Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.4.13 (correct conclusion, 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 3.4.13 (correct conclusion, continued)
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.4.13 by Roma Bose:
“Not (so), on account of non-specification.”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
And also because the text about restriction does not necessarily refer to the knower.
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha):
To the objection: “On account of restriction” (Brahma-sūtra 3.4.7), we reply:
It cannot be said on the ground of the text: “Only doing work here” (Īśā 2) that knowledge is a subsidiary part of work. Why? “On account of non-specification,” i.e. because the text contains no specification, viz,: ‘knowers doing work’ and so on.