Chapter 1 Section 4 Adhikarana 2
Adhikarana 2 of Chapter 1, Section 4. The Tri-coloured Aja of the Svetasvatara Upanishad is not the Sankhyan Pradhana
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WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.4 · Verse 1.4.8
चमसवदविशेषात् ॥ ८ ॥
(The word ‘Aja’ cannot be asserted to mean the Pradhana) for want of special characteristics, as in the case of the bowl.
Brahma Sutra 1.4.9
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.4 · Verse 1.4.9
ज्योतिरुपक्रमा तु, तथा ह्यधीयत एके ॥ ९ ॥
But (the elements) beginning with light (are meant by the word Aja), because some read so.
Brahma Sutra 1.4.10
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.4 · Verse 1.4.10
ज्योतिरुपक्रमा तु, तथा ह्यधीयत एके ॥ १० ॥
And instruction having been given through the imagery (of a goat) (there is) no incongruity, (even) as in the case of ‘honey’ (standing for the sun in Madhuvidya for the purpose of devout meditation) and such other cases.