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Kamyastu yathakamam
samucchiyeranna va purvahetvabhavat
III.3.60 (419)
But Vidyas for particular
desires may be combined or not according to one's desires on account
of the absence of the previous reason (mentioned in the previous Sutra).
Kamyah: Vidyas adopted for some sensuous desires; Tu: but;
Yathakamam: according to one's desire or liking; Samucchiyeran:
may be combined; Na: not; Va: or; Purva: the former;
Hetu: reason; Abhavat: on account of the absence of.
This Sutra shows an exception to the previous Sutra that more Vidyas
than one may be combined where the object is other than the realisation
of Brahman.
In the previous Sutra it was stated that any one of the Vidyas about
Brahman should be taken up, and that more than one at a time should
not be taken up, because each Vidya was quite sufficient to take to
the goal or Self-realisation and more than one Vidya would produce distraction
of the mind.
We have on the other hand, Vidyas connected with particular desires,
e.g., "He who knows that the wind is the child of the regions never
weeps for his sons" (Chh. Up. III.15.2). "He who meditates on name as
Brahman, walks at will as far as name reaches" (Chh. Up. VII.1.5).
The question arises whether one is to restrict oneself to only one of
these Vidyas or can take up more than one at a time.
The present Sutra declares that one can practise more than one Vidya
or not according to one's liking, as the results are different unlike
that of the Brahma-Vidyas. He may practise more than one Vidya or not,
on account of the absence of the former reason, i.e., because there
is not the reason for option which was stated in the preceding Sutra.
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