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800 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA [SŪ. 4. 1. 16. ADH. 10.] Adhikarana 10: The section entitled "Agni- hotra". (Sūtras 16-18) SŪTRA 16 "BUT THE AGNI-HOTRA AND THE REST (ARE TO BE PERFORMED) WITH A VIEW TO THAT EFFECT (VIZ. KNOWLEDGE) ALONE, ON ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATION OF THAT." Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha It is not to be apprehended that through knowledge there results the cessation of the duties incumbent on one's own stage of life, such as, Agni-hotra ¹, charity, austerity and so on. They are to be per- formed indeed, as they foster knowledge The scriptural text about sacrifice and so on, prove them to be productive of knowledge Vedānta-kaustubha It has been stated that through the might of knowledge, there results the non-clinging of the other too, i.e. of the good deeds too. Similarly, there results the non-clinging of the daily and occasional duties incumbent on one's own stage of life Hence they are not to be performed,—this objection the author disposes of now. On the doubt, viz. whether the daily and occasional duties like the Agni-hotra and the rest are to be performed by a knower or not,— if it be suggested: Through knowledge there result the non-clinging and destruction of good and evil deeds. What is the use of performing them, seeing that there results the cessation of the Agni-hotra and the rest too, they too being good deeds equally?— We reply: The word "but" clearly indicates the speciality of the Agni-hotra and the rest. "The Agni-hotra and the rest," i.e. the daily and occasional duties incumbent on one's own stage of life, are to be performed by a knower "with a view to that effect alone", viz. the production of knowledge alone. Why? "On account of the observation of that," i.e. because the text: "Him, the Brāh- maṇas desire to know,² by sacrifice, by charity, by austerity, by ¹ Oblation to fire. ² "By the recitation of the Veda."