[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) › 3.69 # Establishment of Brahman 3.69 Brahmasiddhi 3.69 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.69) ata eva pauruṣeyatvāpauruṣeyatve sāpekṣatvānapekṣatvakāraṇe nyāyavidbhirdaśite pauruṣeyatvanirākaraṇaprayatnena --- ‘autpattikastu śabdasyārthena saṃbandhaḥ'; iti / autpattike śabdārthasambandhe 'svātantryācchabdasya na puruṣabuddhipūrvakatvamiti na pramāṇāntarasaṃbhinnā śabdādarthāvagatiriti nirapekṣatvam / > For this very reason, authorship and authorlessness were shown by the masters of logic to be the causes of dependence and independence, through the effort to refute authorship \[with the aphorism\]: > 'Inherent, however, is the relation of the word with its meaning.' > When the relation between word and meaning is inherent, because a word is not dependent, it does not originate from human intellect; hence, the apprehension of meaning from a word is not commingled with another means of valid cognition, and so there is independence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.68) - [Next: 3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.70) - [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.3.69) — English, machine translation ## Commentaries (1) - [Tattvasamīkṣā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi!tattvasamiksa.4.28) — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.sastra.brahmasiddhi.3.69) · Pramāṇa