[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) › 3.1 # Aphorisms on Brahman 3.1 Brahmasūtra 3.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.1) tadantarapratipattau raṃhati saṃpariṣvaktaḥ praśnanirūpaṇābhyām | ### [3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.2) tryātmakatvāt tu bhūyastvāt | ### [3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.3) prāṇagateś ca | ### [3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.4) agnyādiśruter iti cen na bhāktatvāt | ### [3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.5) prathame 'śravaṇād iti cen na tā eva hy upapatteḥ | ### [3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.6) aśrutatvād iti cen neṣṭādikāriṇāṃ pratīteḥ | ### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.7) bhāktaṃ vānātmavittvāt tathā hi darśayati | ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.8) kṛtātyaye 'nuśayavān dṛṣṭasmṛtibhyāṃ yathetamanevaṃ ca | ### [3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.9) caraṇād iti cen na tadupalakṣaṇārtheti kārṣṇājiniḥ | ### [3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.10) ānarthakyam iti cen na tadapekṣatvāt | ### [3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.11) sukṛtaduṣkṛte eveti tu bādariḥ | ### [3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.12) aniṣṭādikāriṇām api ca śrutam | ### [3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.13) saṃyamane tv anubhūyetareṣāmārohāv arohau tadgatidarśanāt | ### [3.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.14) smaranti ca | ### [3.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.15) api sapta | ### [3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.16) tatrāpi tadvyāpārādavirodhaḥ | ### [3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.17) vidyākarmaṇor iti tu prakṛtatvāt | ### [3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.18) na tṛtīye tathopalabdheḥ | ### [3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.19) smaryate 'pi ca loke | ### [3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.20) darśanāc ca | ### [3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.21) tṛtīyaśabdāvarodhaḥ saṃśokajasya | ### [3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.22) tatsvābhāvyāpattirupapatteḥ | ### [3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.23) nāticireṇa viśeṣāt | ### [3.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.24) anyādhiṣṭhite pūrvavadabhilāpāt | ### [3.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.25) aśuddham iti cen na śabdāt | ### [3.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.26) retaḥsigyogo 'tha | ### [3.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1.27) yoneḥśarīram | ## Commentaries (9) - [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara.2.3.12) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit - [Śrīkarabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sripati.26.448) — Śrīpati Paṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Sūtradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sutradipika.96.1) — Jagannātha Yati, Sanskrit - [Vedāntadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantadipa.9.1) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya of Bhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!bhaskara.10.1) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit - [Vijñānāmṛtabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vijnanabhiksu.11.22) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit - [Vedāntasāra (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantasara-ramanuja.10.1) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit - [Vedāntapārijātasaurabha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!nimbarka.229.1) — Nimbārka, Sanskrit - [Sattarkadīpāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!madhva!padmanabha-tirtha.p79) — Padmanābha Tīrtha, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Nayamayūkhamālikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.visistadvaita.nayamayukhamalika.3.1.5) — Sanskrit - [Tattvakaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.madhva-khandana.tattvakaustubha.9.5) — Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita 1547, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.1) · Pramāṇa