Brahma-Sūtra 2.1.9 (correct conclusion, 9-10)

English of translation of Brahmasutra 2.1.9 by Roma Bose:

“But no, on account of there being parallel instances.”

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

The reply is as follows: There is indeed no “consequence of (becoming) like that”. Just as the evolutes of the earth do not defile it when dissolved into it, so the universe, the evolute of Brahman, also does not.

Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)

The author refutes the objection.

“But no”, i.e. no such consequence follows, and hence our view does not involve any inconsistency. Why? An effect does not defile its material cause with its own attributes when dissolved into it, there being parallel instances to this effect. Just as the evolutes like bracelets, ear-rings and the rest, when dissolved, do not defile the lump of gold with their own attributes; and just as the evolutes of the earth, when dissolved into the earth, do not defile the earth with their own attributes, so this universe, consisting of the sentient and the non-sentient, when dissolved into Brahman, does not, indeed, defile Brahman, possessing the sentient and the non-sentient as His powers.