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# Aphorisms on Brahman 3.2

Brahmasūtra 3.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.1)

sandhye sṛṣṭirāha hi |

### [3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.2)

nirmātāraṃ caike putrādayaś ca |

### [3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.3)

māyāmātraṃ tu kārtsnyenānabhivyaktasvarūpatvāt |

### [3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.4)

parābhidhyānāt tu tirohitaṃ tato hyasya bandhaviparyayau |

### [3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.5)

dehayogādvā so 'pi |

### [3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.6)

sūcakaś ca hi śruterācakṣate ca tadvidaḥ |

### [3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.7)

tadabhāvo nāḍīṣu tacchruterātmani ca |

### [3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.8)

ataḥ prabodho 'smāt |

### [3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.9)

sa eva tu karmānusmṛtiśabdavidhibhyaḥ |

### [3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.10)

mugdher'dhasaṃpattiḥ pariśeṣāt |

### [3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.11)

na sthānato 'pi parasyobhayaliṅgaṃ sarvatra hi |

### [3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.12)

bhedād iti cen na pratyekamatadvacanāt |

### [3.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.13)

api caivam eke |

### [3.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.14)

arūpavadeva hi tatpradhānatvāt |

### [3.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.15)

prakāśavaccāvaiyarthyāt |

### [3.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.16)

āha ca tanmātram |

### [3.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.17)

darśayati cātho api smaryate |

### [3.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.18)

ata eva copamā sūryakādivat |

### [3.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.19)

ambuvadagrahaṇāt tu na tathātvam |

### [3.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.20)

vṛddhihrāsabhāktvamantarbhāvādubhayasāmañjasyādevaṃ darśanāc ca |

### [3.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.21)

prakṛtaitāvattvaṃ hi pratiṣedhati tato bravīti ca bhūyaḥ |

### [3.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.22)

tadavyaktamāha hi |

### [3.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.23)

api saṃrādhane pratyakṣānumānābhyām |

### [3.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.24)

prakāśādivaccāvaiśeṣyaṃ prakāśaś ca karmaṇyabhyāsāt |

### [3.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.25)

ato 'nantena tathā hi liṅgam |

### [3.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.26)

ubhayavyapadeśāttvahikuṇḍalavat |

### [3.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.27)

prakāśāśrayavadvā tejastvāt |

### [3.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra.3.2.28)

pūrvavadvā |

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## Commentaries (9)

- [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya (Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sankara.2.521.7) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Śrīkarabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sripati.27.147) — Śrīpati Paṇḍita, Sanskrit
- [Sūtradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!sutradipika.96.1.p76) — Jagannātha Yati, Sanskrit
- [Vedāntadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantadipa.10.2) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- [Vedāntasāra (of Rāmānuja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vedantasara-ramanuja.11.2) — Rāmānuja, Sanskrit
- [Brahmasūtrabhāṣya of Bhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!bhaskara.11.2) — Bhāskara (Vedāntin), Sanskrit
- [Sattarkadīpāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!madhva!padmanabha-tirtha.p84.5) — Padmanābha Tīrtha, Sanskrit
- [Vedāntapārijātasaurabha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!nimbarka.229.20) — Nimbārka, Sanskrit
- [Vijñānāmṛtabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.vedanta.brahmasutra!vijnanabhiksu.12.19) — Vijñānabhikṣu 1550, Sanskrit

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