Brahmasūtra2 with Śaṃkara's Śārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣya and Govindānanda's Ratnaprabhāvyākhyā (with commentary) · Chapter 74

sūtrāntaraṃ gṛhṇāti- kaḥ punariti /
jāgarite hyāndhyādidehadharmavānbhavati svapne tu hata eva kenacit /
apica putrādināśādroditīva bhavati, suṣuptau tu viśeṣājñānādvinaṣṭa iveti, bandhadaśāyāṃ kaluṣitātmanā tiṣṭhati mokṣe tu vigalitākhiladuḥkhaḥ paritaḥ pradyotamānapūrṇānandātmanāvatiṣṭhata iti mahān viśeṣa ityarthaḥ

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START BsCom_4,4.1.3
ātmā prakaraṇāt | BBs_4,4.3 |
kathaṃ punaḥ mukta iti ucyate - yāvatā 'paraṃ jyotirupasaṃpadya' (chā. 8.12.3) iti kāryagocaram eva enaṃ śrāvayati /
jyotiḥśabdasya bhautike jyotiṣi rūḍhatvāt /
na ca anativṛtto vikāraviṣayāt kaścit mukto bhavitum arhati /
vikārasya ārtatvaprasiddheḥ iti /
na eṣa doṣaḥ /
yata jyotiḥ śabdena āvedyate prakaraṇāt 'ya ātmāpahatapāpmā vijaro vimṛtyuḥ' (chā. 8.7.1) iti hi prakṛte parasmin ātmani na akasmāt bhautikaṃ jyotiḥ śakyaṃ grahītum /
prakṛtahāna aprakṛtaprakriyā prasaṅgāt /
jyotiḥśabdaḥ tu ātmani api dṛśyate 'taddevā jyotiṣaṃ jyotiḥ (bṛ. 4.4.16) iti /
prapañcitaṃ caitat'(bra. sū. 1.3.40) ityatra

kāryagocaramiti /
kāryaṃ jyotiḥprāptamityarthaḥ /
kāryaṃ prāpto 'pi muktaḥ kiṃ na syādityata āha- na cānativṛtta iti

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START BsCom_4,4.2.4
2 avibhāgena dṛṣṭatva adhikaraṇam / sū. 4
avibhāgena dṛṣṭatvāt | BBs_4,4.4 |
paraṃ jyotiḥ upasaṃpadya svena rūpeṇa abhiniṣpadyate yaḥ sa kiṃ parasmāt ātmanaḥ pṛthageva bhavati uta avibhāgena eva avatiṣṭhata vīkṣāyām sa 'tatra paryeti' ( 8.12.3) iti adhikaraṇa adhikartavya nirdeśāt jyotiḥ upasaṃpadya (chā. 8.12.3) iti ca kartṛkarmanirdeśāt bhedena eva avasthānam iti yasya matiḥ taṃ vyutpādayati avibhakta eva pareṇa ātmanā muktaḥ avatiṣṭhate /
kutaḥ - dṛṣṭatvāt /
tathā hi 'tattvamasi' (chā. 6.8.7) 'ahaṃ brahmāsmi' (bṛ. 1.4.10) 'yatra nānyatpaśyati' (chā. 7.24.1) 'na tu taddvitīyamasti tato 'nyadvibhaktaṃ yatpaśyet' (bṛ. 4.3.23) iti evamādīni vākyāni avibhāgena eva paramātmānaṃ darśayanti /
yathādarśanam eva ca phalaṃ yuktaṃ tatkratu nyāyāt /
'yathodakaṃ śuddhe śuddhamāsiktaṃ tādṛgeva bhavati /
evaṃ muneḥ vijānata ātmā bhavati gautama' (ka. 4.15) iti ca evamādīni muktasvarūpanirūpaṇaparāṇi vākyāni avibhāgameva darśayanti /
nadī samudrādi nidarśanāni ca /
bhedanirdeśaḥ tu abhede api upacaryate /
'sa bhagavaḥ kasminpratiṣṭhita iti sve mahimni' (chā. 7.24.1) iti 'ātmaratirātmakrīḍaḥ' (chā. 7.25.2) iti ca evamādidarśanāt

avibhāgena dṛṣṭatvāt /
svarūpasthitamuktamupajīvya vādivivādāt brahmabhedābhedasaṃśaye satyatyantabhedaṃ pūrvapakṣamuktvā siddhāntamāha- yasyeti

