Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 4.1.8, 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 4.1.8
English of translation of Brahmasutra 4.1.8 by Roma Bose:
“And on account of contemplation.”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
Meditation being of the form of contemplation, it is to be carried on in a sitting posture alone.
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
“And” meditation being of the form of contemplation, as evident from the text: “Should be meditated on” (Bṛhadāraṇyaka-upaniṣad 2.4.5, 4.5.6); and contemplation, consisting of a continuous stream of ideas having the form of the object contemplated, being possible only on the part of a contemplating devotee who is sitting, there can be no question as to the propriety of the above restrictive rule,—this is the sense.