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'On account of connexion, i.e. because thus only the 'balya' of the text gives a possible sense. Up. Up. Here terminates the adhikarana of 'non-manifestation. What belongs to this world, there being no obstruction at hand; as this is seen. Knowledge, as enjoined by Scripture, is twofold, having for its fruit either exaltation within the sphere of the Samsara, or final Release.
In the text discussed above we meet with the word 'balya, which may mean either 'being a child' or 'being and doing like a child. The former meaning is excluded, as that particular age which is called childhood cannot be assumed at will.
It therefore remains a settled conclusion that the text under discussion enjoins panditya, balya, and mauna as being auxiliaries to knowledge in the same way as the other duties of the asramas, such as sacrifices and the rest. Here terminates the adhikarana of 'the injunction of other auxiliaries. Not manifesting itself; on account of the connexion.
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