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START BsCom_4,4.3.5
3 brāhma adhikaraṇam / sū. 5-7
brāhmeṇa jaiminir upanyāsādibhyaḥ | BBs_4,4.5 |
sthitam etat 'svena rūpeṇa'(chā. 8.3.4) iti atra ātmamātrarūpeṇa abhiniṣpadyata na āgantukena apararūpeṇa iti /
adhunā tu tat viśeṣabubhutsāyām abhidhīyate svam asya rūpaṃ brāhmam apahatapāpmatvādi satyasaṃkalpatva avasānaṃ tathā sarvajñatvaṃ sarveśvaratvaṃ ca tena svarūpeṇa abhiniṣpadyata iti jaiminiḥ ācāryo manyate /
kutaḥ - upanyāsādibhyaḥ tathātva avagamāt /
tathā hi - 'ya ātmāpahatapāpmā' (chā. 8.7.1) ityādinā 'satyakāmaḥ satyasaṃkalpaḥ' (chā. 8.7.1) iti evam antena upanyāsena evam ātmakatām ātmano bodhayati /
tathā 'sa tatra paryeti jakṣankrīḍanramamāṇaḥ' (chā. 8.12.3) iti aiśvaryarūpam āvedayati /
'tasya sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavati' (chā. 7.25.2) iti ca /
'sarvajñaḥ sarveśvaraḥ' ityādi vyapadeśāḥ ca evam upapannā bhaviṣyanti iti

brāhmeṇa jaiminiḥ uktaṃ brahma svarūpamupajīvya sa kiṃ satyena sarvajñatvādidharmeṇa yuktastiṣṭhati uta dharmasya śaśaśṛṅgavadatyantāsattvāccinmātrātmanā tiṣṭhati kiṃ vā vastutaścinmātro 'pi jīvāntaravyavahāradṛṣṭyā kalpitasarvajñatvādimāniti munivipratipatteḥ saṃśaye satyādyaṃ pūrvapakṣamāha- adhunetyādinā /
tattatpakṣasiddhireva phalaṃ draṣṭavyam /
so 'nveṣṭavya itividhyartha uddeśo ya ātmetyādirūpanyāsaśabdārthaḥ /
ādipadādvidhivyapadeśagrahaḥ /
tatrājñātajñāpako vidhistamāha- tathā sa tatreti /
sarvajña ityādistu vyapadeśo 'yaṃ hi noddeśaḥ vidhyabhāvānnāpi vidhiḥ siddhavannirdeśādityarthaḥ

END BsCom_4,4.3.5
START BsCom_4,4.3.6
cititanmātreṇa tadātmakatvād ity auḍulomiḥ | BBs_4,4.6 |
yadyapi apahapāpmatvādayobhedena eva dharmā nirdiśyante tathā api śabdavikalpajā eva ete /
pāpmādinivṛttimātraṃ hi tatra gamyate /
caitanyameva tu asya ātmanaḥ svarūpam iti tanmātreṇa svarūpeṇa abhiniṣpattiḥ yuktā /
tathā ca śrutiḥ - 'evaṃ vā are 'yamātmānantaro 'bāhyaḥ kṛtsnaḥ prajñānaghana eva' (bṛ. 4.5.13) iti evañjātīyakā anugṛhītā bhaviṣyati /
satyakāmatvādayaḥ tu yadi api vastusvarūpeṇa eva dharmā ucyante satyāḥ kāmā asya iti /
tathā api upādhisaṃbandha adhīnatvāt teṣāṃ na caitanyavat svarūpasaṃbhavaḥ /
aneka ākāratvapratiṣedāt /
pratiṣiddhaṃ hi brahmaṇaḥ aneka ākāratvam 'na sthānato 'pi parasyobhayaliṅgam' (bra.sū, 3.2.11) ityatra /
ata eva ca jakṣaṇādi saṃkīrtanam api duḥkha abhāvamātra abhiprāyaṃ stutyartham ātmaratiḥ ityādivat /
na hi mukhyāni eva ratikrīḍāmithunāni ātmani śakyante varṇayituṃ dvitīya viṣayatvāt teṣām /
tasmāt nirasta aśeṣaprapañcena prasannena avyapadeśyena bodhātmanā abhiniṣpadyata iti auḍulomiḥ ācāryo manyate

