First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 3 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 3. Not (i.e. the abode of heaven, earth, &c. cannot be) that which is inferred, (i.e. the pradhna), on account of the terms not denoting it. While there has been shown a special reason in favour of Brahm...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 2 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 157 2. And on account of its being designated as that to which the Released have to resort. By the abode of heaven, earth, and so on, we have to understand the highest Brahman for that reason also that we...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 17 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 17. And on account of the declaration of the difference (of the two, the nandamaya cannot be the transmigrating soul). The Self consisting of bliss cannot be identical with the transmigrating soul, for th...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 30 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 30. On account of remembrance; so Bdari opines. Or else the highest Lord may be called 'measured by a span' because he is remembered by means of the mind which is seated in the heart which is measured by...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 9 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 9. Not so; as there are parallel instances. There is nothing objectionable in our system.--The objection that the effect when being reabsorbed into its p. 311 cause would inquinate the latter with its...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 27 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 288 27. And because Brahman is called the source. Brahman is the material cause for that reason also that it is spoken of in the sacred texts as the source (yoni); compare, for instance, 'The maker...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 42 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 42. And (on account of the designation) (of the highest Self) as different (from the individual soul) in the states of deep sleep and departing. p. 234 In the sixth prap"th"aka of the B"ri"hadra"n"yaka there...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 35 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 35. If it be objected that it (viz. the Lord's having regard to merit and demerit) is impossible on account of the non-distinction (of merit and demerit, previous to the first creation); we refute...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 20 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 20. (Nor can there be a causal relation between Nescience, we are now going to prove that they cannot even be considered as efficient causes of the subsequent members of the series to which they belong. Those...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 7 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 7. If it be said that (the passage does) not (refer to Brahman) on account of the smallness of the abode (mentioned), and on account of the denotations of that (i.e. of minuteness); we say, no; because...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 27 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 27. For the same reasons (the Vai"s"vnara) cannot be the divinity (of fire), or the element (of fire). The averment that the fanciful attribution of members contained in the passage 'His head is Sute"g"as,'...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 22 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 22. But the separate (Brahman, i.e. the Brahman separate from the individual souls) (is the creator); (the existence of which separate Brahman we learn) from the declaration of difference. The word 'but'...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 37 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 37. The Lord (cannot be the cause of the world), on account of the inappropriateness (of that doctrine). The Strakra now applies himself to the refutation of that doctrine, according to which the Lord is...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 29 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 29. And on account of their difference of nature (the ideas of the waking state) are not like those of a dream. We now apply ourselves to the refutation of the averment made by the Bauddha, that the ide...
Untitled : VEDNTA-STRAS With The Commentary By SAKAR"K"RYA TRANSLATED BY GEORGE THIBAUT Part I (Books Of The East, Volume 34) [1890] Title Page Contents INTRODUCTION Introduction First Adhyya Second Adhyya Third Adhyya Fourth Adhyya FIRST ADHYYA, FIRST PDA I, 1, 1 I, 1, 2 I, 1, 3 I, 1, 4 I, 1, 5 I, 1, 6 I, 1...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 16 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 16. And on account of the supporting also (attributed to it), (the small ether must be the Lord) because that greatness is observed in him (according to other scriptural passages). And also on account...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 24 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 412 24. And in the case of space also (the doctrine of its being a non-entity is untenable) on account of its not differing (from the two other kinds of non-entity). We have shown so far that of the triad...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 31 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 31. If it be said that (Brahman is devoid of powers) on account of the absence of organs; (we reply that) this has been explained (before). Let this be granted.--Scripture, however, declares the highest...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 12 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 12. And on account of (Scripture) separating (the akshara) from that whose nature is different (from Brahman). Also on account of the reason stated in this Stra Brahman only is to be considered...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 4 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 4. (Brahman can)not (be the cause of the world) on account of the difference of character of that, (viz. the world); and its being such, (i.e. different from Brahman) (we learn) from Scripture. The objections...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 33 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 33. On account of the impossibility (of contradictory attributes) in one thing, (the "G"aina doctrine is) not (to be accepted). Having disposed of the Bauddha doctrine we now turn to the system...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 26 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 26. Either the consequence of the entire (Brahman undergoing change) has to be accepted, or else a violation of the texts declaring Brahman to be without parts. Hitherto we have established so much th...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 3 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 3. On the other hand, as (those qualities) are not possible (in it), the embodied (soul is) not (denoted by manomaya, &c.). The preceding Stra has declared that the qualities mentioned are possible...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 23 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 23. And on account of its form being mentioned. Subsequently to the passage, 'Higher than the high Imperishable,' we meet (in the passage, 'From him is born breath,' from his feet came the earth; he is indeed...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 6 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 6. On account of the subject-matter. The highest Self constitutes the subject-matter (of the entire chapter), as we see from the passage, 'Sir, what is that through which, when it is known, everything else...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 13 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 13. If (it be objected that the term nandamaya, consisting of bliss, can) not (denote the highest Self) on account of its being a word denoting a modification p. 67 [paragraph continues] (or product); (we...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 12 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 12. (The Self) consisting of bliss (is the highest Self) on account of the repetition (of the word 'bliss,' as denoting the highest Self). The Taittirya-upanishad (II, 1-5), after having enumerated the Self...