Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary)
by Roma Bose | 1940 | 290,526 words
English translation of the Brahma-sutra 4.1.10, 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 4.1.10
English of translation of Brahmasutra 4.1.10 by Roma Bose:
“And Smṛtis declare.”
Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):
“And the Smṛti texts declare”: “Having placed in a clean spot” (Gītā 6.11[1]) and so on.
Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)
“And Smṛti texts declare” that contemplation is possible only on the part of one who is sitting, thus: “Having placed, on a clean spot, one’s steady seat that is neither very high nor very low and consists of a cloth, deer-skin, and kuśa-grass, one over the other; having sat there on the seat, concentrating one’s mind and with the functions of the mind and sense-organs controlled, let one practise deep meditation for the purification of his self” (Gītā 6.11) and so on.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Op. cit.