satyatvādidharmāṇāṃ satyatvaṃ dūṣayannatyantāsattvapakṣamāha- cititanmātreṇeti /
citiścaitanyaṃ, śabdajñānādyo vikalpo 'sanpratyayastajjāḥ atyantāsanta iti yāvat /
astvabhāvadharmāṇāmasattvaṃ bhāvadharmāṇāṃ tu sattvamityāśaṅkya teṣāmapyaupādhikatvādasattvamityāha- satyakāmeti /
cinmātre mukte jakṣaṇādiśrutiḥ kathaṃ tatrāha- ata eva ceti /
sarvadharmaniṣedhādevetyarthaḥ

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START BsCom_4,4.3.7
evam apy upanyāsāt pūrvabhāvād avirodhaṃ bādarāyaṇaḥ | BBs_4,4.7 |
evam api pāramārthika caitanyamātrasvarūpa abhyupagame api vyavahāra apekṣayā pūrvasya api upanyāsādibhyaḥ avagatasya brāhmasya aiśvaryarūpasya apratyayākhyānāt avirodhaṃ bādarāyaṇa ācāryo manyate

dharmāṇāṃ satyatvamatyantāsattvaṃ ceti pakṣadvayamayuktam /
advaitaśrutīnāṃ sarvajñatvādiśrutivyavahārayośca bādhāpātādatastṛtīyapakṣaḥ śreyāniti siddhāntayati- evamapīti /
atra kecinmuhyanti-akhaṇḍacinmātrajñānānmuktasyājñānābhāvātkuta ājñānikadharmayoga iti, te itthaṃ bodhanīyāḥ /
ye īśvaradharmāsta eva cidātmani mukte jīvāntarairvyavahriyante iti /
naca mūlāvidyaikyāttannāśe kuto jīvāntaramiti vācyaṃ, na vayaṃ tannāśe jīvāntaravyavahāraṃ brūmaḥ, kintu tadaṃśanāśenāṃśārabdhādhyātmikaśarīradvayābhimānino muktāvaṃśāntaropādhikā jīvā vyavahartāra iti vadāmaḥ /
tarhi nānavidyāpakṣa eva kuto nādriyate jīvabhedasyāvaśyakatvāditi cet /
na /
prakṛtinānātvaṃ pratijīvaṃ prapañcabheda ityādyaprāmāṇikānekārthagauravāditi sarvavṛddhasaṃmata ekāvidyāpakṣa eva śreyān, aṃśabhedena ca bandhamuktivyavastheti saṃkṣepaḥ

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START BsCom_4,4.4.8
4 saṃkalpa adhikaraṇam / sū. 8-9
saṃkalpād eva tu tacchruteḥ | BBs_4,4.8 |
hārdavidyāyāṃ śrūyate - 'sa yadi pitṛlokakāmo bhavati saṃkalpādevāsya pitaraḥ samuttiṣṭhanti' (chā. 8.2.1) ityādi /
tatra saṃśayaḥ kiṃ saṃkalpa eva kevalaḥ pitrādisamutthāne hetuḥ uta nimittāntara sahita iti /
tatra sati api saṃkalpādeva iti śravaṇe lokavat nimittāntara apekṣatā yuktā /
yathā loke asmadādīnāṃ saṃkalpāt gamanādibhyaḥ ca hetubhyaḥ pitrādi saṃpattiḥ bhavati evaṃ muktasya api syāt /
evaṃ dṛṣṭaviparītaṃ na kalpitaṃ bhaviṣyati /
saṃkalpādeva iti tu rājña iva saṃkalpitārthasiddhikarīṃ sādhanāntarasāmagrīṃ sulabhām apekṣya ucyate /
na ca saṃkalpamātrasam utthānāḥ pitrādayo manorathāvijṛmbhitavat calatvāt puṣkalaṃ bhogaṃ samarpayituṃ paryāptāḥ syuḥ iti /
evaṃ prāpte brūmaḥ saṃkalpādeva tu kevalāt pitrādisamutthānam iti /
kutaḥ - tat śruteḥ /
'saṃkalpādevāsya pitaraḥ samuttiṣṭhanti' (chā. 8.2.1) ityādikā hi śrutiḥ nimittāntara apekṣāyāṃ pīḍyeta /
nimittāntaram api tu yadi saṃkalpa anuvidhāyi eva syāt bhavatu na tu prayatnāntarasaṃpādyaṃ nimittāntaram iti iṣyate /
prāk tat saṃpatteḥ vandhyasaṃkalpatva prasaṅgāt /
na ca śruti avagamye arthe lokavat iti sāmānyato dṛṣṭaṃ kramate /
saṃkalpabalāt eva ca eṣāṃ yāvat prayojanaṃ sthairya upapattiḥ. prākṛtasaṃkalpavilakṣaṇatvāt muktasaṃkalpasya

