Sūtra 2.4.3Madhva · 2.4.4

Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.4.3

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.4 in this text

Sūtra

तत्प्राक्श्रुतेश्च

tatprākśruteśca

Sūtra translation

The Mind is not unborn, because scripture also dis- tinctly declares its origin before other organs.

As against the text already quoted, “ From that Lord the Chief of breaths is produced, the mind and all the organs of sense too” (Ath. II. 1-3), it cannot be admit- ted that the mind has no origin. By the particle * also ’ the following statement in the Vayuprokta is indicated : “ The Mind was first born, and the creation of the other senses followed ; the statement as to the absence of origin in the case of the mind is with reference to the minimum development it is liable to.” A certain text says, “ I praise the Supreme Lord Achyuta by words eternal and non-eternal.” In the Paushyayana Sruti, the following statement supported by a reasoning is made as to Speech being un- born. Hence the Sutrakara says :