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Upasamharo'rthabhedadvidhiseshavatsamane
cha III.3.5 (364)
And in the Upasanas of the same
class (mentioned in different Sakhas) a combination (of all the particulars
mentioned in all Sakhas is to be made) as there is no difference in
the object of meditation, just as (a combination of) all subsidiary
rites of a main sacrifice (mentioned in different Sakhas is made).
Upasamharah: combination; Arthabhedat: as there is no difference
in the object of meditation; Vidhiseshavat: like the subsidiary
rites of a main sacrifice; Samane: in the Upasanas of the same
class, in the case of equality, the forms of meditation being the same
in effect; Cha: also, and. (Artha: purpose; Abheda:
non-difference; Vidhi: injunctions, of the duties enjoined by
the scriptures.)
A deduction is made from the four preceding Sutras. This Sutra states
the practical outcome of the discussion carried on in the first four
Sutras.
The Vidyas described in different Sakhas will have to be combined in
the Upasana, because their object is one and the fruit also is the same,
just as in the case of Vidhiseshas.
The particulars that are mentioned in other Sakhas than one's own are
also efficacious. Therefore one will have to combine all these, just
as one does in the case of subsidiary rites like Agnihotra connected
with a main sacrifice, mentioned in several Sakhas.
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