The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c5.s3.t3.18
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c5.s3.t3.18
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c5.s3.t3.18
It is true, he says, the individual Gods are transitory, and the word of the Veda, which speaks of them, is eternal; but the words of the Veda, for instance the word "cow" occurring in the Veda, does not refer to individuals (to any separate cow), but to "the object of the words: cow etc." (çabda-artha p. 286, 6), that is, to the species; and in just the same way the word "Indra" means, not an individual, but a certain position (sthâna-viçeṣa), something like the word "General;" whoever occupies the position, bears the name (p. 287, 5).