evaṃ paravidyāphalamuktamidānīmaparavidyāphalaṃ prapañcayati- saṃkalpādeva tu tacchruteḥ /
evakārasyāyogānyayogavyavacchedasādhāraṇyātsaṃśayaḥ, brahmalokaṃ gatasyopāsakasya saṃkalpo yatnāntarasāpekṣaḥ, bhogasāmagrīsaṃkalpatvādasmadādisaṃkalpavat /
na caivakāravirodhaḥ saṃkalpena sāmagryā ayogavyavacchedena saulabhyārthatvāt, yatnānaṅgīkāre bhogapuṣṭyasiddheśceti pūrvapakṣārthaḥ /
atra lokavṛttānusaraṇaṃ phalaṃ, siddhānte tu vidyābalena saṃkalpasyaiva bhogapuṣṭikaratvasiddhiriti bedaḥ /
kiñca yadi bhogasaṃkalpānantaramapi yatnāntarasādhyanimittāpekṣā syāttarhi nimittaprāpteḥ prāgjātasaṃkalpasya vandhyatvaṃ syādbhoge vilambāttataḥ satyasaṃkalpaśruterna yatnāntarāpekṣetyāha- nimittāntaramapi tviti

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START BsCom_4,4.4.9
ata eva cānanyādhipatiḥ | BBs_4,4.9 |
ata eva ca avandhyasaṃkalpatvāt ananya adhipatiḥ vidvān bhavati na asya anyaḥ adhipatiḥ bhavati ityarthaḥ /
na hi prākṛto api saṃkalpayan anyasvāmikatvam ātmanaḥ satyāṃ gatau saṃkalpayati /
śrutiḥ ca etat darśayati - 'atha ya ihātmānamanuvidya vrajantyeśca satyānkāmāṃsteṣāṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavati' (chā. 8.1.6) iti

nanvīśvarādhīnasya viduṣaḥ kathaṃ saṃkalpamātrādbhogasiddhistatrāha- ata eveti /
īśvaradharma eva viduṣyāvirbhūta iti na saṃkalpabhaṅga iti bhāvaḥ

END BsCom_4,4.4.9
START BsCom_4,4.5.10-11
abhāva adhikaraṇam / sū. 10-14
abhāvaṃ bādarir āha hy evam | BBs_4,4.10 |
'saṃkalpādevāsya pitaraḥ samuttiṣṭhanti' (chā. 8.2.1) ityādi śruteḥ manaḥ tāvat saṃkalpasādhanaṃ siddham /
śarīra indriyāṇi punaḥ prāpta aiśvaryasya viduṣaḥ santi na vā santi iti samīkṣyate /
tatra bādariḥ tāvat ācāryaḥ śarīrasya indriyāṇāṃ ca abhāvaṃ mahīyamānasya viduṣo manyate /
kasmāt /
evaṃ hi āha āmnāyaḥ 'manasaitānkāmānpaśyanramate' (chā. 8.12.5) 'ya ete brahmaloke' (chā. 8.13.1) iti /
yadi manasā śarīra indriyāṇāṃ mokṣe

bhāvaṃ jaiminir vikalpāmananāt | BBs_4,4.11 |
jaiminiḥ tu ācāryo manovat śarīrasya api sendriyasya bhāvaṃ muktaṃ prati manyate /
yataḥ 'sa ekadhā bhavati tridhā bhavati'(chā. 7.23.2) ityādinā anekadhā abhāvavikalpam āmananti /
na hi anekavidhatā vinā śarīrabhedena āñjasī syāt /
yadi api nirguṇāyāṃ bhūmavidyāyām ayam anekadhā abhāvavikalpaḥ paṭhyate tathā api vidyamānameva idaṃ saguṇāvasthāyām aiśvaryaṃ bhūmavidyā stutaye saṃkīrtyata iti ataḥ saguṇavidyāphalabhāvena upatiṣṭhata iti

