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[SŪ. 3. 4. 48. 772 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 12] SŪTRA 48 “AS IN THE CASE OF ASCETICISM, ON ACCOUNT OF THE TEACHING OF OTHERS AS WELL ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha In the very same manner, the teaching of asceticism in that text is meant for exhibiting all religious duties, since like the teaching of asceticism, there is the teaching of the duties incumbent on all stages of life in the text: “There are three branches of religious duty” (Chānd 2.23.1 ¹) Vedānta-kaustubha The author points out that similarly here too the teaching of asceticism in the passage. “Then an ascetic” (Bṛh. 3.5.1), preceded by that of the life of a mendicant: “Then they live the life of mendi- cants” (Bṛh. 3.5.1), is meant for exhibiting the religious duties in- cumbent on all stages of life. Thus, here too, the teaching of asceticism, preceded by that of the life of a mendicant, in the passage: “The Brāhmaṇas, having risen above the desires for sons, desires for wealth, desires for worlds, live the life of mendicants” (Bṛh. 3.5.1), is meant for exhibiting the religious duties incumbent on all the stages of life. Why ? “As in the case of asceticism,” i.e. because like the teaching of asceticism, there is the “teaching of other” stages of life too in the passage: “There are three branches of religious duty. Sacrifice, study and charity are the first; austerity alone is the second; a student of sacred knowledge living in the house of a preceptor and exhausting himself completely in the house of a teacher is the third. All these become possessors of meritorious worlds. One who stands on Brahman goes to immortality” (Chānd. 2.23.1) and so on. Hence it is estab- lished that the states of learning, childhood and asceticism are en- joined here. Here ends the section entitled “The injunction of another auxiliary” (12). ¹ Ś, R, B.