[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana) › [Vedānta (Uttaramīmāṃsā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta) › [Brahmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra) › [Sutrapatha (Sansknet input)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate) › 3.4 # Aphorisms on Brahman 3.4 Sūtrapāṭha (Sansknet input) 3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.1) puruṣārtho 'taḥ śabdād iti bādarāyaṇaḥ | ### [3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.2) śeṣatvātpuruṣārthavādo yathānyeṣv iti jaiminiḥ | ### [3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.3) ācāradarśanāt | ### [3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.4) tacchruteḥ | ### [3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.5) samanvārambhaṇāt | ### [3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.6) tadvato vidhānāt | ### [3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.7) niyamāt | ### [3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.8) adhikopadeśāt tu bādarāyaṇasyaivaṃ taddarśanāt | ### [3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.9) tulyaṃ tu darśanam | ### [3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.10) asārvatrikī | ### [3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.11) vibhāgaḥ śatavat | ### [3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.12) adhyayanamātravataḥ | ### [3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.13) nāviśeṣāt | ### [3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.14) stutaye 'numatirvā | ### [3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.15) kāmakāreṇa caike | ### [3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.16) upamardaṃ ca | ### [3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.17) ūrdhvaretassu ca śabde hi | ### [3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.18) parāmarśaṃ jaiminiracodanāccāpavadati hi | ### [3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.19) anuṣṭheyaṃ bādarāyaṇassāmyaśruteḥ | ### [3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.20) vidhir vā dhāraṇavat | ### [3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.21) stutimātram upādānād iti cen nāpūrvatvāt | ### [3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.22) bhāvaśabdāc ca | ### [3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.23) pāriplavārthā iti cen na viśeṣitatvāt | ### [3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.24) tathā caikavākyopabandhāt | ### [3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.25) ata eva cāgnīndhanādyanapekṣā | ### [3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.26) sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruter aśvavat | ### [3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.27) śamadamādyupetas syāt tathāpi tu tadvidhes tadaṅgatayā teṣām apy avaśyānuṣṭheyatvāt | ### [3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.28) sarvān nānumatiś ca prāṇātyaye taddarśanāt | ### [3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.29) abādhāc ca | ### [3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.30) api smaryate | ### [3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.31) śabdaś cāto 'kāmakāre | ### [3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.32) vihitatvāc cā'śramakarmāpi | ### [3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.33) sahakāritvena ca | ### [3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.34) sarvathāpi ta evobhayaliṅgāt | ### [3.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.35) anabhibhavaṃ ca darśayati | ### [3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.36) antarā cāpi tu taddṛṣṭeḥ | ### [3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.37) api smaryate | ### [3.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.38) viśeṣānugrahaś ca | ### [3.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.39) atas tv itarajjyāyo liṅgāc ca | ### [3.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.40) tadbhūtasya tu nātadbhāvo jaiminer api niyamāt tadrūpābhāvebhyaḥ | ### [3.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.41) na cādhikārikam api patanānumānāt tadayogāt | ### [3.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.42) upapūrvam apīty eke bhāvamaśanavat tad uktam | ### [3.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.43) bahis tūbhayathāpi smṛter ācārāc ca | ### [3.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.44) svāminaḥ phalaśruter ity ātreyaḥ | ### [3.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.45) ārtvijyam ity auḍulomiḥ tasmai hi parikrīyate | ### [3.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.46) sahakāryantaravidhiḥ pakṣeṇa tṛtīyaṃ tadvato vidhyādivat | ### [3.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.47) kṛtsnabhāvāt tu gṛhiṇopasaṃhāraḥ | ### [3.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.48) maunavad itareṣām apy upadeśāt | ### [3.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4.49) anāviṣkurvann anvayāt | _First 49 of 52 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4)_ ## Commentaries (9) - [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara.2.652.8) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrīkarabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sripati.33.74) — Śrīpati Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Sūtradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sutradipika.96.3.p3) — Jagannātha Yati, Sanskrit - [Vedāntadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantadipa.12.2) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Vijñānāmṛtabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vijnanabhiksu.12.65) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit - [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya of Bhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!bhaskara.13.2) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit - [Vedāntasāra (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantasara-ramanuja.13.2) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Sattarkadīpāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!madhva!padmanabha-tirtha.p113) — Padmanābha Tīrtha, Sanskrit - [Vedāntapārijātasaurabha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!nimbarka.232.2) — Nimbārka, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Nayamayūkhamālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.nayamayukhamalika.3.11.19) — Sanskrit - [Śārīrakakārikāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.sarirakakarikavali.3.2.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra*vulgate.3.4) · Pramāṇa