[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Non-dualist Vedānta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita) › [Systematic treatises](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra) › [Establishment of Brahman](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi) › 3.279 # Establishment of Brahman 3.279 Brahmasiddhi 3.279 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.279](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.279) ye tu manyante --- pravṛttabhogānāṃ karmaṇāṃ pravṛttavegasyeṣoriva cakrasyeva vā na śakyaḥ pratibandhaḥ, ato bhogena kṣayapratīkṣeti / tadasat, śakyo hīṣuḥ pratibandhuṃ kuḍyādibhiḥ, nāśayituṃ ca cchedādibhiḥ / svapnādisūcitopasthitavipākavartamānadehabhogyakarmakṣayārthāni ca śāntikāni karmāṇi / tasmātsaṃskārādeva sthitiḥ / > As for those who think: / ‘Actions whose enjoyment has begun cannot be obstructed, like an arrow whose momentum has begun or like a wheel; therefore, their depletion is awaited through enjoyment’— / that is incorrect. For an arrow can indeed be obstructed by walls and the like, and destroyed by cutting and the like. / And expiatory rites are meant for the destruction of actions whose fruition has approached as indicated by dreams and the like and which are to be enjoyed in the present body. / Therefore, the endurance \[of the body\] is due to latent impression alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.278](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.278) - [Next: 3.280](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.280) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi~en-mt.3.279) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.279](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.279) · Pramāṇa