Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.18

16.18

There, the first topical section, “Now, therefore, the inquiry into Brahman,” is devoted to justifying the commencement of the inquiry into Brahman. And a topical section is well known to consist of five limbs. Those five limbs—the subject matter and so forth—are now set forth: The text “The self, indeed, should be seen” is the subject matter. The doubt is: “Is Brahman to be inquired into, or not?” owing to the presence or absence of doubt and purpose, which are the pervaders of being an object of inquiry.