Sūtra 18. "The Upaniṣadik text, 'Whatever is done with knowledge' surely indicates this."
Śaṅkarācārya: It is true that Agnihotra and other rites when associated with meditation are better than the Agnihotra etc. not associated with meditation, just as much as a learned Brāhmaṇa is better than a Brāhmaṇa without learning. Even so, Agnihotra and other rites are not absolutely useless when they are not associated with meditation. Why? Since in the Upaniṣadik text, "They seek to know It through sacrifice" (Bṛ. 4.4.22), the rites like Agnihotra etc. are heard of without any reservation as the means of knowledge.
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