Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.2.13, 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 3.2.13
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.2.13 by Roma Bose:
“Moreover thus some (teach).”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
“Moreover” the followers of “some” branch teach: “One of these two eats the sweet berry, the other, without eating, looks on” (Ṛg, V. 1.164.20;[1] Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad 3.1.1; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad 4.6[2]).
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
“Moreover”, the followers of “some” branch teach that though the individual soul and the Supreme Lord abide in the same place, it is the individual soul alone that is subject to karmas and participates in imperfections, but not the Highest who is not subject to karmas, thus: “Two birds, close friends, cling to the same tree. Of these two, one eats the sweet berry; the other, without eating, looks on” (Ṛgveda-saṃhitā 1.164.20; Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad 3.1.1; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad 4.6).
Comparative views of Śaṅkara and Bhāskara:
They quote from the Kaṭha and Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣads[3] to show that Scripture teaches the essential non-difference of Brahman.[4]
Comparative views of Baladeva:
He quotes from the Muṇḍukya-upaniṣad[5] to show that the Lord is one, though appearing as many.[6]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
P. 146, lines 1-3.
[2]:
Quoted by Rāmānuja, Quoted by Śrīkaṇṭha
[3]:
Kaṭha-upaniṣad 4,11; Śvetāśvatara-upaniṣad 1.12.
[4]:
Brahma-sūtras (Śaṃkara’s commentary) 3.2.13, p. 725; Brahma-sūtras (Bhāskara’s Commentary)
[5]:
Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad 7.
[6]:
Govinda-bhāṣya 3.2.13, pp. 58, Chap. 3.