Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya)
by Swami Vireshwarananda | 1936 | 124,571 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the commentary (Bhashya) of Shankara. The Brahma-sutra (or, Vedanta-sutra) is one of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy and represents an early exposition the Vedantic interpretation of the Upanishads. This edition has the original Sanskrit text, the r...
Chapter III, Section IV, Adhikarana XII
Adhikarana summary: The lifelong celibate who lapses in his vows to be shunned by society
Sutra 3,4.43
बहिस्तूभयथापि स्मृतेराचाराच्च ॥ ४३ ॥
bahistūbhayathāpi smṛterācārācca || 43 ||
bahiḥ—Outside; tu—but; bhayathā-api—in either case; smṛteḥ—from the Smriti; ācārāt—from custom; ca—and.
43. But in either case (they are to be kept) outside the society, on account of the Smriti and custom.
Whether the lapses be regarded as major sins or minor sins, in either case good people are to avoid such transgressors; because the Smriti and approved custom both condemn them.