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 23 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 23. (Brahman is) the material cause also, on account of (this view) not being in conflict with the promissory statements and the illustrative instances. It has been said that, as practical religious duty h...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 22 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 22. (The initial statement is made) because (the highest Self) exists in the condition (of the individual soul); so K"s"ak"ri"tsna thinks. Because the highest Self exists also in the conditi...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 2 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 2. And because the qualities desired to be expressed are possible (in Brahman; therefore the passage refers to Brahman). p. 110 Although in the Veda which is not the work of man no wish in the strict sense...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 22 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 22. The two others (i.e. the individual soul and the pradhna) are not (the source of all beings) because there are stated distinctive attributes and difference. The source of all beings is the highest Lord...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 32 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 32. And on account of its general deficiency in probability. No further special discussion is in fact required. From p. 428 whatever new points of view the Bauddha system is tested with reference to its...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 27 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 27. But (this is not so), on account of scriptural passages, and on account of (Brahman) resting on Scripture (only). The word 'but' discards the objection.--We deny this and maintain that our view is not...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 13 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 13. On account of his being designated as the object of sight (the highest Self is meant, and) the same (is meant in the passage speaking of the meditation on the highest person by means of the syllable Om)...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 28 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 28. The non-existence (of external things) cannot be maintained, on account of (our) consciousness (of them). There having been brought forward, in what precedes, the various objections which lie against...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 17 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 17. And on account of the settled meaning. The small ether within cannot denote anything but the highest Lord for this reason also, that the word 'ether' has (among other meanings) the settled meaning...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 23 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 23. And because the case is analogous to that of stones, &c. (the objections raised) cannot be established. As among minerals, which are all mere modifications of earth, nevertheless great variety is observed...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 36 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 36. And on account of the permanency of the final (size of the soul) and the resulting permanency of the two (preceding sizes) there is no difference (of size, at any time). Moreover, the "G"ainas themselves...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 6 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 6. And on account of Sm"ri"ti. Sm"ri"ti also declares the difference of the embodied Self p. 113 and the highest Self, viz. Bha. Gt XVIII, 61, 'The Lord, O Ar"g"una, is seated in the heart of all beings...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 26 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 26. If it be maintained that (Vai"s"vnara is) not (the highest Lord) on account of the term (viz. Vai"s"vnara, having a settled different meaning), (we say) no, on account of the perception (of the highest...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 16 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 69 16. (The Self consisting of bliss is the highest Self,) not the other (i.e. the individual Soul), on account of the impossibility (of the latter assumption). And for the following reason also the Self...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 8 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 8. On account of such consequences at the time p. 310 of reabsorption (the doctrine maintained hitherto) is objectionable. The prvapakshin raises further objections.--If an effect which is distinguished by...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 26 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 26. (Brahman is the material cause) on account of (the Self) making itself; (which is possible) owing to modification. Brahman is the material cause for that reason also that Scripture--in the passage, 'Th...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 40 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 40. The light (is Brahman), on account of that (Brahman) being seen (in the scriptural passage). We read in Scripture, 'Thus does that serene being, arising from this body, appear in its own form as so...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 2 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 2. And on account of the non-perception of the p. 296 others (i.e. the effects of the pradhna, according to the Snkhya system). The principles different from the pradhna, but to be viewed as its modifications...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 32 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 32. Moreover they (the "G"blas) speak of him p. 153 (the highest Lord) in that (i.e. the interstice between the top of the head and the chin which is measured by a span). Moreover the "G"blas speak in their...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 29 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 29. And because the objection (raised against our view) lies against his (the opponent's) view likewise. Those also who maintain that the world has sprung from the pradhna implicitly teach that something not...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 22 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 410 22. Cessation dependent on a sublative act of the mind, and cessation not so dependent cannot be established, there being no (complete) interruption. The Bauddhas who maintain that universal...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 37 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 37. And because all the qualities (required in the cause of the world) are present (in Brahman). The teacher has now refuted all the objections, such as difference of character, and the like, which other...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 19 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 19. If it be said that from the subsequent (chapter it appears that the individual soul is meant), (we point out that what is there referred to is) rather (the individual soul in so far) as its true nature...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 33 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 33. But (Brahman's creative activity) is mere sport, such as we see in ordinary life. The word 'but' discards the objection raised.--We see in every-day life that certain doings of princes or other men...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 26 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 26. (Entity) does not spring from non-entity on account of that not being observed. The system of the Vain"s"ikas is objectionable for this reason also that those who deny the existence of permanent stable...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 38 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 38. And on account of the impossibility of the connexion (of the Lord with the souls and the pradhna). Against the doctrine which we are at present discussing there lies the further objection that a Lord...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 4 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 4. (Nor) also the individual soul (pr"n"abh"ri"t). Although to the cognitional (individual) Self the qualities of Selfhood and intelligence do belong, still omniscience and similar qualities do not belong...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 8 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 8. If it is said that (from the circumstance of Brahman and the individual soul being one) there follows fruition (on the part of Brahman); we say, no; on account of the difference of nature (of the two). p...