Brahma-Sūtra 3.4.6 (prima facie view, continued)

English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.4.6 by Roma Bose:

“On account of enjoinment (of work) on the part of one having that (viz. knowledge).”

Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):

And “on account of the enjoinment” of work^[1] in the passage: “Having studied the Veda in the house of a teacher in accordance with rules in (the leisure) time left over from doing work for the teacher, having returned to his own home, studying his sacred text in some clean spot” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 8.15.1^[2]).

Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)

“On account of the enjoinment” of work “on the part of one having that”, i.e. on the part of one possessed of the knowledge of all the Vedas, by the scriptural text, viz.; “Having studied the Veda in the house of a teacher, according to rules in time left over from doing work for the teacher, having returned to Ms own home, studying his sacred text in a clean spot” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 8.15.1), knowledge is a subsidiary part of work.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

The [Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series] ed., p. 71, adds “on the part of one possessed of knowledge”.

[2]:

Quoted by Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha.