atho ityayaṃ vākyopanyāsārthaḥ | ayaṃ yaḥ prakṛto gṛhī karmādhikṛto 'vidvāñcharīrendriyasaṅghātādiviśiṣṭaḥ piṇḍa ātmetyucyate;sarveṣāṃ varṇāśramādivihitaiḥ karmabhirupakāritvāt | kaiḥ punaḥ karmaviśeṣairupakurvan keṣāṃ bhūtaviśeṣāṇāṃ lokaḥ? ityucyate - sa gṛhī yajjuhoti yadyajate, yāgo devatāmuddiśya svatvaparityāgaḥ, sa eva parityāgaḥ, sa eva āsecanādhiko homaḥ tena homayāgalakṣaṇena karmaṇāvaśyakartavyatvena devānāṃ paśuvatparatantratvena pratibaddha iti lokaḥ | atha yadanubrūte svādhyāyamadhīte 'harahastena ṛṣīṇāṃ lokaḥ |
atha yatpitṛbhyo nipṛṇāti prayacchati piṇḍodakādi, yacca prajāmicchati prajārthamudyamaṃ karoti - icchā cotpattyupalakṣaṇārthā - prajāṃ cotpādayatītyarthaḥ, tena karmaṇāvaśyakartavyatvena pitṛṇāṃ bhogyatvena paratantro lokaḥ |
atha yanmanuṣyānvāsayate gṛhe, yacca tebhyo vasadbhyo 'vasadbhyo vā arthibhyo 'śanaṃ dadāti, tena manuṣyāṇām;atha yatpaśubhyastṛṇodakaṃ vindati lambhayati, tena paśūnām;yadasya gṛheṣu śvāpadā vayāṃsi ca pipīlikābhiḥ saha kaṇabalibhāṇḍakṣālanādyupajīvanti, tena teṣāṃ lokaḥ |
yasmādayametāni karmāṇi kurvannupakaroti devādibhyaḥ, tasmādyathā ha vai loke svāpya lokāya svasmai dehāyāriṣṭamavināśaṃ svatvabhāvāpracyutimicchet svatvabhāvapracyutibhayātpoṣaṇarakṣaṇādibhiḥ sarvataḥ paripālayet, evaṃ haivaṃvide'sarvabhūtabhogyo 'hamanena prakāreṇa mayā avaśyamṛṇivatpratikartavyam'ityevamātmānaṃ parikalpitavate sarvāṇi bhūtāni devādīni yathoktāni ariṣṭimavināśamicchanti svatvāpracyutyai sarvataḥ saṃrakṣanti kuṭumbina iva paśūn -"tasmādeṣāṃ tanna priyam"ityuktam |
tadvā etattadetadyathoktānāṃ karmaṇām ṛṇavadavaśyakartavyatvaṃ pañcamahāyajñaprakaraṇe viditaṃ kartavyatayā mīmāṃsitaṃ vicāritaṃ cāvadānaprakaraṇe || 16 ||
brahma vidvāṃścettasmātpaśubhāvātkartavyatābandhanarūpātpratimucyate, kenāyaṃ kāritaḥ karmavandhanādhikāre 'vaśa iva pravartate, na punastadvimokṣṇopāye vidyādhikāra iti nanūktaṃ devā rakṣantīti | bāḍham, karmādhikārasvagocarārūḍhāneva te 'pi rakṣanti, anyathākṛtābhyāgamakṛtanāśaprasaṅgāt | na tu sāmānyaṃ puruṣamātraṃ viśiṣṭādhikārānārūḍham;tasmādbhavitavyaṃ tena, yena prerito 'vaśa eva bahirmukho bhavati svasmāllokāt | nanvavidyāsā, avidyāvānihi bahirmukhībhūtaḥ pravartate | sāpi naiva pravartikā;vastusvarūpāvarṇātmikā hi sā;pravartakabījatvaṃ tu pratipadyate 'ndhatvamiva gartādipatanapravṛttihetuḥ | evaṃ tarhyucyatāṃ kiṃ tad yatpravṛttiheturiti? tadihābhidhīyate - eṣaṇā kāmaḥ saḥ ,'svābhāvikyāmavidyāyāṃ vartamānā bālāḥ parācaḥ kāmānanuyanti'iti kāṭhakaśrutau, smṛtau ca -"kāma eṣa krodha eṣaḥ"(gītā 3 | 37) ityādi, mānave ca sarvā pravṛttiḥ kāmahetukyeveti | sa eṣor'thaḥ savistaraḥ pradarśyata iha ā adhyāyaparisamāpteḥ -
