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which should be done without any hope of return. What purpose will be served by the sinful sacrifices of actions performed with the desire of worldly prosperity? (2) [218]
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Notes: There are two types of (sacrifice), namely सकाम and निष्काम. सकाम is performed by offering animals in the sacrifice in pursuance of the injunction, 'भूतिकामः पशुमालभेत in Hindu fas but the Jaina Sastras prescribe in which sinful thoughts are to be offered. (2) [218] वेदोत्वान्मनः शुद्धधा कर्मयज्ञोऽपि योगिनः । ब्रह्मयज्ञ इतीच्छन्तः श्येनयागं त्यजन्ति किं ॥३॥ ॥ २१९ ॥
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vedoktatvān manaḥśuddhyā
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brahmayajña iticchantaḥ
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Meaning: Why do they, who argue that a ritualistic sacrifice is a sacrifice called Brahmayajña for an ascetic as it is performed with purity of mind as laid down in the Vedas, abandon the performance of sacrifice in which a falcon is offered ? (3) [219]
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Notes: is falcon. If one argues that the is because it is done with purity of mind as prescribed in the Vedas, why does he not do that in which falcon is offered and argue at the same time that he has done so with purity of mind? Such a कर्मयज्ञ is not at all a ब्रह्मयज्ञ ( 3 ) (219)
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