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Silence Speaks
they were not of much avail to me. Besides, though the shastras deal with topics related with the Divine, and for that reason great importance is attached to them, there is also admittedly a good deal of ambiguity in them for the safeguard of which the sage Manu has laid down in clear terms that whatever is not appealing to reason in the Vedas should not be accepted and followed. Regarding their spiritual merit I can safely say that since they deal with elementary rules and principles, they are really meant for the beginners of spirituality. If you take into account any of its srutis you will find that it relates to the necessary requisites of the elementary stage. They may however be studied for the sake of theoretical knowledge to make one a learned pundit or a philosopher, but their utility in the practical field is not of much account.
In fact the sphere of spirituality begins from the point when one has reached the shores of the Infinite ocean. Whatever seems to be there before that point may be deemed to be a mere reflection of spirituality. All the srutis positively relate to conditions below that level. Besides they are for the
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