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[SŪ. 3 4. 42. 762 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 10.] perpetual religious student, bound by chastity, deviates therefrom,— I do not see any expiation whereby he, the slayer of himself, may be purified" (Agni 165.23a-34b, A.Sm. 8.16). The word "even" (in the sūtra) suggests that the stated expiation is valid for a religious student who becomes a house-holder after the completion of his study.¹ COMPARISON Baladeva Interpretation totally different, viz. "and (the nirapekṣa devotee does) not (desire for) even the office (of world-rulership and the like), on account of the inference (i.e. possibility) of fall (from such office), (and) because (he has) no connection with those (offices)", i.e. no wish for them.² OPPONENT'S VIEW (Sūtra 42) SŪTRA 42 "BUT PRECEDED BY ‘UPA’, (I.E. A MINOR SIN) EVEN, SOME (THINK SO), (THEY CLAIM) THE EXISTENCE (OF AN EXPIATION FOR IT), AS IN THE CASE OF EATING, THAT HAS BEEN SAID." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha "But some" think that the deviation of a perpetual religious student bound by chastity ³ from his vow of chastity is a minor sin, and hence there is an expiation for it, since he too is equally a religious student like one who is a religious student for a time only and not for life ⁴, "as in the case of the taking" of intoxicating liquor. "That has been said :” “ ‘Of the subsequent ones, what is non-contradictory.’ ” ⁵ ¹ I.e. an upakurvāṇa. A naiṣṭhika remains a religious student all his life, but an upakurvāṇa only for a time. ² G.B. 3.4.41, p. 285, Chap. 3. ³ A naiṣṭhika. ⁴ An upakurvāṇa. ⁵ R. Śk.