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 2.1.34
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of S奴tra 2.1.34:
啶掂啶粪ぎ啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶樴啶｀啶啶� 啶� 啶膏ぞ啶啶曕啶粪い啷嵿さ啶距い啷� 啶むぅ啶� 啶灌た 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶い啶�
惫补颈峁尘测补苍补颈驳丑峁涐箛测别苍补 na 蝉腻辫别办峁迟惫腻迟 tath膩 hi 诲补谤艣补测补迟颈
惫补颈峁尘测补 鈥� partiality; 苍补颈驳丑峁涐箛测别苍补 鈥� cruelty; na 鈥� not; 蝉腻辫别办峁迟惫腻迟 鈥� because of having regard for karma; tath膩 鈥� so; hi 鈥� because; 诲补谤艣补测补迟颈 鈥� the scriptures declare.
鈥淧artiality and cruelty do not [exist in the Lord; the pleasure and pain experienced by beings is] in regard to their karma, and so the scriptures declare.鈥� (34)
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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 1:
Refutation of Opposing Views;
础诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 10:
The Lord is Neither Partial nor Cruel.
Baladeva Vidy膩bh奴峁峁嘺鈥檚 commentary (Govinda-bh膩峁a)
No fault of partiality or cruelty exists in Brahman the creator. The different conditions into which creatures are born and the pleasures and pains they suffer depend entirely on their own karma. The Lord creates the environment in which the creatures are placed with the strictest regard to their karma. The proof of this is in the scripture itself.
In the 碍补耻峁Ｄ玹补办墨 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 [3.8] we find the following:
啶呧啷嵿啷� 啶溹え啷嵿い啷佮ぐ啷� 啶呧え啷�啶多 啶洁く啶
啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啶膏啶�-啶︵啶冟啶啶�
啶堗ざ啷嵿さ啶�-啶啶班啶班た啶む 啶椸啷嵿啷囙い啷�
啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶� 啶掂ぞ啶多啶掂 啶呧き啷嵿ぐ啶 啶忇さ 啶�aj帽o jantur an墨艣o 'yam
膩tmana岣� sukha-du岣hayo岣�
墨艣vara-prerito gacchet
svarga峁� v膩艣v abhram eva ca鈥淗e makes one who He wishes to lead up from these worlds do good deeds, and He makes one who He wishes to lead down from these worlds do bad deeds, according to the tendencies generated by their past karma. By the will of the Supreme he can go to heaven or hell, as a cloud is driven by the air. The living entity is completely dependent in his distress and happiness.鈥�
The Lord is the operative cause of the enjoyment or suffering of the 箩墨惫补蝉. They get promotion to the heavenly planets through the will of the Lord, and similarly they are degraded into hellish condition of life through the will of the Lord. But His will is always in regard to the karma of the 箩墨惫补.