Brahma Sutras · Chapter 3.1

tadantarapratipattau raṃhati saṃpariṣvaktaḥ praśnanirūpaṇābhyām

tryātmakatvāt tu bhūyastvāt

prāṇagateś ca

agnyādiśruter iti cen na bhāktatvāt

prathame 'śravaṇād iti cen na tā eva hy upapatteḥ

aśrutatvād iti cen neṣṭādikāriṇāṃ pratīteḥ

bhāktaṃ vānātmavittvāt tathā hi darśayati

kṛtātyaye 'nuśayavān dṛṣṭasmṛtibhyāṃ yathetamanevaṃ ca

caraṇād iti cen na tadupalakṣaṇārtheti kārṣṇājiniḥ

ānarthakyam iti cen na tadapekṣatvāt

sukṛtaduṣkṛte eveti tu bādariḥ

aniṣṭādikāriṇām api ca śrutam

saṃyamane tv anubhūyetareṣāmārohāv arohau tadgatidarśanāt

smaranti ca

api sapta

tatrāpi tadvyāpārādavirodhaḥ

vidyākarmaṇor iti tu prakṛtatvāt

na tṛtīye tathopalabdheḥ

smaryate 'pi ca loke

darśanāc ca

tṛtīyaśabdāvarodhaḥ saṃśokajasya

tatsvābhāvyāpattirupapatteḥ

nāticireṇa viśeṣāt

anyādhiṣṭhite pūrvavadabhilāpāt

aśuddham iti cen na śabdāt

retaḥsigyogo 'tha

yoneḥśarīram