Sūtra 13. "On the realization of That, there occur the non-attachment and destruction of the subsequent and previous sins respectively, because it is declared so."
When That, viz Brahman, becomes realized, then come non-attachment of subsequent sins and the destruction of the earlier ones. Why? "Because it is so declared" (in the scriptures). Thus it is declared in the course of dealing with the knowledge of Brahman that a future sin that might be expected to arise in the usual way does not arise in the case of a man of knowledge: "As water does not stick to a lotus leaf, even so sin does not contaminate a man possessed of this knowledge" (Ch. IV. xiv.3). So also the destruction of the past accumulated sins is declared in, "Just as the fluffy tip of a reed placed in fire burns away completely, similarly all his sins are burnt away" (V.xxiv.3). Here occurs another declaration about the destruction of the results of work: "When the Self which is both high and low is realized, the knot of the heart gets untied, all doubts become solved, and all one's actions become dissipated" (Mu. II.ii.8).
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