Chapter II, Section I, Introduction

Adhikarana summary: Introduction

In the first chapter it has been proved that all the Vedanta texts deal with Brahman as the First Cause, yet the arguments based on reasoning against this doctrine remain to be refuted. With this object in view this section is begun. In section iv of Chapter I it was shown that the Pradhana of the Sankhyas, as also the atoms of the Vaiseshikas, are not based on scriptural authority. In this section arguments, claiming their authoritativeness from the Smritis, to establish the Pradhana and the atoms etc., are refuted.