VedAnta-sUtra: 4th adhyAya

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4.4.13 tanvabhave sandhyavad upapatteH

of body, in absence, dream-like, it being possible

Due to reasonableness, even in body’s absence, Mukta enjoys objects as in dream-state.

550

4.4.14 bhAve jAgradvat

in existence, as awake

When there is body (then pleasure is more intense) as in waking state.

551

4.4.15 pradIpavad Avezas tathAhi darzayati

Mukta soul’s pervasion (in every object & his thus knowing each object) is like that of lamp, for scripture declares it so.

552

 

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4.4.16 svApyaya sampattyor anyatarApexyam AviskRtaM hi

deep sleep, pre-death moment, any 1 of 2, referring/regarding, manifest/declared, because

(Br Up 4.3.21) refers to either deep sleep or death swoon-state (not referring to Mukta’s condition), because scripture has made it clear.

553

4.4.17 jagad vyApAra varjyaM prakaraNAd asannihitatvAt

world, energy, without/precluding, from subject matter, due to non-proximity

(Mukta has all powers) save & except ability to create universe, due to context & distance (debar any other view).

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VedAnta-sUtra IV

One famous guru and/or his followers is busy preaching that muktas, being above devas = demigods, can create universes.

VeDAnta-sUtra herein does not agree.

 

4.4.18 PratyaxopadezAn neti pratyaxopadezAn neti cen nAdhikArika maNDalasyoktaH

direct, due to (direct) teaching; not, so, if, not; those entrusted with special function: world ruler, office-bearer, like BrahmA; of those abiding in spheres; due statements

If it be objected this is not so, because there is direct scriptural teaching (Mukta becomes creator), we reply, no, it is not so. Why? Because those texts declare (Muktas enjoy pleasures) in world-rulers spheres.

555

4.4.19 vikArAvarti ca tathA hi sthitim Aha

in worldly life = change; not existing; Brahman = that in which change does not exist; and; of that kind; because; abiding, position; says

(Mukta ever abides in) That which is changeless, for Zruti has also declared such abiding.

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CapItulo Nove – O Conhecimento Mais Confidencial

1) A Suprema Personalidade de Deus disse:

Meu querido Arjuna, porque nunca Me invejas, transmitirei a ti este ensinamento e compreensAo muito confidenciais, e passando a conhecE-los, ficarAs livre das misErias encontradas na existEncia material.

2) Esta conhecimento E o rei da educaCAo, o mais secreto de todos os segredos.

E o conhecimento mais puro, e por conceder a percepCAo direta do eu, E a perfeiCAo da religiAo.

Ele E eterno e E agradAvel practicA-lo.

Shouldn’t practicA-lo be instead practicar-lo = o infinitivo?

3) Aqueles que nAo sAo fiEis neste serviCo devocional nAo podem Me alcanCar, O subjugador dos inimigos.

Por isso, eles voltam a trilhar o caminho de nascimentos e mortes neste mundo material.

4) Sob Minha forma imanifesta, Eu penetro este Universo inteiro.

Todos os seres estAo em Mim, mas Eu nAo estou neles.

5) E mesmo assim, os elementos criados nAo repousam em Mim.

Observa Minha opulEncia mIstica!

Embora Eu seja o mantenedor de todas as entidades vivas e embora esteja em toda a parte,

nAo faCo parte desta manifestaCAo cOsmica, pois meu Eu E a prOpria fonte da criaCAo.

ZrIla ZrIdhardev considered these last 2 zlokas to be the most revolutionary statements in all of history.

6) Compreende que, assim como o vento poderoso, que sopra em toda a parte, sempre permanece no cEu, todos os seres criados repousam em Mim.

7) O filho de Kunti, no final do milEnio todas as manifestaCOes materiais entram em Minha natureza,

e no comeCo de outro milEnio, por Minha potEncia, Eu volto a criA-las.

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IV.4.20 darzayataz caivaM pratyaxAnumAne

They both show, and, thus direct knowledge: zruti; inference: smRti

Both Revelation & Tradition also whow it thus.

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IV.4.21 bhoga mAtra sAmya lingAc ca

Enjoyment, only, equality, from indication, only,

Na = not should be inferred, read into aphorism by drawing form IV.4.18

558

IV.4.22 anAvRttiH zabdAd anAvRttiH zabdAt

There’s no return (to saMsAra for mukta) due to scripture;

Yea, there’s no return due to God’s Word.

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* * * * VedAnta-sUtra IV

IV.4.20 darzayataz caivaM pratyaxAnumAne

They both show, and, thus direct knowledge: zruti; inference: smRti

Both Revelation & Tradition also whow it thus.

557

IV.4.21 bhoga mAtra sAmya lingAc ca

Enjoyment, only, equality, from indication, only,

Na = not should be inferred, read into aphorism by drawing form IV.4.18

558

IV.4.22 anAvRttiH zabdAd anAvRttiH zabdAt

There’s no return (to saMsAra for mukta) due to scripture;

Yea, there’s no return due to God’s Word.

559

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