Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.1.10, including the commentary of Nimbarka and sub-commentary of Srinivasa known as Vedanta-parijata-saurabha and Vedanta-kaustubha resepctively. Also included are the comparative views of important philosophies, viz., from Shankara, Ramanuja, Shrikantha, Bhaskara and Baladeva.
Brahma-Sūtra 3.1.10
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.1.10 by Roma Bose:
“If it be objected that (there is) futility, (we reply:) no, because of the dependence on that.”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
If it be objected that in that ease there may be “futility of conduct,—(we reply:) “no”, “because of the dependence” of works on conduct.
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
If it be objected that there may be “futility” of conduct called ‘caraṇa’, if it be admitted that the scriptural text about ‘caraṇa’ is meant for connoting work,—(we reply:) “no”, “because of the dependence” of good and bad works on good and bad conduct, the former being accomplishable by the latter, in accordance with the Smṛti passage: ‘The Vedas do not purify one who is devoid of good, conduct’ (Vasiṣṭha-smṛti 6.3[1]).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
P. 197, line 7.
Ś., R., Bh.