Acharya Vaani
shrImadAnandatIrthArya mukhanissR^itaM
vikarmalepo naivAsti samyagdR^iShTimatAM kvacit | A.V 3.4.4
Our scriptures say that one needs to necessarily perform the prescribed actions and stay away from the prohibited ones as long as one is bound in this saMsAra. Otherwise one would accrue sin. But once a person obtains the knowledge of Brahman, he is free from any such scriptural injunctions. Unlike others, he is not affected even if he performs prohibited actions.
Here, one may ask a question. If a person is not punished for performing prohibited actions what difference exists between a person who has not performed any prohibited action and the one who has performed such actions even after attaining the knowledge of Brahman? Treating both of them equally seems to be unfair - thus. To this we reply. Though a j~nAni is not affected even if he performs prohibited actions after attaining the knowledge of Brahman, he does not get the same treatment as that of a j~nAni who does not perform any such prohibited actions. Due to the power of knowledge he gained, he does not fall from his position nor is he deprived of liberation. But there will be a slight cut in the bliss he experiences after attaining liberation. This cut is not applicable to a j~nAni who never performs any such prohibited actions. Thus as both of them are not treated equally the question of being unfair does not arise.
