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ननु कथं कर्मणां बन्धहेतुत्वम् ? यावता यानेवाहुरिज्यया ज्योतिष्टोमादिना साधुलोकान् साधुभिः धार्मिकैरारूढान् पुण्यतमान् पवित्रान् सनातनान् ।तेषां ब्रह्मलोकपर्यन्तानां लोकानां परार्थं परमपुरुषार्थत्वं कथयन्ति इह अस्मिन् संसारमण्डले वेदाः ।एतत् लोकानां परमपुरुषार्थत्वं विद्वान् कथं नु साधनं कर्म नैति नानुतिष्ठति ।अथवा, एतत्
In plain words
An objection is raised: How can ritual actions be a cause of bondage? After all, the Vedas in this world speak of sacrifices like the Jyotistoma as the means to attain virtuous, pure, and eternal worlds reached by righteous people—worlds extending all the way up to Brahmaloka—and proclaim them to be the supreme human goal. Knowing this, how could a wise person fail to perform such ritual actions?
Close to the Sanskrit
Now how is actions being a cause of bondage? Since which they speak by sacrifice with Jyotistoma and the like, virtuous worlds attained by the virtuous, righteous, most pure, holy, eternal. Of those worlds ending with the Brahmaloka, the Vedas in this realm of samsara proclaim the supreme human goal status. Knowing this supreme human goal status of worlds, how indeed does the wise person not resort to, not perform action as a means? Or else, this...