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

[sū. 2. 1. 1. ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 271 (Mahā. 13.7391; 7399–7400¹). And the statements by Him whose feet are worshipped by all the composers of Smṛtis are as follows: ‘“I am the source of all, from me everything arises”’ (Gītā 10.8), ‘“I am the source, likewise, the dissolution of the entire universe”’ (Gītā 7.6). Parāśara, too, declares: ‘“The universe has arisen from Viṣṇu, and in Him alone it is grounded. He is the cause of the sub- sistence and control of the universe and He is the universe”’ (V.P. 1.1.35²). The sense is that if the view of Kapila be accepted as conducive to the Vedānta, then all those above and other texts must be contradicted. But the Manu-Smṛti and others are acceptable, since they establish religious duties, which are meant to the knowledge of Brahman, designated in the Veda, since they establish the qualities, nature and the rest of Brahman, and since they are composed by those who know the Veda. And in the Veda the cause of the world is designated to be a sentient principle, in fact, none but Brahman. Because of their opposition to this, the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti and the rest are not acceptable. As the reverend Manu says: ‘Whatever Smṛtis are outside the pale of the Veda, whatever heterodox doctrines there are,—all of them are fruitless after death; these Smṛtis are given to ignorance’ (Manu 12.95³). Further, the composer, too, of the Smṛti which is opposed to the Veda (viz. the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti) is a certain sage, called Kapila, like Kaṇāda and the rest, but is not the lord Kapila, called Vāsudeva. As is declared by the Padma-purāṇa: ‘Kapila, called Vāsudeva, told the principle of the Sāṁkhya, supported by the meaning of all the Vedas, to the gods like Brahmā and the rest, and likewise to Bhṛgu and others, likewise to Āsuri. Another Kapila told the Sāṁkhya, opposed to all the Vedas and supported by false arguments, to another Āsuri’. Kapila, mentioned in the scriptural text, should be known to be Hiraṇyagarbha. ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― ¹ P. 258, lines 7, 18-19. Reading: ‘Etādṛśaḥ, Keśavo’taś ca bhūyo Nārā- yaṇaḥ . . sambabhūsatāṁ . . . .’. Vaṅgavāsī ed. exactly similar, only ‘babhūsatāṁ’ in place of ‘sambabhūsatāṁ’. P. 2017. ² P. 8. ³ P. 483.