Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja)
by George Thibaut | 1904 | 275,953 words | ISBN-10: 8120801350 | ISBN-13: 9788120801356
The English translation of the Brahma Sutras (also, Vedanta Sutras) with commentary by Ramanuja (known as the Sri Bhasya). The Brahmasutra expounds the essential philosophy of the Upanishads which, primarily revolving around the knowledge of Brahman and Atman, represents the foundation of Vedanta. Ramanjua’s interpretation of these sutras from a V...
Sutra 3.4.42
42. A minor one, thus some; (and hence they hold) the existence (of expiation), as in the case of eating. This has been explained.
Some teachers are of opinion that even on the part of Naishṭhikas and the rest the lapse from chastity constitutes only a minor offence which can be atoned for by expiatory observances; in the same way as in the case of the eating of forbidden food the same prāyaskitta may be used by the ordinary Brahmacārin and by Naishṭhikas and the rest. This has been stated by the Smṛti writer, 'For the others also (i.e. the Naishṭhikas and so on) the same (rules and practices as those for the Upakurvāna) hold good, in so far as not opposed to their āśrama.'