk. ¹⁰ P. 631, vol. 2. Ś, R, Bh, Śk.