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Stated at length, the meaning of the Sutra then is as follows in the same way as texts such as 'him Brahmanas seek to know through the reciting of the Veda, through sacrifices and charity, and so on, and 'Quiet, subdued, &c. Up. Up. 'then let him be or become a Muni'; for Muni-hood is not something previously established. The meaning of the entire text therefore is as follows.
A doubt arises whether this text enjoins Muni-hood in the same way as it enjoins learning and the childlike state, or merely refers to it as something already established.
The Purvapakshin holds the latter view on the ground that as 'Muni-hood' and 'learning' both connote knowledge, the word 'Muni' merely refers back to the knowledge already enjoined in the phrase 'after he has done with learning. For the text presents no word of injunctive force with regard to Muni-hood. This view the Sutra controverts.
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