Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya)
by Swami Vireshwarananda | 1936 | 124,571 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the commentary (Bhashya) of Shankara. The Brahma-sutra (or, Vedanta-sutra) is one of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy and represents an early exposition the Vedantic interpretation of the Upanishads. This edition has the original Sanskrit text, the r...
Chapter I, Section IV, Introduction
Adhikarana summary: Introduction
In topic 5, section 1, it has been shown that as the Sankhyan Pradhana is not based on scriptural authority and that as the Sruti texts all refer to an intelligent principle as the First Cause, Brahman is that First Cause. In all the subsequent Sutras of the first three sections it has been shown how all the Vedanta texts refer to Brahman. Now the fact that the Pradhana is not based on scriptural authority is questioned by the opponent, and his objections are being answered. The whole of section 4 practically answers all objections from the Sankhyan standpoint.