evakāravanmanaseti viśeṣaṇenānyayogavyavacchedāddehādyabhāva iti pūrvapakṣayati- abhāvaṃ bādarirāha hyevam /
atrāpi vādivivādātsaṃśayaḥ, tatra dehādayo na santyeva sadā santyeveti ca pakṣadvayaṃ pūrvapakṣaḥ /
kālabhedenecchayā santi na santi ceti siddhāntapakṣo draṣṭavyaḥ /
phalaṃ tu tattacchrutermukhyatvamiti vivekaḥ

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END BsCom_4,4.5.11
START BsCom_4,4.5.12-14
ucyate -
dvādaśāhavad ubhayavidhaṃ bādarāyaṇo 'taḥ | BBs_4,4.12 |
bādarāyaṇaḥ punaḥ ācāryaḥ ata eva ubhayaliṅgaśrutidarśanāt ubhayavidhatvaṃ sādhu manyate yadā saśarīratāṃ saṃkalpayati tadā saśarīro bhavati yadā tu aśarīratāṃ tadā aśarīra iti /
satyasaṃkalpatvāt /
saṃkalpa vaicitryāt ca /
dvādaśa ahavat /
yathā dvādaśa ahaḥsatram ahīnaḥ ca bhavati /
ubhayaliṅga śrutidarśanāt evam idam api iti

tanvabhāve sandhyavad upapatteḥ | BBs_4,4.13 |
yadā tanoḥ sendriyasya śarīrasya abhāvaḥ tadā yathā saṃdhye sthāne śarīra indriyaviṣayeṣu avidyamāneṣu api upalabdhimātrā eva pitrādikāmā bhavati evaṃ mokṣe api syuḥ evaṃ hi etat upapadyate

bhāve jāgradvat | BBs_4,4.14 |
bhāve punaḥ tanoḥ yathā jāgarite vidyamānā eva pitrādikāmā bhavanti evaṃ muktasya api upapadyate

dvādaśāhavaditi /
ya evaṃvidvāṃsaḥ satramupayanti ityupāyicodanāgamyatvaśruterdvādaśāhasya satratvaṃ, āsateti copayantīti vā coditatvaṃ satralakṣaṇamiti sthitiḥ /
tathā dvādaśāhena prajākāmaṃ yājayediti yajaticodanādarśanānniyatakartṛkatvāvagamena dvirātrādivadahīnatvaṃ cetyarthaḥ

END BsCom_4,4.5.12-14
START BsCom_4,4.5.15
6 pradīpa adhikaraṇam / sū. 15-16
pradīpavadāveśas tathā hi darśayati | BBs_4,4.15 |
bhāvaṃ 'jaiminirvikalpāmananāt' ( bra.sū. 4.4.11) iti atra saśarīratvaṃ muktasya uktam /
tatra tridhābhāvādiṣu anekaśarīrasarge kiṃ nirātmakāni śarīrāṇi dāruyantrāṇi iva sṛjyante kiṃ vā sātmakāni asmadādi śarīravat iti bhavati vīkṣā /
tatra ca ātma manasoḥ bheda anupapatteḥ ekena śarīreṇa yogāt itarāṇi śarīrāṇi nirātmakāni iti /
evaṃ prāpte pratipadyate - pradīpavat āveśa iti /
yathā pradīpa ekaḥ anekapradīpabhāvam āpadyate vikāraśaktiyogāt /
evam ekaḥ api san vidvāna aiśvaryayogāt anekabhāvam āpadya sarvāṇi śarīrāṇi āviśati /
kutaḥ, tathā hi darśayati śāstram ekasya anekabhāvam - 'sa ekadhā bhavati tridhā bhavati pañcadhā saptadhā navadhā' (chā. 7.26.2) ityādi /
na etat dāruyantra upamā abhyupagame avakalpate na api jīvāntarāveśe /
na ca nirātmakānāṃ śarīrāṇāṃ pravṛttiḥ saṃbhavati /
yat tu ātma manasoḥ bheda anupapatteḥ anekaśarīrayoga asaṃbhava iti /
na eṣa doṣaḥ /
ekamanonuvartini samanaskāni eva aparāṇi śarīrāṇi satyasaṃkalpatvāt srakṣyati /
sṛṣṭeṣu ca teṣu upādhibhedāt ātmanaḥ api bhedena adhiṣṭhātṛtvaṃ yokṣyate /
eṣa eva ca yogaśāstreṣu yoginām anekaśarīraprayogakriyā

