[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) › [Aphorisms on Brahman](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra) › 2.1 # Aphorisms on Brahman 2.1 Brahmasūtra 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.1) smṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅga iti cen nānyasmṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅgāt | ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.2) itareṣāṃ cānupalabdheḥ | ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.3) etena yogaḥ pratyuktaḥ | ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.4) na vilakṣaṇatvād asya tathātvaṃ ca śabdāt | ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.5) abhimānivyapadeśas tu viśeṣānugatibhyām | ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.6) dṛśyate tu | ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.7) asad iti cen na pratiṣedhamātratvāt | ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.8) apītau tadvatprasaṅgād asamañjasam | ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.9) na tu dṛṣṭāntabhāvāt | ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.10) svapakṣadoṣāc ca | ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.11) tarkāpratiṣṭhānād api | ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.12) anyathānumeyam iti ced evam apy anirmokṣaprasaṅgaḥ | ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.13) etena śiṣṭāparigrahā api vyākhyātāḥ | ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.14) bhoktrāpatter avibhāgaś cet syāl lokavat | ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.15) tadananyatvam ārambhaṇaśabdādibhyaḥ | ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.16) bhāve copalabdheḥ | ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.17) satvāc cāparasya | ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.18) asadvyapadeśān neti cen na dharmāntareṇa vākyaśeṣādyukteḥ śabdāntarāc ca | ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.19) paṭavac ca | ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1.20) yathā ca prāṇādiḥ | _First 20 of 37 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1)_ ## Commentaries (10) - [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara.2.242.1) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrīkarabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sripati.21.162) — Śrīpati Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Sūtradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sutradipika.39.1.p2) — Jagannātha Yati, Sanskrit - [Vedāntadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantadipa.5.2) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Śrībhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!ramanuja.p10922) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya of Bhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!bhaskara.6.1) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit - [Vijñānāmṛtabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vijnanabhiksu.8.p1) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit - [Vedāntapārijātasaurabha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!nimbarka.104.1) — Nimbārka, Sanskrit - [Vedāntasāra (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantasara-ramanuja.6.1) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Sattarkadīpāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!madhva!padmanabha-tirtha.p42) — Padmanābha Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Śārīrakakārikāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.sarirakakarikavali.2.44) — Sanskrit - [Nayamayūkhamālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.nayamayukhamalika.2.1.3.p17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.2.1) · Pramāṇa