Sūtra 1.2.8Madhva · 1.2.8

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.2.8

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सम्भोगप्राप्तिरितिचेन्न वैशेष्यात्

sambhogaprāptiriticenna vaiśeṣyāt

Sūtra translation

(Tim) if it be said that (the two) should equally partake (of the experiences), it 'is to be denied on account of the. difference. . .

. (That is), if the two, the individual soul and the Supreme L'&d, being in the same body should be sup- posed to equally undergo the experiences (of that body), the view is to be refuted on the ground that their tpower differs. This is also said in the Garuda Purana, ‘ There is no equality in experience between the Lord and the soul; for the Lord is all-knowing, all-powerful, and absolute ; while the soul is of little understanding, of little power, and absolutely dependent,” and so on. In the second Sutra, * That from which, etc.’ (Brah- man has been stated as the cause of all the states of the world) : but in the text, ‘ Whatever He created. He was eager to devour; from (the fact) that he devours everything, Aditi (the devourer) has been so called,’ (Bri. U. iii. 2. 5.), the act of devouring (dissolution) is predicated of the devourer (Aditi). The reference to Aditi (by a pronoun in the masculine gender) in * What- ever He created,’ is to be explained like the use of the word Aksharain “ the unchanging Akshara, etc.” (Gita xv. 16). To remove this doubt, the following sutra proceeds: