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The text as to the lifelong obligatoriness of the Agnihotra is valid for those only who do not retire from worldly life. The argument for the three stages of life, founded on their mention in Vedic texts, has no force, since all those references are only of the nature of anuvada. For none of those texts contain injunctive forms. The text 'There are three branches of sacred observance, &c. Up.
In the same way the clause 'the Self is to be reflected upon' is a mere anuvada of reflection which is known as a means of confirming what one has 'heard. It is therefore meditation only which all those texts enjoin. Su.
This view the latter part of the Sutra sets aside 'on account of newness. Texts, as the one referring to the Udgitha, cannot be mere glorifications; for the fact of the Udgitha being the best of essences is not established by any other means of proof, and the text under discussion cannot therefore be understood as a mere anuvada, meant for glorification.
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