pradīpavadāveśaḥ /
saṃkalpamātrānnirmitadehānupajīvya teṣūbhayathādarśanātsaṃśayamāha- bhāvamiti /
anādiliṅgaśarīrasyaikasminneva śarīre bhāvānnirmitānekadeheṣu bhogāsiddhiḥ pūrvapakṣaphalaṃ, siddhānte tatsiddhiriti matvā sūtraṃ vyācaṣṭe- yathetyādinā /
sa ekadhā tridhā pañcadhetyādiśrutyā viduṣa evānekadhābhāva uktaḥ /
vidvāṃstu na deho nāpi cinmātraḥ /
kintu liṅgopahitātmā /
naca tasya liṅgabhedaṃ vinānekatvaṃ saṃbhavati /
ataḥ śrutibalādekasyaivānādiliṅgasyānekadeheṣu praveśena bheda eṣṭavyaḥ /
yadyapi mūlapradīpasya vartyantareṣūtpannadīpānāṃ cātyantabhedo 'sti liṅgasya tu dehabhedakṛto bhedo na svataḥ, svato liṅgabhede tadupahitajīvabhedādanusaṃdhānānupapatteḥ /
āgantukānekaliṅgasṛṣṭāvasatkāryavādāpātācca /
tathāpi pradīpatvajātyaikyena vyaktiṣvaikyāropāt dṛṣṭāntadārṣṭāntikayoḥ sāmyaṃ dṛṣṭavyam /
tathāca yathā pradīpo 'naikavartiṣu praviśati evaṃ vidyāyogabalādvidvaliṅgasya vyāpitvādanekadeheṣu yugapadāveśa iti sūtrārthaḥ /
viduṣo 'nekadhātvaṃ śrutamanyathā na ghaṭata ityāha- naitaditi /
itaśca sātmakatvamityāha- naca nirātmakānāmiti /
yadanādi mana ekadehasthaṃ tadanusārīṇi dehāntarasthāpi manāṃsi bhavanti tadavasthānāṃ tanniyamyatvasaṃbhavāditi /
atra yogaśāstrasaṃmatimāha- eṣaiveti /
nirmāṇacittānyasmitāmātrātpravṛttibhede prayojakaṃ cittamekamanekeṣāmiti hi bhagavatpatañjalinā sūtritam /
yogino 'bhimānamātrānnirmāṇacittāni nirmāṇadeheṣu bhavanti, teṣāṃ niyāmakamanādicittamityarthaḥ

END BsCom_4,4.5.15
START BsCom_4,4.6.16
kathaṃ punaḥ muktasya anekaśarīra āveśādilakṣaṇam aiśvaryam abhyupagamyate yāvatā 'tatkena kaṃ vijānīyāt' (bṛ. 4.5.15) 'na tu taddvitīyamasti tato 'nyadvibhaktaṃ yadvijānīyāt' (bṛ. 4.3.30) 'salila eko draṣṭādvaito bhavati' (bṛ. 4.3.32) iti ca evañjātīyakā śrutiḥ viśeṣavijñānaṃ vārayati ityata uttaraṃ paṭhati -
svāpyayasaṃpatyor anyatarāpekṣam āviṣkṛtaṃ hi | BBs_4,4.16 |
svāpyayaḥ suṣuptam 'svamapīto bhavati tasmādenaṃ svapitītyācakṣate' (chā. 6.8.1) iti śruteḥ /
saṃpattiḥ kaivalyam, 'brahmaiva sanbrahmāpyeti' (bṛ. 4.4.6) iti śruteḥ /
tayoḥ anyatarām avasthām apekṣya etat viśeṣasaṃjñābhāva vacanam /
kvacit suṣupta avasthām apekṣya ucyate kvacit kaivalya avasthām /
katham avagamyate yataḥ tatra eva etat adhikāravaśāt āviṣkṛtam 'etebhyo bhūtebhyaḥ samutthāya tānyevānu vinaśyati na pretya saṃjñāstīti' (bṛ. 2.4.14) 'yatra tvasya sarvamātmaivābhūt' (bṛ. 2.4.14) 'yatra supto na kañcana kāmaṃ kāmayate na kañcana svapnaṃ paśyati' (bṛ. 4.3.19, māṇḍū. 5) ityādi śrutibhyaḥ /
saguṇavidyāvipāka avasthānaṃ tu etat svargādivat avasthāntaraṃ yatra etat aiśvaryam upavarṇyate /
tasmāt adoṣaḥ

