Aphorisms on Brahman 2.552.3
Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya) 2.552.3
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2.552.3
yathā prakāśākāśasavitṛprabhṛtayo 'ṅgulikarakodakaprabhṛtiṣu karmasūpādhibhūteṣu saviśeṣā ivāvabhāsante, naca svābhāvikīmaviśeṣātmatāṃ jahati, evamupādhinimitta evāyamātmabhedaḥ svatatvaikātmyameva /
tathāhi - vedānteṣvabhyāsenāsakṛjjīvaprājñayorabhedaḥ pratipādyate // 25 //
As light, ether, the sun and so on appear differentiated as it were through their objects such as fingers, vessels, water and so on which constitute limiting adjuncts, while in reality they preserve their essential non-differentiatedness; so the distinction of different Selfs is due to limiting adjuncts only, while the unity of all Selfs is natural and original. For on the doctrine of the non-difference of the individual soul and the highest Self the Vedânta-texts insist again and again.
Translations (1)
- The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38) — George Thibaut 1890, English
Commentaries (1)
- Bhāṣyaratnaprabhā — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Brahmasūtra — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit