Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya)
by Swami Vireshwarananda | 1936 | 124,571 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the commentary (Bhashya) of Shankara. The Brahma-sutra (or, Vedanta-sutra) is one of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy and represents an early exposition the Vedantic interpretation of the Upanishads. This edition has the original Sanskrit text, the r...
Chapter II, Section I, Adhikarana IV
Adhikarana summary: The line of reasoning against the Sankhyas is valid also against others like the Atomists
Brahma-Sutra 2.1.12: Sanskrit text and English translation.
एतेन शिष्टापरिग्रहा अपि व्याख्याताः ॥ १२ ॥
etena śiṣṭāparigrahā api vyākhyātāḥ || 12 ||
etena—By this; śiṣṭāparigrahāḥ—not accepted by the wise; api—also; vyākhyātāḥ—are explained.
12. By this (i.e. by the arguments against the Sankhyas) (those other views) also not accepted by the wise (like Manu and others) are explained.
When the Sankhya philosophy, parts of which are accepted by the wise as authoritative, has been refuted, there is no question as regards the non-authoritativeness of all doctrines based merely on reasoning like the atomic theory of Kanada and nonexistence as the First Cause propounded by the Buddhists, which are wholly rejected by the wise. They are also refuted by these very arguments against the Sankhyas, as the reasons on which the refutation is based are the same.