sarvathāpi tu ta evobhayaliṅgāt ..3.4.34..

the Bhagavata Dharma fully

and other Dharmas partially

 

Now we shall examine the Parinishthita devotee, just as we did in the case of the Svanishtha devotee. In the Upanishad (Mundaka, III, 1. 4), we have the following:

The devotee is one who revels in the Self, he delights in the Self, and having performed his works (truthfulness, penance, meditation, etc.) he rests, firmly established in Brahman, the best of those who know Brahman.

This shows that the Parinishthita must perform the duty of his caste and order (Varna and Ashrama) for the sake of the society; Because the text says he is Kriyavan, and he must also perform the duties of devotion to the Lord (Bhagavad Dharma), because the same text says that he must revel in the Self, and delight in the Self; and this he must do out of love for God. Thus he has two functions. One, the observance of the rules of caste and order for the sake of the society in which he is born, and secondly, to perform the duties of Upasana, out of the love which he bears towards the Lord.

Doubt: Here arises the doubt: Must « the Parinishthita devotee perform these twofold duties, simultaneously? or successively? or must he renounce the first, and confine himself to the second set only?

Purvapaksha: The simultaneous performance being impossible, and the abandonment of the- prescribed duties being also sinful, it follows that there is no certain and definite rule as to the performance of these duties.

Siddhanta: The sound conclusion, however, is that the Parinishthita must always discharge the duties of love, the Bhagavata Dharmas — and do somehow or other, the Varna and Ashrama Dharmas, during his spare moments. He may even omit them altogether if he finds no time. This is shown in the next Sutra.

SUTRA III. 4. 34.

 

सर्वथापि तु त एवोभयलिङ्गात्॥३.४.३४॥

 

… Sarvatha, under any circumstances, … Api, indeed, … Tatra, in their case, …. Va, or; Ubhaya-lingat, on account of twofold inferential signs.