Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.4.4 (prima facie view, continued), 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 3.4.4 (prima facie view, continued)
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.4.4 by Roma Bose:
“On account of the scriptural statement about that.”[1]
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
“On account of the scriptural statement” about the subserviency of knowledge to action, viz.: “What alone one does with knowledge, with faith, with the mystic doctrine, that alone becomes more potent” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 1.1.10[2]).
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
“That,” i.e. the fact that knowledge is a subsidiary part of action, is indeed reasonable. Why? “On account of the scriptural statement”, viz.: “What alone one does with knowledge, with faith and the mystic doctrine, that alone becomes more potent” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 1.1.10).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Note that while Nimbārka understands the word “tac chruteḥ” as a compound word and explains it as “tasya śruteḥ”, Śrīnivāsa understands it as “Tat śruteḥ”—two separate words.
[2]:
Quoted by Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Bhāskara, Śrīkaṇṭha and Baladeva.