Brahma-Sūtra 4.2.2

English of translation of Brahmasutra 4.2.2 by Roma Bose:

“For these very reasons, all after (speech).”

Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):

“After” speech, all the sense-organs merge in the mind, on account of that being observed and on account of the scriptural text: “With the sense-organs merged in the mind” (Praśna 3.9^[1]).

Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)

“For these very reasons,” i.e. on account of observation and on account of scriptural text, “after” the organ of speech, all the sense-organs, too, merge in the mind. The fact observed, to begin with, is just the same as before.^[2] The scriptural text, on the other hand, is as follows: “Hence he whose heat has ceased attains re-birth with his sense-organs merged in the mind” (Praśna 3.9). Hence it is established that the sense-organs like speech and the rest are united with the mind.__

Here ends the section entitled “Speech” (1).

Comparative views of Śaṅkara and Bhāskara:

Here too they hold that the functions of speech the other sense-organs merge into the mind. They add a “ca” after “ata eva”.^[3]

Comparative views of Śrīkaṇṭha:

He too adds a “ca”, as before, he holds that the functions of the other sense-organs merge in the mind.^[4]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Quoted by Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Bhāskara and Śrīkaṇṭha.

[2]:

Viz. that the mind continues to function oven when the function of the organ ceases.

[3]:

Brahma-sūtras (Śaṅkara’s commentary) 4.2.2, p. 931; Brahma-sūtras (Bhāskara’s Commentary) 4.2.2, p. 227.

[4]:

Brahma-sūtras (Śrīkaṇṭha’s commentary) 4.2.2, p. 450, Parts 10 and 11.