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726 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 3. 4. 15. ADH. 1.] CORRECT CONCLUSION (continued) SŪTRA 15 "AND SOME (BRANCHES DESIGNATE THAT KNOWERS GIVE UP WORK) ACCORDING TO VOLUNTARY PROCEDURE." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha For this very reason, "some" designate the voluntary giving up of the life of a house-holder by the knowers thus: "'What shall we do with progeny, we whose is this soul, this world?'" (Bṛh. 4.4.22 ¹). Vedānta-kaustubha "Some," i.e. the members of one branch, record the giving up by the knowers of progeny and the rest, involving the performance of action, "according to voluntary procedure", i.e. voluntarily indeed, thus: "Knowing this, forsooth, those ancient ones did not wish for progeny", '"What shall we do with progeny, we whose is this soul, this world?"' (Bṛh. 4.4.22). The sense is that such a giving up of the life of a house-holder fits in if knowledge be not complementary to work, but not if it be so. COMPARISON Baladeva He begins a new adhikaraṇa here (eleven sūtras), concerned with the power of vidyā. He substitutes "Vā" in place of "Ca". Hence the sūtra means: "Or some (hold that a knower of Brahman may act) according to (his) liking". That is, such great is the glory of vidyā that one who has attained vidyā may act just as he likes, or omit to act yet be not subject to consequences, good or bad ². ¹ Ś, R, Bh, Śk. ² G.B. 3.4.15, p. 250, Chap. 3.