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760 VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA [SŪ. 3. 4 40. ADH. 10.] no texts negativing the steady adherence to a stage of life. By the plural (in “abhāvebhyaḥ”) other kinds of absence are to be under- stood, viz. on account of the absence of texts indicative of descent (from a higher stage), unlike the texts indicative of ascent (to a higher stage), such as: “Having completed the life of a religious student, let one become a house-holder; having become a house-holder let one become a dweller in the forest; having become a dweller in the forest, let one wander forth” (Jābāla 4), on account of the absence of any cause for such a falling off; and on account of the absence of good custom. COMPARISON Śaṁkara Reading slightly different, viz. “niyamātad rūpābhāvebhyaḥ”.¹ Bhāskara Reading slightly different, viz. “Jaimini” instead of “Jaimineḥ” ² Baladeva Reading like Śaṁkara’s. Interpretation different, viz. “But one who has become that (viz. a nirapekṣa), there is no becoming not that, (this is the view) of Jaimini too, on account of the restriction (viz. that the senses of the nirapekṣa devotee are devoted to the Lord alone and never to worldly objects), on account of the want of desire (for anything other than Brahman), and on account of the absence (of the life of a house-holder)”. That is, a nirapekṣa devotee never deviates from his vow and enters worldly life.³ ¹ Ś.B. 3.4.40, p. 885 ² Bh. B. 3.4.39, (written as 3.4.40), p. 213. ³ G.B 3.4.40, pp. 283-284, Chap. 3