History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s12.t1.7

v1.c8.s12.t1.7

"As Lord Śri Nârâyaṇa, who relieves the sufferings of birth and death, who is the sole primary cause of the creation of the universe, pervades this universe through His own manifestations as worlds, paradises, mountains, rivers, gods, men, demons, etc., so does the Rule of Three pervade the whole of the science of calculation. . . . Whatever is computed whether in algebra or in, this (arithmetic) by means of multiplication and division may be comprehended by the sagacious learned as the Rule of Three. What has been composed by the sages through the multifarious methods and operations such as miscellaneous rules, etc., teaching its easy variations, is simply with the object of increasing the comprehension of the duller intellects like ourselves."³