Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.1.21 (correct conclusion, end), 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 3.1.21 (correct conclusion, end)
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.1.21 by Roma Bose:
“(There is) inclusion of the moisture-born by the third term.”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
In the text: “The egg-born, the soul-born, the plant-born” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 6.3.1[1]) third term includes the moisture-born as well. Hence there is no setting aside of four classes.
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
To the objection: The scriptural text: “Of these beings, verily, there are only three origins, the egg-born, the soul-born, the plant-born” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 6.3.1) does not mention the moisture-born. Hence there cannot be four kinds of beings—the author replies:
The term ‘plant-born’, mentioned in the above text and “third” in order of reading: “The egg-born, the soul-born, the plant-horn” “includes the moisture-born”, i.e. the heat-born. Literally, the plant-born (udbhijja) are those which are horn by bursting through the earth and water, i.e. trees and the rest; as well as lice and the like. Hence there are four kinds of beings. Thus it is established that those who do not perform sacrifices and the rest never ascend to the moon.
Here ends the section entitled “Those who do not perform sacrifices and the rest” (3).