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[SŪ. 3. 4. 13. 724 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA ADH. 1.] Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz "On account of the enjoinment on the part of one having that" (Br Sū. 3 4.6), we reply: In the text: "Having studied the Veda in the house of a pre- ceptor" (Chānd. 8.15.1), work is enjoined "on the part of one who has only read" the Veda, but not on the part of one who possesses know- ledge, so knowledge cannot be taken to be a subsidiary part of work. Though one who has not studied the Pūrva-tantra ¹ may, in accordance with the injunction about the Vedic study, viz. "Let one study the Veda", labour with great care to master the Veda, and though he may attain a little knowledge, yet since he lacks the know- ledge of the real nature of religious duties and the method of perform- ing them, demonstrated in the Pūrva-tantra, he, as dependent on that tantra, comes to have a reading knowledge only of the Veda, but does not know the meaning thereof The meaning of the Veda, on the other hand, according to the author of the Pūrva-tantra, is attainable through an investigation into that tantra But, in our view, even one who after studying the Veda, has come to know the mystery of reli- gious duties and even one who knows everything in a general way, is said to have only read the Veda, since he has not investigated into the Vedānta, designating Brahman, the primary meaning of all the Vedas Work is enjoined in that text on the part of such a one, but not on the part of a knower,—such is the view of the reverend author of the aphorisms. CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 13 “NOT (SO), ON ACCOUNT OF NON-SPECIFICATION.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha And also because the text about restriction does not necessarily refer to the knower. ¹ I.e. the Pūrva-mīmāṁsa.