Sūtra 2.2.16Madhva · 2.2.17

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.2.16

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.17 in this text

Sūtra

अपरिग्रहाच्चात्यंतमनपेक्षा

aparigrahāccātyaṃtamanapekṣā

Sūtra translation

And as the atomic theory, is not accepted by, and is contrary to, (Vedic authorities) it is to be entirely disregarded.

This theory is not countenanced by Sruti and Smriti and is opposed to them ; therefore it is eutirely (in a pre- eminent degree) unworthy of consideration. In the Moksha Dharma, Indra in the form of a Jackal says, “ (I have attained to this state) being devoted to the study of Tarka (Logic) which is based upon mere perception and is productive of no good.,, In this Adhikarana is refuted the theory of those that hold the aggregates of atoms to be the cause,