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 28 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 28. "G"aimini (declares that there is) no contradiction even on the assumption of a direct (worship of the highest Lord as Vai"s"vnara). Above (Stra 26) it has been said that Vai"s"vnara is the highest Lord...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 18 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 18. And on account of desire (being mentioned as belonging to the nandamaya) no regard is to be had to what is inferred, (i.e. to the pradhna inferred by the Snkhyas.) Since in the passage 'he desired, may I...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 28 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 28. Hereby all (the doctrines concerning the origin of the world which are opposed to the Vednta) are explained, are explained. The doctrine according to which the pradhna is the cause of the world h...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 6 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 6. But it is seen. The word 'but' discards the prvapaksha. Your assertion that this world cannot have originated from Brahman on account of the difference of its character is not founded on an absolutely true...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 20 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 20. And the embodied soul (also cannot be understood by the internal ruler), for both also (i. e. both p. 134 recensions of the B"ri"had ra"n"yaka) speak of it as different (from the internal ruler). The word...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 20 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 20. (The circumstance of the soul being represented as the object of sight) indicates the fulfilment of the promissory statement; so "s"marathya thinks. The fact that the text proclaims as the object of sight...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 10 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 10. On account of the uniformity of view (of the Vednta-texts, Brahman is to be considered the cause). If, as in the argumentations of the logicians, so in the Vednta-texts also, there were set forth...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 11 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 11. This (supporting can), on account of the command (attributed to the Imperishable, be the work of the highest Lord only). The supporting of all things up to ether is the work of the highest Lord only...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 25 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 25. And (the case of Brahman is) like that of gods and other beings in ordinary experience. Well, let it be admitted that milk and other non-intelligent things have the power of turning themselves into sour...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 30 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 30. The existence (of mental impressions) is not possible (on the Bauddha view, on account of the absence of perception (of external things). We now proceed to that theory of yours, according to which...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 34 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 34. And likewise (there results from the "G"aina, doctrine) non-universality of the Self. We have hitherto urged against the "G"aina doctrine an objection resulting from the sydvda, viz. that one thing cannot...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 21 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 21. On account of the other (i.e. the individual soul) being designated (as non-different from Brahman) there would attach (to Brahman) various faults, as, for instance, not doing what is beneficial. Another...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 15 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 15. (The small ether is Brahman) on account of p. 180 the action of going (into Brahman) and of the word (brahmaloka); for thus it is seen (i. e. that the individual souls go into Brahman is seen elsewhere...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 24 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 24. And on account of the statement of reflection (on the part of the Self). The fact of the sacred texts declaring that the Self reflected likewise shows that it is the operative as well as the material...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 14 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 14. And because he is declared to be the cause of it, (i.e. of bliss; therefore maya is to be taken as denoting abundance.) Maya must be understood to denote abundance, for that reason also that Scripture...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 24 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 143 24. Vai"s"vnara (is the highest Lord) on account of the distinction qualifying the common terms (Vai"s"vnara and Self). (In "Kh". Up. V, 11 ff.) a discussion begins with the words, 'What is our Self...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 4 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 4. And because there is a (separate) denotation of the object of activity and of the agent. The attributes of consisting of mind, and so on, cannot belong to the embodied Self for that reason also, that there...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 8 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 8. The bhman (is Brahman), as the instruction about it is additional to that about the state of deep sleep (i.e. the vital air which remains awake even in the state of deep sleep). We read ("Kh". Up. VII, 23;...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 2 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 2. And on account of (the impossibility of) activity. Leaving the arrangement of the world, we now pass on to the activity by which it is produced.--The three gu"n"as, passing out of the state of equipoise...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 23 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 195 23. Moreover Sm"ri"ti also speaks of him (i.e. of the pr"g"a. Self as being the universal light). Moreover that aspect of the pr"g"a Self is spoken of in Sm"ri"ti also, viz. in the Bhagavad Gt (XV, 6...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 6 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 6. And there is question and explanation relative to three things only (not to the pradhna). To the same conclusion we are led by the consideration of the circumstance that the Ka"th"avall-upanishad brings...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 17 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 17. If it be said that on account of being denoted as that which is not (the effect does) not (exist before it is actually produced); (we reply) not so, (because p. 333 the term 'that which is not' denotes)...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 12 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 12. And on account of the distinctive qualities (mentioned). Moreover, the distinctive qualities mentioned in the text agree only with the individual Self and the highest Self. For in a subsequent passage (I...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 22 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 22. The k"s"a, i.e. ether (is Brahman) on account of characteristic marks (of the latter being mentioned). In the "Kh"ndogya (I, 9) the following passage is met with, 'What is the origin of this world? Ether...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 41 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 41. And (there would follow from that doctrine) either finite duration or absence of omniscience (on the Lord's part). The hypothesis of the argumentative philosophers is invalid, for the following re...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 2 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 2. (Brahman is that) from which the origin, &c. (i.e. the origin, subsistence, and dissolution) of this (world proceed). The term, &c. implies subsistence and re-absorption. That the origin is mentioned first...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 12 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 12. (The pa"k"a"g"an"h" are) the breath and so on, (as is seen) from the complementary passage. The mantra in which the pa"k"a"g"an"h" are mentioned is followed by another one in which breath and four other...