Sūtra 1.4.10Madhva · 1.4.11

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 1.4.10

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.4.11 in this text

Sūtra

कल्पनो पदेशाच्च मध्वादिवदविरोधः

kalpano padeśācca madhvādivadavirodhaḥ

Sūtra translation

And on account of its (Brahman) being so stated for the sake of contemplation, (and as scripture it intent upon instructing how on special principles, all the words denote Brah- man), there is no difficulty caused by taking the words to denote Brahman like the words Honey, Sfc., in the Madhu Vidya, etc.

Just as the words Honey, etc., in the Madhu and other Vidyas, are taken as declaring Brahman, so all the words describing sacrifices and sacrificial things declare Brahman; for Brahman is so spoken of for the purpose of inducing contemplation (of Brahman as possessed of the attributes connoted by them). Hence no objection or difficulty arises as to the denotation of words with respect to sacrifices and everything connected therewith.