Brahma-Sūtra 2.1.2

English of translation of Brahmasutra 2.1.2 by Roma Bose:

“And on account of the non-perception on the part of others.”

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

“And on account of the non-perception on the part of others”, i.e. on the pact of Manu and the rest, that the Veda is concerned with pradhāna, Smṛti which is opposed to the Veda is unauthentic.

Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)

“And on account of the non-perception on the part of others”,—i.e. on the part of men like Manu and the rest, other than Kapila and best among those versed in the Vedas,^[1]—that the Veda is concerned with pradhāna, the Sāṃkhya-Smṛti is to be disregarded. Hence, it is established that the rejection of the Smṛti which is opposed to the Veda is not in conflict with the stated concordance.

Here ends the section entitled ‘Smṛti’ (1).

Comparative views of Śaṅkara and Bhāskara:

Interpretation different, viz. ‘On account of the non-perception (in Scripture and ordinary experience) of others (viz. of the principles of mahat and the rest, other than pradhāna), (the Sāṃkhya-Smṛti is not to be accepted)’.^[2]

Comparative views of Baladeva:

His interpretation too is very similar to the above one; viz. ‘On account of the non-perception (in Scripture) of others (viz. of many other doctrines found in the Sāṃkhya system, such as, the doctrine that the souls are pure consciousness and all-pervasive, and so on)’.^[3]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

I.e. as men like Mann and others reject pradhāna, pradhāna cannot be the cause of the world.

[2]:

Brahma-sūtras (Śaṅkara’s commentary) 2.1.2, p. 443; Brahma-sūtras (Bhāskara’s Commentary) 2.1.2, p. 88.

[3]:

Govinda-bhāṣya 2.1.2, p. 11, Chap. 1.