Aphorisms of Bṛhaspati 1: Sūtrāṇi

Now, therefore, we shall explain reality.

Now, then, we shall explain the principles.

Earth, water, fire, and wind: these are the principles.

Earth, water, fire and air are the principles.

From their aggregation arise the designations of body, sense organs, and objects.

Their aggregate is called body, sense organ and object.

Consciousness [arises] from them.

From them, consciousness.

Awareness [arises] like the intoxicating power from fermenting agents and the like.

Consciousness, like the power to intoxicate from yeast and the rest.

The person is the body qualified by consciousness.

The person is the body qualified by consciousness.

Pleasure is the sole end of man.

Pleasure alone is the aim of man.

Because there is no one who experiences the other world, there is no other world.

There is no other world, since there is no one to go to another world.

Living beings are like water bubbles.

Living beings are like bubbles on water.

Perception alone is the means of valid cognition.

Perception is the only means of knowledge.