Chapter 1 Section 3 Adhikarana 8
Adhikarana 8 of Chapter 1, Section 3. The right of the gods to the study of the Vedas
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WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.3 · Verse 1.3.30
समाननामरूपत्वाच्चावृत्तावप्यविरोधो दर्शनात् स्मृतेश्च ॥ ३० ॥
And because of the sameness of names anid forms (in every fresh cycle) there is no contradiction (to the eternity of the Vedic words) even in the revolving of the world cycles, as is seen from the Sruti and the Smriti.
Brahma Sutra 1.3.31
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.3 · Verse 1.3.31
मध्वादिष्वसम्भवादनधिकारं जैमिनिः ॥ ३१ ॥
On account of the impossibility (of the gods) being qualified for Madhu Vidya etc. Jaimini (is of opinion that the gods) are not qualified (either for Upasanas or for the knowledge of Brahman).
Brahma Sutra 1.3.32
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.3 · Verse 1.3.32
योतिषि भावाच्च ॥ ३२॥
Arid (the gods are not qualified for Vidyas ) because (the words ‘sun’, ‘moon’, etc., spoken of as gods) are used in the sense of mere spheres of light.
Brahma Sutra 1.3.33
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.3 · Verse 1.3.33
भावं तु वादरायणः, अस्ति हि ॥ ३३ ॥
But Badarayana (maintains) the existence (of qualification on the part of the gods for the knowledge of Brahman), because (all those causes like body, desires, etc., which qualify one for such knowledge) do exist (in the case of the gods).