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[SŪ. 4. 1. 17. ADH. 10.] VEDĀNTA-KAÚSTUBHA 801 fasting” (Bṛh. 4.4.22) declares the duties incumbent on one’s own stage of life, such as, Agni-hotra and the rest, to be means to knowledge. Knowledge is to be acquired so long as life lasts. Hence the duties incumbent on the stages of life are to be performed so long as life lasts. COMPARISON Śaṁkara and Bhāskara Interpretation of the phrase “tat-kāryyāya” different, viz. “for the sake of that effect (viz salvation)”. That is, just as knowledge produces salvation, so does works like Agni-hotra and the rest.¹ Of course, Śaṁkara points out that works are indirect means to salvation, i.e produce knowledge which produces salvation; while according to Bhāskara, it is a direct means. SŪTRA 17 “FOR (THERE ARE) ALSO (GOOD AND BAD WORKS) OTHER THAN THESE (TO WHICH REFER THE TEXT) OF SOME (ABOUT THE DIVISION) OF BOTH (MERIT AND DEMERIT) ” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha “Other than” these works the effects of which have been pro- duced, viz. those that are productive of knowledge, there are “also” works the effects of which have not been produced. To these refer the text of “some”, designating the division “of both” merit and demerit, viz. “The friends, the good deeds, the enemies, the bad deeds”.² Vedānta-kaustubha To the objection, viz. To what then does the following text refer to: “His sons inherit his property, his friends the good deeds, his enemies the bad deeds”?—the author replies: 1 Ś.B. 4.1.16, pp. 923-24, Bh. B. 4.1.16, p. 225. 2 Ś, R, Bh, ŚK, B.