aṅgāvabaddhāstu na śākhāsu hi prativedam ..3.3.57..

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SUTRA III. 3. 57.

अङ्गावबद्धास्तु न शाखासु हि प्रतिवेदम्॥३.३.५७॥

aṅgāvabaddhāstu na śākhāsu hi prativedam ..3.3.57..

… Anga, parts. Avabaddhah, appointed to, connected with. … Tu, … Na, not. Shakhasu, in all the Shakhas or branches, … Hi, because. …, Prativedam, according to the Veda.

57. But they are appointed (or restricted to) particular parts, and not to all branches of a sacrifice, because of the Veda. — 418.

Note: Like the priests to whom separate functions have been allotted by naming them to certain posts, so Jivas follow one or the other path of devotion, because it has been so determined by the Lord. And as the priests when holding a particular office cannot perform any other function but what is appropriate to them, and cannot perform the other parts, because the Vedas are definitely prescribed for each priest, so the Bhaktas do not follow the paths other than their own in their devotion to the Lord.

COMMENTARY

The Yajamana, when performing a sacrifice, chooses several priests to perform it. Every one of these priests knows all the parts which constitute the full sacrifice. But the Yajamana allots to each priest, the particular part which he must perform in sacrifice. Thus he binds them down, as it wore, by giving them particular names, such as: «I select yon to do the part of the Adhvaryu priest, I choose you to take the seat of the Hotar priest, I ask you, to do the duty of the Udgatar priest in this sacrifice. And so on». According to the particular office assigned by the Master to each of thc3e priests, they are restricted to that particular office. Thus, one elected to the office of the Hotar, though equally dexterous in performing the duties of other offices also, is yet confined to the work of the Hotar alone, and has no right to do the work of any other priest. That being so, he cannot perform all the other acts, taught in the various Shakhas, because the parts are regulated according to each Veda. Thus the Hotar performs his part with the verses of the Rig Veda, the Adhvaryu with the sentences of the Yajur Veda, the Udgata with Sama Veda, and the Brahma with the Atharva Veda. Here the particular office which any priest has to fill, is determined by the will of the Master alone. No priest has a right to say that he will do all the work, or any other work than that to which the Master appoints him. According to the nature of the office filled by the priest, is the nature of the fee also (Dakshina) received by him. Similarly, it is the will of the Lord which determines the particular mode, in which particular Jivas must worship Him, whether they worship Him as Lord the Beautiful, or Lord the Majestic.

The author gives another illustration showing how Uddhava and the rest worshipped the Lord with mixed sentiments of love and fear, worshipped Him both as Majestic and Beautiful. And though this mixed sentiment is not so pleasing to the author, yet he tries to explain it.

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