वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[Sū. 2. 1. 1. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 269 i e. there must result the fault of leaving no room for a Smṛti which designates a non-sentient cause and is composed by an omniscient sage, celebrated in the Veda,— (We reply:) 'no', such a prima facie view is not reasonable. Why? "Because there will result the fault of not leaving room for other Smṛtis", i.e. because there will result the fault of leaving no room for the Smṛtis other than it, viz. the Manu-Smṛti and the rest which establish Brahman to be the sole cause and are based on Scripture. The opponent who is shouting on the ground of Smṛti can be silenced by that very Smṛti itself. Thus, the reverend Manu says: 'He appeared as possessing effective powers, like the great elements and the rest, dispelling darkness' (Manu 1.6¹), 'He having intended (to be many), and desirous of creating various kinds of beings, created water in the beginning and left his power in it' (Manu 1 8²). Āpastamba too says 'Living beings are the abode of him who dwells in all caves (viz. hearts), who is not killed and who is stainless' (Āp. D S. 1.22.4³), 'From him arise all bodies. He alone is the source, constant, he is eternal' (Āp. D.S. 1 23.2⁴). It is said in the Bhārata (i.e. Mahā-bhārata) in the Rāja-dharma: '"You are its origin and the dissolution, O Kṛṣṇa! You alone create this universe in the beginning. And this universe is under your control, O Source of the Universe! Obeisance to you, O (Lord) with the bow, disc and sword in hands!"' (Mahā. 12.1514⁵). In the Mokṣa-dharma⁶, it is said: '"For he is the inner soul of beings, and called the knower of the field⁷. He is Nārāyaṇa, having the universe as his form, infinite, constant⁸. From him arose the un- manifest, having three guṇas, O best among the twice-born!"' (Mahā. 12.12680⁹). In that very section, to the question. '"O reverend Father! O supremely wise one! I wish to hear, in truth, ¹ P. 5 ² P. 5. ³ P 39, lines 3-4. ⁴ P. 40, line 2. ⁵ P. 419, line 5, vol. 3. ⁶ The name of a section of the 12th book of the Mahā-bhārata, from Chap. 174 to the end. ⁷ I.e. the knower of the body. ⁸ This line is not found either in the Asiatic Society ed, or in the Vaṅgavāsī ed. Both read instead the line: 'Triguṇa-vyatirikto vai puruṣaś ceti kalpitaḥ'. Vide Asiatic Society ed., p. 812, line 5, vol. 3 Vaṅgavāsī ed., p. 1800, lines 14-15. ⁹ P. 812, lines 5-6, vol. 3, Asiatic Society ed.