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[sū. 3. 4. 36. ADH. 9.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 753 incumbent on the stages of life, such as, the life of a religious student and so on. The phrase: ‘The self does not perish’ means that the self is not forgotten. Sacrifices and the rest, performed as the mere duties incumbent on the stages of life, lead to the attainment of heaven and so on; those very sacrifices and the rest, performed as auxiliaries to knowledge, give rise to knowledge. Hence there is difference of application, but not difference of works. Hence it is established that the same things are to be performed by both one who is desirous for salvation and one who is not. Here ends the section entitled “Being enjoined” (8). COMPARISON Baladeva He concludes here the topic of the pariniṣṭha devotees. “And (Scripture) shows the non-overpowering (of a pariniṣṭha devotees).” That is, a pariniṣṭha devotee is not overpowered by the fault of not performing the duties incumbent on his own stage of life. He incurs no sins by such an omission.¹ Adhikaraṇa 9: The section entitled “Widower”. (Sūtras 36-39) SŪTRA 36 “BUT (THOSE) ALSO (WHO STAND) BETWEEN, ON ACCOUNT OF THAT BEING SEEN.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha Those “also” who stand “between” the stages of life, are entitled to knowledge, since Raikva and the like are found to be well-grounded in knowledge. ¹ G.B. 3.4.35, pp. 275-276, Chap. 3.