IJ:II'W?f: VEDANTASARA OF BHAGAVAD RAMANUJA EDITEDBY PANDITV.KRISHNAMACHARYA WITH EnglishTranslationby SRIM.B.NARASJMHAAYYANGAR,M.Sc. THEADYARLIBRARY 1953 PREFACE THEVediZntasaraisaneasyandconcisecommentary ontheBrahmasiilrasofBadarayal)awhoisbelieved tobeidenticalwithVyasa,thefamousauthacayau hi bhede The qualities,suchas,havingjoy forHis head, are not to be included ; forif the difference in head, sides etc. acceptedasqualifyingattributes of the Brahman, there wouldbeincrease and decreaseinthe Bt'ahman. Herethequalities,suchas,havingjoyforHisheadas perthetext'VerilyJoyisHishead'(Tait.111-5-2)arenot tobeincluded;becausethesecannotbethe qualities,that coulddeterminethenatureoftheBrahman.Suppose the differencesinhead,etc.aretheattributes oftheBrahman. Thenithappensthattherewouldbetheincreaseandthe decreaseintheBrahman. 13.ltaf'etvaf'thasttmttnyat But the other qualitieshavetobeincludedas they are commontotheBrahman. 1 A 1. 1 M 1,qitCJiil.qretc.M 3. v] IIII J.'flfl\;Jifli6Uij1Cflan#adoccur the followingpassages:-' Initthereisthesubtle Akiis'a(Brahman)This andwhatis withinthat, bothshould be meditated upon.(Chand.VIII-1-1). 'ThisistheSelfdevoidofevils'(Chand.VIII-1-5).'With truedesireandtruewill'(Chand.VIII-1-5).In the Brha- itisstatedthus-' In thespacewithinthe 1 II etl*'(lc;:Jlqc:IIII " WllwtTfiafcfi:qwt""ijq:q " wt'' , ,Ia:ratif I heartliestheRulerofallandtheLordofall'(Brh.IV -4-22). Inboththesetexts,itisstated that He has heartasHis abode, HehastruewillandHeisthecontrollerofall.These referencesindicate thattheDaharavidyiiismeantinboththe contexts.Thereforethequalities,beginningwithbeingdevoid ofevilandendingwiththepossessionoftruedesirealong withthepossessionoftruewillhavetobeincludedinboth thecontexts. 39.Adaradalopah Onaccountofthepurposefulstatement,there cannotbeomission. 'There isnotanydiversityhere'(Brh.IV 4-19).'He is theSelf,said'notthis,notthis'(Brh.IV -4-22).These negativestatementsdonotnegatetheattributes,namely, beingthecontrollerofalletc,becausetheyarepurposely taughtinthefollowingtext,astheyarenototherwise known.'Heisthecontrollerofall,HeistheLordof all'(Brh.IV-14-22).Hencetherecould not be any omission.

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