Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.4.16 (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 3.4.16 (correct conclusion, continued)
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.4.16 by Roma Bose:
“And (there is) the destruction (of work by knowledge).”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
For this very reason texts declare “the destruction” of work by knowledge, thus “And his works perish, when he who is high and low is seen” (Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad 2.2.8[1]).
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
“And” texts record “the destruction” of work,—the cause of the three kinds of miseries, and consisting in good and bad deeds,—by knowledge, thus: “The knot of the heart is broken, all doubts are cut off and all his works perish, when he who is high and low is seen” (Muṇḍaka-upaniṣad 2.2.8) and so on. There are statements by the Lord too, viz. ‘“Him whose works are burnt off by knowledge the wise call a knower”’ (Gītā 4.19), ‘“The fire of knowledge reduces all works to ashes, O Arjuna! (Gītā 4.3.7).
Comparative views of Baladeva:
Interpretation same, but he is of the opinion that even prārabdha-karmas may be destroyed by vidyā.[2]
Footnotes and references:
[2]:
Govinda-bhāṣya 3.4.17, pp. 251-252, Chap. 3. “Yadyapi sarvāṇi karmāṇi nirdagdhum vidyā samarthā tathāpi tat-sampradāya-pracārārtha[?]eśvarec chaiva dehārambhakam karma na nirdahati.”