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 26 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 26. And thus also (we must conclude, viz. that Brahman is the subject of the previous passage), because (thus only) the declaration as to the beings, &c. being the feet is possible. That the previous passage...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 6 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 6. If it is said that (the word 'seeing') has a figurative meaning, we deny that, on account of the word Self (being applied to the cause of the world). Your assertion that the term 'Being' denotes...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 45 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 45. And on account of contradictions. Moreover, manifold contradictions are met with in the Bhgavata system, with reference to the assumption of qualities and their bearers. Eminence of knowledge and p. 443...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 16 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 16. (He whose work is this is Brahman), because (the 'work') denotes the world. In the Kaushtaki-brhma"n"a, in the dialogue of Blki and A"g"ta"s"atru, we read, 'O Blki, he who is the maker of p. 269 those...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 16 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 16. And on account of the statement of the way of him who has heard the Upanishads. The person placed in the eye is the highest lord for the following reason also. From "s"ruti as well as sm"ri"ti we are...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 39 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 39. (The pr"n"a is Brahman), on account of the trembling (predicated of the whole world). The discussion of qualification for Brahma-knowledge--on which we entered as an opportunity offered--being finished we...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 13 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 13. If it be said that from the circumstance of (the objects of enjoyment) passing over into the enjoyer (and vice vers) there would result non-distinction (of the two); we reply that (such distinction) may...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 2 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 2. But the subtle (body is meant by the term avyakta) on account of its capability (of being so designated). It has been asserted, under the preceding Stra, that the term 'the Undeveloped' signifies...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 6 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 6. Even if we admit (the Snkhya position refuted in what precedes, it is invalidated by other objections) on account of the absence of a purpose (on the part of the pradhna). Even if we, accommodating...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 18 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 18. (If there be assumed) the (dyad of) aggregates with its two causes, (there takes place) non-establishment of those (two aggregates). The reasons on account of which the doctrine of the p. 401 [paragraph...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 27 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 27. If it be said that (the corporeal individuality of the gods involves) a contradiction to (sacrificial) works; we deny that, on account of the observation of the assumption (on the part of the gods)...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 31 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 31. On account of the impossibility of (the gods being qualified) for the madhu-vidy, &c., "G"aimini (maintains) the non-qualification (of the gods for the Brahma-vidy). A new objection is raised against...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 10 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 10. And moreover (the Snkhya doctrine) is objectionable on account of its contradictions. The doctrine of the Snkhyas, moreover, is full of contradictions. Sometimes they enumerate seven senses, sometimes...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 30 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 30. The declaration (made by Indra about himself, viz. that he is one with Brahman) (is possible) through intuition vouched for by Scripture, as in the case of Vmadeva. The individual divine Self called Indr...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 14 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 14. And on account of the permanent existence (of activity or non-activity). Moreover, the atoms would have to be assumed as either p. 391 essentially active (moving) or essentially non-active, or both...
Introduction. Third Adhyaya : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] THIRD ADHYYA. PDA I. Adhik. I (1-7) teaches that the soul, when passing out of the body at the time of death, remains invested with the subtle material elements (bhtaskshma) which serve as an abode...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 35 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 35. And because the kshattriyahood (of "G"na"s"ruti) is understood from the inferential mark (supplied by his being mentioned) later on with "K"aitraratha (who was a kshattriya himself). Gna"s"ruti cannot...
Introduction. Introduction : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. ix INTRODUCTION. To the sacred literature of the Brahmans, in the strict sense of the term, i.e. to the Veda, there belongs a certain number of complementary works without whose assistance the student is...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 15 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 15. And because only on the existence (of the cause) (the effect) is observed. For the following reason also the effect is non-different from the cause, because only when the cause exists the effect is...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 4 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 4. And (the pradhna cannot be meant) because p. 246 there is no statement as to (the avyakta) being something to be cognised. The Snkhyas, moreover, represent the pradhna as something to be cognised in so far...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 21 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 21. If it be said that on account of the scriptural p. 192 declaration of the smallness (of the ether) (the Lord cannot be meant; we reply that) that has been explained (before). The prvapakshin has remarked...
Title Page : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] VEDNTA-STRAS With The Commentary By SANKAR"K"RYA Translated By GEORGE THIBAUT Part I (Sacred Books Of The East, Volume 34) Oxford: The Clarendon Press [1904] Scanned In By Srinivasan Sriram (as Part...
Introduction. Second Adhyaya : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. xlvii SECOND ADHYYA. The first adhyya has proved that all the Vednta-texts unanimously teach that there is only one cause of the world, viz. Brahman, whose nature is intelligence, and that there exists no...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 10 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 256 10. And on account of the statement of the assumption (of a metaphor) there is nothing contrary to reason (in a"g" denoting the causal matter); just as in the case of honey (denoting the sun)...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 43 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 43. And (it is) not (observed that) the instrument is produced from the agent. The Bhgavata hypothesis is to be rejected for that reason also, that observation never shows us an instrument, such as a hatchet...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 20 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 20. The one within (the sun and the eye) (is the highest Lord), on account of his qualities being declared 3. The following passage is found in Scripture ("Kh". Up. I, 6, 6 ff.), "Now that person bright...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 10 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 10. And on account of the topic under discussion. That the highest Self only can be the eater referred to p. 118 is moreover evident from the passage (Ka. Up. I, 2, 18), ('The knowing Self is not born, it...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 14 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 14. And on account of the statement of place, and so on. But how does the confined locality of the eye agree with Brahman which is omnipresent like the ether?