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FIRST CHAPTER (Adhyāya) FIRST QUARTER (Pāda) Adhikarana 1: The section ontitled 'Enquiry'. (Sūtra 1) SŪTRA 1 "THEN, THEREFORE, AN ENQUIRY INTO BRAHMAN." THE EXPLANATION OF THE BRAHMA-SŪTRAS ENTITLED VEDĀNTA- PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA, COMPOSED BY THE REVEREND NIMBĀRKA. An enquiry is to be instituted, at all times, into the Highest Person,—Ramā's Husband, denoted by the term "Brahman", the greatest of all because of His infinite, inconceivable and innate nature, qualities, powers and so on,—by one who has studied the Veda with its six parts¹; who has been assailed with doubt, arising from texts which teach² that the fruits of works are both transitory and eternal³; who has, for that very reason, enquired into the science which is concerned with the consideration of religious duties,⁴ and has, thereby, gained the knowledge determined therein⁵ regarding works, their kinds and their fruits; in whom, as a conse- quence, there arisen a disregard (for worldly objects), that is the result of a discrimination between the finitude and eternity of the ¹ The six parts are:—(a) Śikṣā or the science of proper articulation and pronunciation, comprising the knowledge of letters, accents, quantity, the use of the organs of pronunciation, and phonetics generally, but especially the laws of euphony peculiar to the Veda, (b) Chandahs or treatises on metre; (c) Vyākaraṇa or treatises on grammar; (d) Nirukta or treatises on the explanation of difficult words; (e) Jyotiṣa or treatises on astronomy; and (f) Kalpa or treatises on ceremonials. The first and second of these Vedāṅgas are said to be intended to secure the correct recitation of the Veda, the third and fourth the understanding of it, the fifth and sixth its proper employment at sacrifice. M.W, p. 1016 ² Prakṛṣṭena karoti iti prakaraṇam, tad-vad vākyam. ³ I.e. Whose mind is assailed with doubt owing to the contradictory teachings regarding the fruits of works, some texts declaring that the fruits of works are transitory, while others declaring that they are eternal. Cf. V.K., 1.1.1. ⁴ I.e. the Pūrva-mīmāṁsā. ⁵ I.e. the Pūrva-mīmāṁsā.