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

[sū. 1. 1 27. ADH. 10.] VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA 79 which is a class of metre of ten syllables, is found applied to a collection of ten objects or the kṛta. COMPARISON Śaṁkara This is sūtra 25 in his commentary. Reading same. He gives two alternative explanations of the sūtra Under the first, he points out that the passage ‘The Gāyatrī, verily, is all this’ (Chānd. 3.12 1) intimates that by means of the metre Gāyatrī, the mind is to be directed to Brahman who is connected with the Gāyatrī as its cause, just as devout meditation on Brahman under the form of certain effects of Brahman is mentioned in other passages, viz. Aitereya-āraṇyaka. (See Śrīnivāsa above.) Under the second, he points out that according to some, the term Gāyatrī directly denotes Brahman, since both possess four feet, and quotes a Chāndogya passage as an example. (See Śrīnivāsa above )¹ Rāmānuja Reading slightly different—viz. ‘nigmāt’ in place of ‘nigadāt’. Interpretation same ² Baladeva This is sūtra 25 in his commentary too. Reading and interpre- tation same, only the interpretation of the phrase ‘Tathā hi darśanam’ different. He does not take it as referring to one specific parallel instance as Nimbārka does but understands ‘darśanam’ in the sense of ‘consistency’, and the phrase means, according to him, ‘for by such an explanation alone the above passage gives a consistent meaning ’.³ SŪTRA 27 “AND BECAUSE THE DESIGNATION OF THE BEINGS AND SO ON AS THE FEET IS APPROPRIATE (ONLY IF BRAHMAN BE DENOTED BY THE TERM “GĀYATRĪ”), THIS IS SO.” Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha We hold that the Gāyatrī is Brahman not only ‘on account of the declaration of the application of the mind thus’ (last part of Br. ¹ S B 1 1.25. ² Śrī. B. 1.1.26, p. 215, vol. 1. ³ G.B. 1.1.25, pp 91-92, Chap. 1.