Verse 6.29

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

एताश्चान्याश्च सेवेत दीक्षा विप्रो वने वसन् ।
विविधाश्चौपनिषदीरात्मसंसिद्धये श्रुतीः ॥ २९ ॥

etāścānyāśca seveta dīkṣā vipro vane vasan |
vividhāścaupaniṣadīrātmasaṃsiddhaye śrutīḥ || 29 ||

The Brāhmaṇa dwelling in the forest shall attend to these and other restraints; and also to the several Vedic texts contained in the Upaniṣads, in order to attain the Self.—(29).

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

These ‘restraints’—observances and ‘others’—such as standing in water, keeping the eyes closed and so forth.

^‘Vedic texts contained in the Upaniṣads.’—He shall study the texts contained in the esoteric sections of the Veda, and think of them and ponder over them;^‘in order to attain the Self’.

Or this may refer to the several forms of worship that have been laid down for attaining Brahman.

‘Several’—this is a mere re-iteration.—(29).

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Aparārka (p. 943), which explains ‘dīkṣā’ as ‘determination to keep the penances’;—and ‘saṃsiddhi’ as ‘well-defined cognition’;—in Mitākṣarā (on 3.51), which explains ‘ātmasamsiddhi’ as ‘the attaining of Brahman’;—and in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 531).