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 4.3.13
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of S奴tra 4.3.13:
啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠぞ啶氞 啶�
dar艣an膩c ca
诲补谤艣补苍腻迟 鈥� because of the sight; ca 鈥� also.
鈥淎lso because it is seen.鈥� (13)
S奴tra pagination:
础诲丑测腻测补 4:
The Results of Transcendental Knowledge;
笔腻诲补 3:
How a Person with Transcendental Knowledge Leaves his Material Body;
础诲丑颈办补谤补峁嘺 7:
Jaimini Muni鈥檚 Opinion.
Baladeva Vidy膩bh奴峁峁嘺鈥檚 commentary (Govinda-bh膩峁a)
In the Dahara-惫颈诲测腻 chapter of Ch膩ndogya 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 [8.12.3] the goal is clearly described as the Supreme Brahman. This is so because the attributes of immortality are ascribed to this Brahman and also because the soul who travels to this Brahman manifests his own original spiritual form. All these explanations would not be appropriate if the Brahman here were the demigod 叠谤补丑尘腻. Indeed, this chapter of the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 is not about the demigod 叠谤补丑尘腻. It is clearly about the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Lord.
In the Ka峁環a 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲, in the passage beginning 艣补迟补峁� ca, the Supreme Brahman is clearly described as the goal of this path. In another place in the 艢谤耻迟颈-艣腻蝉迟谤补, in the passage beginning with the word 诲丑补谤尘腻迟, the goal also must be the Supreme Brahman, for he is described there as immortal. It is also said: