Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya)
by Kusakratha das Brahmacari | 2010 | 343,161 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the Govinda Bhashya commentary of Baladeva Vidyabhushana—an Indian spiritual teacher (Acharya) of the Gaudiya branch of Vaishnavam from the 18th century. This Govinda Bhasya aims to apply Vedantic principles to address universal human concerns, such as suffering and death, rather than m...
Adhikarana 10: Renunciation
Adhyāya 3: Devotional Service;
Pāda 4: Transcendental Knowledge is Independent of Vedic Rituals;
Viṣaya [thesis or statement]: The situation of Yājñavalkya and others who are within varṇāśarama, as well as the situation of Gārgī and others who are not within varṇāśrama have been seen here.
Saṃśaya [doubt]: Who are better: they who are within varṇāśrama or they who are not within it?
Pūrvapakṣa [the opponent speaks]: Because they perform the duties of varṇa and āśrama and also worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they who are within varṇāśrama are better.
Siddhānta [conclusion]: In the following words the author of the sūtras gives His conclusion.