Mima/m/sa already
that Sm/ri/tis contradicted by /S/ruti are to be disregarded.]

[Footnote 257: On the meaning of 'kapila' in the above passage, compare
the Introduction to the Upanishads, translated by Max Mueller, vol. ii,
p. xxxviii ff.--As will be seen later on, /S/a@nkara, in this bhashya,
takes the Kapila referred to to be some /ri/shi.]

[Footnote 258: I.e. religious duty is known only from the injunctive
passages of the Veda.]

[Footnote 259: After it has been shown that Kapila the dvaitavadin is
not mentioned in /S/ruti, it is now shown that Manu the sarvatmavadin is
mentioned there.]

[Footnote 260: In which passage the phrase 'to be meditated upon'
(nididhyasa) indicates the act of mental concentration characteristic of
the Yoga.]

[Footnote 261: The ash/t/akas (certain oblations to be made on the
eighth days after the full moons of the seasons hemanta and /s/i/s/ira)
furnish the stock illustration for the doctrine of the Purva Mim. that
Sm/ri/ti is authoritative in so far as it is based on /S/ruti.]

[Footnote 262: But why--it will be asked--do you apply yourself to the
refutation of the Sa@nkhya and Yoga only, and not also to that of other
Sm/ri/tis conflicting with the Vedanta views?]

[Footnote 263: I.e. from the fact of these terms being employed in a
passage standing close to other passages which refer to Vedic
knowledge.]

[Footnote 264: The cognition of Brahman terminates in an act of
anubhava; hence as it has been shown that reasoning is more closely
connected with anubhava than /S/ruti is, we have the right to apply
reasoning to /S/ruti.--Ananda Giri comments on the passage from
anubhavavasanam as follows: brahmasakshatkarasya mokshopayataya
pradhanyat tatra /s/abdad api parokshago/k/arad
aparoksharthasadharmyago/k/aras tarkosxntara@ngam iti tasyaiva
balavatvam ity artha/h/. Aitihyamatre/n/a pravadaparamparyamatre/n/a
parokshatayeti yavat. Anubhavasya pradhanye tarkasyoktanyayena tasminn
antara@ngatvad agamasya /k/a bahira@ngatvad antara@ngabahira@ngayor
antara@nga/m/ balavad ity nyayad ukta/m/ tarkasya balavattvam.
Anubhavapradhanya/m/ tu nadyapi siddham ity a/s/a@nkyahanubhaveti. Nanu
Brahmaj/n/adna/m/ vaidikatvad dharmavad ad/ri/sh/t/aphalam esh/t/avya/m/
tat kutosxsyanubhavavasanavidyanivartakatva/m/ tatraha moksheti.
Adhish/th/anasakshatkarasya /s/uktyadj/n/ane
tadavidyatatkaryanivartakatvad/ri/sh/t/e/h/, brahmaj/n/anasyapi
tarkava/s/ad asambhavanadinirasadvara sakshatkaravasayinas