Brahma-Sūtra 1.3.31

English of translation of Brahmasutra 1.3.31 by Roma Bose:

[Opponent’s view:]

“On account of impossibility, (the sun and the rest have) no right to the (meditations on) the honey and the rest, (so) Jaimini (thinks).”

Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):

It being impossible that the object worshipped can be the worshipper himself, the sun and the rest are not entitled to the meditations on the honey, etc.—so “Jaimini” thinks.

Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)

Thus, it has been said that the gods are entitled to the knowledge of Brahman. Now, the question is being considered whether or not they are entitled to meditations on the honey and the rest.

The meditation on the honey is mentioned in the Chāndogya: ‘This sun, verily, is the honey of the gods’ (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 3.1.1) and so on. By the phrase “and so on” (in the sūtra) other meditations in which the gods are the objects worshipped are to be understood. Here a doubt arises, viz. Whether or not the gods are entitled to the meditations on the honey and the rest. What is reasonable here? Gods like the sun, Vasu and others have “no right” to the meditation on the “honey and the rest”,—so the teacher “Jaimini” thinks. Why?

“On account of impossibility,” i.e. because it is impossible that the sun and the rest which are accepted as the objects to be worshipped in those meditations, can be themselves worshippers.