--To this question we reply that there would...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 14 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 14. (Although there is a conflict of the Vednta-passages with regard to the things created, such as) ether and so on; (there is no such conflict with regard to the Lord) on account of his being represented...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 4 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 4. But that (Brahman is to be known from Scripture), because it is connected (with the Vednta-texts) as their purport. The word 'but' is meant to rebut the prva-paksha (the prim facie view as urged above)...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 24 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 24. The 'light' (is Brahman), on account of the mention of feet (in a passage which is connected with the passage about the light). Scripture says ("Kh". Up. III, 13, 7), 'Now that light which shines above...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 25 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 25. But with reference to the heart (the highest Self is said to be of the size of a span), as men are entitled (to the study of the Veda). The measure of a span is ascribed to the highest Lord, although...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 4 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 4. And because (the pradhna), on account of there existing nothing beyond it, stands in no relation; (it cannot be active.) The three gu"n"as of the Snkhyas when in a state of equipoise form the pradhn...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 11 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 11. If it be said that, in consequence of the ill-foundedness of reasoning, we must frame our conclusions otherwise; (we reply that) thus also there would result non-release. In matters to be known...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 12 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 12. In both cases also (in the cases of the ad"ri"sh"t"a inhering either in the atoms or the soul) action (of the atoms) is not (possible); hence absence of that (viz. creation and pralaya). The Strakra now...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 19 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 19. And like a piece of cloth. As of a folded piece of cloth we do not know clearly whether it is a piece of cloth or some other thing, while on its being unfolded it becomes manifest that the folded thing...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 33 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 33. Bdarya"n"a, on the other hand, (maintains) the existence (of qualification for Brahma-vidy on the part of the gods); for there are (passages indicatory of that). The expression 'on the other hand' is...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 8 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 8. (It cannot be maintained that a"g" means the p. 253 pradhna) because no special characteristic is stated; as in the case of the cup. Here the advocate of the pradhna comes again forward and maintains th...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 28 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 28. Pr"n"a (breath) is Brahman, that being understood from a connected consideration (of the passages referring to pr"n"a). In the Kaushtaki-brhma"n"a-upanishad there is recorded a legend of Indr...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 8 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 8. And (the pradhna cannot be denoted by the word 'Self') because there is no statement of its having to be set aside. If the pradhna which is the Not-Self were denoted by the term 'Being' (Sat), and if...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 18 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 18. But "G"aimini thinks that (the reference to the individual soul) has another purport, on account of p. 273 the question and answer; and thus some also (read in their text). Whether the passage under...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 18 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 18. The internal ruler over the devas and so on (is Brahman), because the attributes of that (Brahman) are designated. In B"ri". Up. III, 7, 1 ff. we read, 'He who within rules this world and the other world...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 37 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 228 37. And on account of (Gautama) proceeding (to initiate "G"bla) on the ascertainment of (his) not being that (i.e. a "S"dra). The "S"dras are not qualified for that reason also that Gautama, having...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 8 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 8. And, again, (the pradhna cannot be active) because the relation of principal (and subordinate matter) is impossible (between the three gu"n"as). For the following reason also activity on the part...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 29 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 29. And from this very reason there follows the eternity of the Veda. As the eternity of the Veda is founded on the absence of the remembrance of an agent only, a doubt with regard to it had been raised owing...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 16 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 16. And as there are difficulties in both cases. Earth has the qualities of smell, taste, colour, and touch, and is gross; water has colour, taste, and touch, and is fine; fire has colour and touch, and is...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 1 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 237 FOURTH PDA. REVERENCE TO THE HIGHEST SELF! 1. If it be said that some (mention) that which is based on inference (i.e. the pradhna); we deny this, because (the term alluded to) refers to what is...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 10 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 10. And because the objections (raised by the Snkhya against the Vednta doctrine) apply to his view also. The doctrine of our opponent is liable to the very same objections which he urges against us, viz...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 24 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 24. On account of the term, (viz. the term 'lord' applied to it) the (person) measured (by a thumb) (is the highest Lord). We read (Ka. Up. II, 4, 12), 'The person of the size of a thumb stands in the middle...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 5 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 5. Nor (can it be said that the pradhna modifies itself spontaneously) like grass, for (milk) does not exist elsewhere (but in the female animal). Let this be (the Snkhya resumes). Just as grass, herbs, water...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 15 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 15. On account of the connexion (with passages treating of Brahman, the passages speaking of the Non-being do not intimate absolute Non-existence). The passage 'Non-being indeed was this in the beginning'...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 5 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 5. On account of seeing (i. e. thinking being attributed in the Upanishads to the cause of the world; the pradhna) is not (to be identified with the cause indicated by the Upanishads; for) it is not founded...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 25 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 25. If it be objected that(Brahman is) not (denoted) on account of the metre being denoted; (we reply) not so, because thus (i.e. by means of the metre) the direction of the mind (on Brahman) is declared;...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 15 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 15. And on account of the passage referring to that which is distinguished by pleasure (i.e. Brahman). There is, moreover, really no room for dispute whether Brahman be meant in the passage under discussi...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 11 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 11. The 'two entered into the cave' (are the individual soul and the highest Self), for the two are (intelligent) Selfs (and therefore of the same nature), as it is seen (that numerals denote beings...
