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[SŪ. 3. 4. 37 ADH 9 ] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 755 on, not obligatory to the special stages of life, are to be understood (as productive of knowledge) COMPARISON Baladeva Here he too begins a new adhikaraṇa (three sūtras), but concerned specially with the nirapekṣa devotees only. Literal interpretation same. SŪTRA 37 "MOREOVER, (IT IS) DECLARED IN SMṚTI." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the Smṛti passage, viz. "But through the muttering of prayers alone a Brāhmaṇa may attain success,—there is no doubt about it. Whether he does something else or not, a friendly man is called a Brāhmaṇa" (Manu 2.87 ¹), it is declared that they too may easily attain knowledge through the muttering of prayers and so on. Vedānta-kaustubha In the Smṛti passage: "But through the muttering of prayers alone, a Brāhmaṇa may attain success,—there is no doubt about it. Whether he does something else or not, a friendly man is called a Brāhmaṇa" (Manu 2.87), it is declared that through the muttering of prayers alone even those who do not belong to any stage of life may have success. The sense is that when the mind is purified through the muttering of prayers and so on, knowledge arises. Hence they, too, come to have their ends fulfilled. COMPARISON Rāmānuja, Bhāskara and Baladeva They omit the "Ca". Baladeva is here speaking of the nira- pekṣa devotees. 1 P. 46. Ś, R, Śk.