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Brahma Sutras

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ॐ उपमर्दं च ॐ ॥ ३-४-१६॥

Moreover, (from knowledge comes) the destruction (of the whole world).

english translation

ॐ ऊर्ध्वरेतस्सु च शब्दे हि ॐ ॥ ३-४-१७॥

And knowledge belongs to the monks, for they are met with in the Vedas.

english translation

ॐ परामर्शं जैमिनिरचोदना चापवदिति हि ॐ ॥ ३-४-१८॥

Jaimini thinks that to be an allusion to other stages and no injunction; and (this is so) since the scripture condemns them.

english translation

ॐ अनुष्ठेयं बादरायणः साम्यश्रुतेः ॐ ॥ ३-४-१९॥

Badarayana thinks that the other orders of life are also to be observed, since Vedic texts speak equally of all the stages of life.

english translation

ॐ विधिर्वा धारणवत् ॐ ॥ ३-४-२०॥

Or rather it is an injunction as in the case of holding the sacrificial fuel.

english translation