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[SŪ. 3. 4 33. 750 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 8 ] of life too", i e are to be performed even by one, not desirous of salva- tion, as the duties incumbent on his stage of life too. Why? "On account of being enjoined," i e. because in texts like "He performs the Agni-hotra sacrifice as long as he lives" and so on, they are en- joined as merely the works incumbent on the stages of life and to be performed always. The sense is that such works are obligatory on the part of one who carries out only the duties incumbent on his own stage of life, but does not desire for salvation COMPARISON Baladeva He begins a new adhikaraṇa here (two sūtras) concerned with the svaniṣṭha devotees. Hence the sūtra: "On account of being enjoined, the worked incumbent on the stages of life too (are to be performed by the svaniṣṭha devotee)". That is, even when the devotee has come to acquire knowledge, he must go on performing his duties in order to increase his knowledge ¹ SŪTRA 33 "ALSO BECAUSE OF BEING AUXILIARY." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Since sacrifice and the rest are enjoined "also as auxiliary" to knowledge in the text: "The Brāhmaṇas desire to know by sacri- fice" (Bṛh. 4.4.22 ²), they are to be performed also by one who is desirous of salvation, a double purpose being possible in accordance with the maxim of conjunction and separateness. Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. : If this be so, then sacrifices and the rest cannot be auxiliaries to knowledge,—the author replies : Since sacrifice and the rest are enjoined "also as auxiliary" to knowledge, by way of bringing about its origination, in the passage : ¹ G.B. 3.4.32, p. 271, Chap. 3. ² Ś, R, Bh.