Introduction. Fourth Adhyaya : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] FOURTH ADHYYA. PDA I. Adhikara"n"a I (1, 2).--The meditation on the tman enjoined by Scripture is not an act to be accomplished once only, but is to be repeated again and again. Adhik. II (3).--The devotee...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 11 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 11. (The assertion that there is scriptural authority for the pradhna, &c. can) also not (be based) on the mention of the number (of the Snkhya categories), on account of the diversity (of the categories)...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 1 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 1 VEDNTA-STRAS WITH SANKARA BHSHYA. p. 3 SANKARA'S INTRODUCTION FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST PDA. REVERENCE TO THE AUGUST VSUDEVA! It is a matter not requiring any proof that the object and the subject 1 whose...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 42 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 42. On account of the impossibility of the origination (of the individual soul from the highest Lord, the doctrine of the Bhgavatas cannot be accepted). We have, in what precedes, refuted the opinion of those...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 21 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 21. And there is another one (i.e. the Lord who is different from the individual souls animating the sun, whose distinction (from all individual souls) is proclaimed in the following scriptural passage, 'He...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 20 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 20. And the reference (to the individual soul) has a different meaning. The alleged reference to the individual soul which has been pointed out (by the prvapakshin) in the passage complementary to the passage...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 1 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 363 SECOND PDA. REVERENCE TO THE HIGHEST SELF! 1. That which is inferred (by the Snkhyas, viz. the pradhna) cannot be the cause (of the world), on account of the orderly arrangement (of the world) being...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 14 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 14. The non-difference of them (i.e. of cause and effect) results from such terms as 'origin' and the like. The 1 refutation contained in the preceding Stra was set forth on the condition of the practical...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 5 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 5. And if you maintain that the text does speak (of the pradhna as an object of knowledge) we deny that; for the intelligent (highest) Self is meant, on account of the general subject-matter. Here the Snkhy...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 9 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 9. And although another inference be made, (the objections remain in force) on account of the (pradhna) being devoid of the power of intelligence. But--the Snkhya resumes--we draw another inference, so...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 28 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 28. If it be said (that a contradiction will result) in respect of the word; we refute this objection on the ground that (the world) originates from the word, as is shown by perception and inference. Let it...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 17 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 17. And as the (atomic theory) is not accepted (by any authoritative persons) it is to be disregarded altogether. While the theory of the pradhna being the cause of the world has been accepted by some...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 36 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 36. On account of the reference to ceremonial purifications (in the case of the higher castes) and on account of their absence being declared (in the case of the "S"dras). That the "S"dras are not qualified...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 19 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 19. And (the internal ruler is) not that which the Sm"ri"ti assumes, (viz. the pradhna,) on account of the statement of qualities not belonging to it. Good so far, a Snkhya opponent resumes. The attributes...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 29 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 29. If it be said that (Brahman is) not (denoted) on account of the speaker denoting himself; (we reply that this objection is not valid) because there is in that (chapter) a multitude of references...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 9 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 59 9. On account of (the individual Soul) going to the Self (the Self cannot be the pradhna). With reference to the cause denoted by the word 'Sat,' Scripture says, 'When a man sleeps here, then, my dear...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 19 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 19. (The Self to be seen, to be heard, &c. is the highest Self) on account of the connected meaning of the sentences. We read in the B"ri"hadra"n"yaka, in the Maitrey-brhma"n"a the following passage, 'Verily...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 18 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 18. From reasoning and from another Vedic passage. That the effect exists before its origination and is non-different from the cause, follows from reasoning as well as from a further scriptural passage. We...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 32 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 32. And (the devas, &c. are not qualified) on account of (the words denoting the devas, &c.) being (used) in the sense of (sphere of) light. To that sphere of light, the prvapakshin resumes, which is...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 9 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 9. But the (elements) beginning with light (are meant by the term a"g"); for some read so in their text. By the term a"g" we have to understand the causal matter of the four classes of beings, which matter...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 13 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 13. And because in consequence of samavya being admitted a regressus in infinitum results from parity of reasoning. You (the Vai"s"eshika) admit that a binary compound which originates from two atoms, while...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 7 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 7. And if you say (that the soul may move the pradhna) as the (lame) man (moves the blind one) or as the magnet (moves the iron); thus also (the difficulty is not overcome). Well then--the Snkhya resumes...
Introduction. First Adhyaya : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. xxxii FIRST ADHYYA. PDA I. The first five adhikara"n"as lay clown the fundamental positions with regard to Brahman. Adhik. I (1) 1 treats of what the study of the Vednta presupposes. Adhik. II (2) defines...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 19 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 19. If it be said that (the formation of aggregates may be explained) through (Nescience, we say 'No,' because they merely are the efficient causes of the origin (of the immediately subsequent links)...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 26 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 26. Also (beings) above them, (viz. men) (are qualified for the study and practice of the Veda), on account of the possibility (of it), according to Bdarya"n"a. It has been said above that the passage...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 38 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 38. And on account of the prohibition, in Sm"ri"ti, of (the "S"dras') hearing and studying (the Veda) and (knowing and performing) (Vedic) matters. The "S"dras are not qualified for that reason also th...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 12 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 12. Thereby those (theories) also which are not accepted by competent persons are explained. Hitherto we have refuted those objections against the Vednta-texts which, based on reasoning, take their st...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 3 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 3. (Such a previous seminal condition of the world may be admitted) on account of its dependency on him (the Lord); (for such an admission is) according to reason. Here a new objection is raised.--If...