Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya)
by Kusakratha das Brahmacari | 2010 | 343,161 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the Govinda Bhashya commentary of Baladeva Vidyabhushana鈥攁n Indian spiritual teacher (Acharya) of the Gaudiya branch of Vaishnavam from the 18th century. This Govinda Bhasya aims to apply Vedantic principles to address universal human concerns, such as suffering and death, rather than m...
S奴tra 2.2.31
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of S奴tra 2.2.31:
啶曕啶粪ぃ啶苦啶む啶掂ぞ啶氞啶�
办峁峁噄办补迟惫腻肠肠补
办峁峁噄办补迟惫腻迟 鈥� because of momentariness; ca 鈥� and.
鈥淭丑别 惫腻蝉补苍腻蝉 have no permanent substratum, because of the 驰辞驳腻肠腻谤补蝉鈥� theory of universal momentariness.鈥� (31)
S奴tra pagination:
础诲丑测腻测补 2:
No Conflict Between 痴别诲腻苍迟补 and Other Vedic Scriptures;
笔腻诲补 2:
Refutation of Opposing Views (continued);
础诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 4:
The Yog膩c膩ra Theory Considered.
Baladeva Vidy膩bh奴峁峁嘺鈥檚 commentary (Govinda-bh膩峁a)
The word na [not] is understood in this 蝉奴迟谤补 from the previous one. According to the 驰辞驳腻肠腻谤补蝉鈥� theory there is no permanent substratum in which the 惫腻蝉补苍腻蝉 may inhere, for they believe that everything is momentary. According to them, the external ideas that we have during a life on earth and the cosmic ideas that end only with pralaya or the cessation of the world period and exist only in the Monad, are all momentary. Thus there being no conscious self that is permanent in past, present and future, it is not possible to have remembrance, recognition, and so on, which require mental impressions dependent on time, place and cause. All these 惫腻蝉补苍腻蝉, memories and thoughts practically presuppose the existence of an unchangeable self or personality connected with the past, present and future. Consequently this theory is unworthy of further consideration, for it cannot explain how the 惫腻蝉补苍腻蝉 can exist without a permanent substratum, and how they can be manifold in the absence of that substratum.