Aphorisms on Brahman 2.751

Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya) 2.751

Language: Sanskrit

2.751.1

kathaṃ punaḥ ativāhikatvapakṣe varuṇādiṣu tatsaṃbhavaḥ /
vidyuto hi adhi varuṇādaya upakṣiptā vidyutaḥ tu anantaramā brahmaprāpteḥ amānavasya eva puruṣasya gamayitṛtvaṃ śrutam iti /
ata uttaraṃ paṭhati -

But how, if we adopt the view of conductorship, can this apply to Varuna and the rest? Varuna and the rest were inserted above the lightning; but scripture states that after the lightning until Brahman is reached a person leads who is not a man.--To this doubt the next Sûtra replies.
George Thibaut 1890, The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38)

2.751.2

vaidyutenaiva tatas tacchruteḥ ||

From thence (the souls are led) by him only who belongs to the lightning; the sacred text stating that.
George Thibaut 1890, The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38)

2.751.3

tato vidyut abhisaṃbhavanāt ūrdhvaṃ vidyut anantaravartina eva amānavena puruṣeṇa varuṇalokādiṣu ativāhyamānā brahmalokaṃ gacchanti iti avagantavyam /
'tānvaidyutātpuruṣo 'mānavaḥ sa etya brahmalokaṃ gamayati' iti tasya eva gamayitṛtvaśruteḥ /
varuṇādayaḥ tu tasya eva apratibandhakaraṇena sāhāyya anuṣṭhānena vā kenacit anugrāhakā iti avagantavyam /
tasmāt sādhu uktam ativāhikā devatātmānaḥ arcirādaya iti // 6 //

From thence, i.e. after they have come to the lightning they go to the world of Brahman, being led through the worlds of Varuna and the rest by the person, not a man, who follows immediately after the lightning. For that that person leads them is stated in the following passage, 'When they have reached the place of lightning a person, not a man, leads them to the world of Brahman' (Bri. Up. VI, 2, 15). Varuna and the rest, we must understand, favour them either by not hindering or somehow assisting them.--Therefore it is well said that light and so on are the gods who act as conductors.
George Thibaut 1890, The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38)

Translations (1)

The Vedânta-Sûtras with the Commentary by Śaṅkarâkârya (Sacred Books of the East 34, 38) — George Thibaut 1890, English

Commentaries (2)

Bhāmatī — Vācaspati Miśra, Sanskrit
Bhāṣyaratnaprabhā — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit

Linked texts (1)

Brahmasūtra — Bādarāyaṇa, Sanskrit