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 17 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 129 17. (The person within the eye is the highest), not any other Self; on account of the non-permanency (of the other Selfs) and on account of the impossibility (of the qualities of the person in the eye...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 27 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 27. The objection that (the Brahman of the former passage cannot be recognised in the latter) on account of the difference of designation, is not valid because in either (designation) there is nothing...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 44 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 44. Or (if) in consequence of the existence of knowledge, &c. (Vsudeva, &c. be taken as Lords), yet there is non-exclusion of that (i.e. the objection raised in Stra 42). Let us then--the Bhgavatas may...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 7 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 7. (The pradhna cannot be designated by the term 'Self') because release is taught of him who takes his stand on that (the Sat). The non-intelligent pradhna cannot be the object of the term 'Self' because...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 17 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 17. If it be said that this is not so, on account of the inferential marks of the individual soul and the chief vital air; we reply that that has already been explained. p. 272 It remains for us to refute...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 23 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 23. For the same reason breath (is Brahman). Concerning the udgtha it is said ("Kh". Up. I, 10, 9), 'Prastot"ri", that deity which belongs to the prastva, 5), 'Which then is that deity? He said: Breath...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 3 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 3. (The omniscience of Brahman follows) from its being the source of Scripture. p. 20 Brahman is the source, i.e. the cause of the great body of Scripture, consisting of the "Ri"g-veda and other branches...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 40 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 40. If you say that as the organs (are ruled by the soul so the pradhna is ruled by the Lord), we deny that on account of the enjoyment, &c. Well, the opponent might reply, let us suppose that the Lord rules...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 13 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 13. In the case of (the text of) some (the K"n"vas) where food is not mentioned, (the number five is made full) by the light (mentioned in the preceding mantra). The K"n"va-text, although not mentioning food...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 13 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 13. The person within (the eye) (is Brahman) on account of the agreement (of the attributes of that person with the nature of Brahman). p. 124 Scripture says, 'He spoke: The person that is seen in the eye...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 7 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 7. And (the case of the term avyakta) is like that of the term mahat. While the Snkhyas employ the term 'the Great one,' to denote the first-born entity, which is mere existence 1(? viz. the intellect)...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 16 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 16. And on account of that which is posterior (i. e. the effect) being that which is. For the following reason also the effect is to be considered as non-different (from the cause). That which is posteri...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 3 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 3. If it be said (that the pradhna moves) like milk or water, (we reply that) there also (the motion is due to intelligence). Well, the Snkhya resumes, listen then to the following instances.--As non-sentient...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 22 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 22. On account of the acting after (i.e. the shining after), (that after which sun, moon, by the light of him all this is lighted.' The question here arises whether he 'after whom when he shines everything...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 34 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 34. Grief of him (i.e. of "G"na"s"ruti) (arose) on account of his hearing a disrespectful speech about himself; on account of the rushing on of that (grief) (Raikva called him "S"dra); for it (the grief) is...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 15 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 15. And on account of the atoms having colour, as thus it is observed. Let us suppose, the Vai"s"eshikas say, all substances composed of parts to be disintegrated into their parts; a limit will finally be...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 31 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 31. If it be said (that Brahman is) not (meant), on account of characteristic marks of the individual soul and the chief vital air (being mentioned); we say no, on account of the threefoldness of devout...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 11 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 11. Or (the world may originate from Brahman) p. 382 as the great and the long originate from the short and the atomic. The system of the Vai"s"eshikas is the following;--The atoms which possess, according...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 30 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 30. And on account of the equality of names and forms there is no contradiction (to the eternity of the word of the Veda) in the renovation (of the world); as is seen from "S"ruti and Sm"ri"ti. If...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 19 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 19. And, moreover, it (i.e. Scripture) teaches the joining of this (i.e. the individual soul) with that, (i.e. the Self consisting of bliss), on that (being fully known). And for the following reason also...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 7 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 7. If (it is said that the effect is) non-existent (before its origination); we do not allow that because it is a mere negation (without an object). If Brahman, which is intelligent, pure, and devoid...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 5 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 5. On account of the declaration of difference. The passage 'Know him alone as the Self' moreover implies a declaration of difference, viz. of the difference of the object of knowledge and the knower. Here...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 9 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 9. The eater (is the highest Self) since what is movable and what is immovable is mentioned (as his food). We read in the Ka"th"avall (I, 2, 25), 'Who then knows where He is, He to whom the Brahmans...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 29 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 29. On account of the manifestation, so "s"marathya opines. The circumstance of the highest Lord who transcends all measure being spoken of as measured by a span has for its reason 'manifestation.'...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 39 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 39. And on account of the impossibility of rulership (on the part of the Lord). The Lord of the argumentative philosophers is an untenable hypothesis, for the following reason also.--Those philosophers are...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 18 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 18. If it be said that the other one (i.e. the individual soul) (is meant) on account of a reference to it (made in a complementary passage), (we say) no, on account of the impossibility. If the small (ether)...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 32 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 32. (Brahman is) not (the creator of the world), on account of (beings engaging in any action) having a motive. Another objection is raised against the doctrine of an intelligent cause of the world...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 27 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 27. And thus (on that doctrine) there would be an accomplishment (of ends) in the case of non-active people also. If it were admitted that entity issues from non-entity, lazy inactive people also would obt...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 23 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 23. And on account of the objections presenting themselves in either case. The cessation of Nescience, &c. which, on the assumption of the Bauddhas, is included in the two kinds of cessation discussed...