Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 3.4.29, 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 3.4.29
English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.4.29 by Roma Bose:
“And on account of non-contradiction.”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
“And on account of the non-contradiction” of the text: “If there be purity of food, there is purity of life” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 7.26.2[1]).
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
In the text: “If there be purity of food, there is purity of existence. If there be purity of existence, there is steady remembrance (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 7.26.2), the purity of food is enjoined as a means to the rise of knowledge. “On account of the non-contradiction also” of that, it is definitely ascertained, that there is permission of all food only in the event of danger to life.
Comparative views of Baladeva:
Interpretation different, viz. “On account of non-obstruction”. Although in ordinary cases the taking of improper food obstructs the full manifestation of knowledge, yet when a knower of Brahman is obliged to do so, it does not obstruct his knowledge.[2]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Quoted by Śaṃkara, Rāmānuja, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha
[2]:
Govinda-bhāṣya 3.4.29, p. 268, Chap. 3.