Sūtra 2.2.13Rāmānuja · 2.2.13

Rāmānujaon Brahma Sūtra 2.2.13

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

नित्यमेव च भावात्

nityameva ca bhāvāt

Sūtra translation

And because (the world also) would thus be eternal.

The samavâya is a relation, and if that relation is eternal that to which the relation belongs must also be eternal, so that we would arrive at the unacceptable conclusion that the world is eternal.