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 36 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 36. (The beginninglessness of the world; recommends itself to reason and is seen (from Scripture). The beginninglessness of the world recommends itself to reason. For if it had a beginning it would follow...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 28 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 28. For thus it is in the (individual) Self also, and various (creations exist in gods 1, &c.). Nor is there any reason to find fault with the doctrine that there can be a manifold creation in the one Self...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 1 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 154 THIRD PDA. REVERENCE TO THE HIGHEST SELF! 1. The abode of heaven, earth, and so on (is Brahman), on account of the term 'own,' i.e. Self. We read (Mu. Up. II, 2, 5), 'He in whom the heaven, the earth...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 41 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 41. The ether is (Brahman), as it is designated as something different, &c. (from name and form). Scripture says, 'He who is called ether, (k"s"a) is the revealer of all forms and names. That within which...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 3 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 3. Thereby the Yoga (Sm"ri"ti) is refuted. This Stra extends the application of the preceding argumentation, and remarks that by the refutation of the Snkhya-sm"ri"ti the Yoga-sm"ri"ti also is to be...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 25 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 25. (And) because that which is stated by Sm"ri"ti (i.e. the shape of the highest Lord as described by Sm"ri"ti) is an inference (i.e. an indicatory mark from which we infer the meaning of "S"ruti)...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 5 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 5. On account of the difference of words. That which possesses the attributes of consisting of mind, and so on, cannot be the individual soul, for that reason also that there is a difference of words. That is...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 9 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 9. And on account of the agreement of the attributes (mentioned in the text). The attributes, moreover, which the sacred text ascribes to the bhman agree well with the highest Self. The passage, 'Where one...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 25 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 25. And on account of both (i.e. the origin and the dissolution of the world) being directly declared (to have Brahman for their material cause). This Stra supplies a further argument for Brahman's p. 287...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 15 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 15. Moreover (the nandamaya is Brahman because) p. 68 the same (Brahman) which had been referred to in the mantra is sung, (i.e. proclaimed in the Brhma"n"a passage as the nandamaya.) The Self, consisting...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 14 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 14. The small (ether) (is Brahman) on account of the subsequent (arguments). We read ("Kh". Up. VIII, 1, 1),' There is this city of Brahman, and in it the palace, the small lotus, and in it that small ether...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 35 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 35. Nor is non-contradiction to be derived from the succession (of parts acceding to and departing from the soul), on account of the change, according to which doctrine 'the soul, which in the state...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 20 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 20. And as in the case of the different vital airs. It is a matter of observation that when the operations of the different kinds of vital air--such as pr"n"a the ascending vital air, apna the descending...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 24 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 24. If you object on the ground of the observation of the employment (of instruments); (we say), No; because as milk (transforms itself, so Brahman does). Your assertion that the intelligent Brahman alone...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 31 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 31. And on account of the momentariness (of the layavi"g"na, it cannot be the abode of mental impressions). If you maintain that the so-called internal cognition (layavi"g"na 1) assumed by you may constitute...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 10 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 10. The Imperishable (is Brahman) on account of (its) supporting (all things) up to ether. We read (B"ri". Up. III, 8, 7; 8). 'In what then is the ether woven, like warp and woof?--He said: O Grg...
First Adhyaya, Fourth Pada. I, 4, 21 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 21. (The initial statement identifies the individual soul and the highest Self) because the soul when it will depart (from the body) is such (i.e. one with the highest Self); thus Au"d"ulomi thinks...
First Adhyaya, First Pada. I, 1, 11 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 11. And because it is directly stated in Scripture (therefore the all-knowing Brahman is the cause of the world). That the all-knowing Lord is the cause of the world, is also declared in a text directly...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 21 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 21. That which possesses the attributes of invisibility and so on (is Brahman), on account of the declaration of attributes. Scripture says, 'The higher knowledge is this by which the Indestructible is...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 1 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 107 SECOND PDA. REVERENCE TO THE HIGHEST SELF! In the first pda Brahman has been shown to be the cause of the origin, subsistence, and reabsorption of the entire world, comprising the ether and the other...
First Adhyaya, Third Pada. I, 3, 7 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 7. And on account of the two conditions of standing and eating (of which the former is characteristic of the highest Lord, the latter of the individual soul). With reference to that which is the abode...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 5 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 5. But (there takes place) denotation of the superintending (deities), on account of the difference and the connexion. The word 'but' discards the doubt raised. We are p. 304 not entitled to base...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 25 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 25. And on account of remembrance. The philosopher who maintains that all things are momentary only would have to extend that doctrine to the perceiving person (upalabdh"ri") also; that is, however, not...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 30 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 30. And (the highest divinity is) endowed with all (powers) because that is seen (from Scripture). We have stated that this multiform world of effects is possible to Brahman, because, although one only, it is...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 34 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 34. Inequality (of dispensation) and cruelty (the Lord can)not (be reproached with), on account of p. 358 his regarding (merit and demerit); for so (Scripture) declares. In order to strengthen the tenet which...
Second Adhyaya, Second Pada. Ii, 2, 21 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 21. On the supposition of there being no (cause: while yet the effect takes place), there results contradiction of the admitted principle; otherwise simultaneousness (of cause and effect). It has been shown...
First Adhyaya, Second Pada. I, 2, 31 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] 31. On the ground of imaginative identification (the highest Lord may be called prde"s"amtra), "G"aimini thinks; for thus (Scripture) declares. Or else the passage about him who is measured by a span may be...
Second Adhyaya. First Pada. Ii, 1, 1 : * "The Vedanta Sutras, commentary by Sankaracharya (SBE34)", tr. by George Thibaut [1890] p. 290 SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST PDA. REVERENCE TO THE HIGHEST SELF! 1. If it be objected that (from the doctrine expounded hitherto) there would result the fault of there being no room for (certain) Sm"ri"tis; we...