Sūtra 2.2.1Madhva · 2.2.1

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.2.1

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

रचनानुपपत्तेश्च नानुमानम्

racanānupapatteśca nānumānam

Sūtra translation

That which is inferred (by the Sankhyas, namely, the Pradhana) cannot be (the cause of the world), also on account of the impossibility of its being the agent of the orderly arrange- ment (1of the world).

The Pradhana which is inferred to be the cause of the world cannot be such; for it is lifeless matter, and consequently incapable of independent activity. By the word * also,’ the Sutrakara indicates that there is no authority whatever (to support the hypothesis of the Sankhya).