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
OM upamardaM ca OM ॥ 3-4-16॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptॐ ऊर्ध्वरेतस्सु च शब्दे हि ॐ ॥ ३-४-१७॥
And knowledge belongs to the monks, for they are met with in the Vedas.
english translation
OM Urdhvaretassu ca zabde hi OM ॥ 3-4-17॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptॐ 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
OM parAmarzaM jaiminiracodanA cApavaditi hi OM ॥ 3-4-18॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptॐ 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
OM anuSTheyaM bAdarAyaNaH sAmyazruteH OM ॥ 3-4-19॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptॐ विधिर्वा धारणवत् ॐ ॥ ३-४-२०॥
Or rather it is an injunction as in the case of holding the sacrificial fuel.
english translation
OM vidhirvA dhAraNavat OM ॥ 3-4-20॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript