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 III, Adhikarana V
Adhikarana summary: Water Created From Fire
Brahma-Sutra 2.3.11: Sanskrit text and English translation.
आपः ॥ ११ ॥
āpaḥ || 11 ||
tejaḥ—Fire; ataḥ—from this; tathā—so hi—verily; āha—says.
11. Water (is produced from fire).
“From fire is produced water” (Taitt. 2. 1); “That created water” (Chh. 6. 2. 3). These two texts leave no doubt that water is created from fire. Here also we must understand that from Brahman, conditioned as fire, water is produced.