uttarasūtravyāvartyaśaṅkāmāha- kathaṃ punariti /
salilavatsalilaḥ, svaccha ityarthaḥ /
na tu taddvitīyamastīti kvacitsuṣuptimadhikṛtyoktaṃ 'tatkena kam'ityādi kvacinmuktiṃ prakṛtyoktam /
evaṃ viśeṣajñānābhāvavacanaṃ suṣuptimuktyanyatarāpekṣaṃ saguṇopāsakasya bhogoktau na virudhyate bhinnaviṣayatvādityāha- svāpyayeti /
tatraiva śrutau tadadhikāravaśātsuṣuptyādiprakaraṇabalāt, uktavacanānāmanyatarāpekṣatvamāviṣkṛtaṃ hi yatastato 'vagamyata ityarthaḥ /
atra samutthānādivākyaṃ muktiviṣayaṃ yatra suptā iti suptiviṣayamiti vibhāgaḥ

END BsCom_4,4.6.16
START BsCom_4,4.7.17
7 jagat vyāpāra adhikaraṇam / sū. 17-22
jagadvyāpāravarjaṃ prakaraṇād asaṃnihitatvāc ca | BBs_4,4.17 |
ye saguṇabrahma upāsanāt saha eva manasā īśvarasāyujyaṃ vrajanti kiṃ teṣāṃ niravagraham aiśvaryaṃ bhavati āhosvit sāvagraham iti saṃśayaḥ /
kiṃ tāvat prāptam /
niraṅ kuśameva eṣām aiśvaryaṃ bhavitum arhati 'āpnoti svārājyam' (tai. 1.6.2) 'sarve 'smai devā balimāvahanti' (tai. 1.5.3) 'teṣāṃ sarveṣu lokeṣu kāmacāro bhavati' (chā. 7.25.2, 8.1.6) ityādi śrutibhya iti /
evaṃ prāpte paṭhati - jagat vyāpāravarjam iti /
jagat utpattyādi vyāpāraṃ varjayitvā anyat aṇimādi ātmakam aiśvaryaṃ muktānāṃ bhavitum arhati jagat vyāpāraḥ tu nityasiddhasya eva īśvarasya /
kutaḥ - tasya tatra prakṛtatvāt asaṃnihitatvāt ca itareṣām /
para eva hi īśvaro jagat vyāpāre adhikṛtaḥ /
tam eva prakṛtya utpattyādi upadeśāt /
nityaśabdanibandhanatvāt ca /
tat anveṣaṇavijijñāsanapūrvakaṃ tu itareṣām aṇimādi aiśvaryaṃ śrūyate /
tena asaṃnihitāḥ te jagat vyāpāre /
samanaskatvāt eva ca eteṣām anaikamatye kasyacit sthiti abhiprāyaḥ kasyacit saṃhāra abhiprāya iti evaṃ virodhaḥ api kadācit syāt /
atha kasyacit saṃkalpam anvayasya saṃkalpa iti avirodhaḥ samarthyeta tataḥ parameśvara ākūtatantratvam eva itareṣām iti vyavatiṣṭhate

jagadvyāpāravarjam /
saṃkalpādevetyādinoktaiśvaryasya jagatsṛṣṭyādivyatiriktaviṣayatvenātrāpavādātsaṃgatiḥ /
ubhayathā darśanātsaṃśayaḥ /
īśvaranānātvaṃ pūrvapakṣaphalaṃ, siddhānte tu vidyāyogināmīśvaraniyamyatvādekasya nityasiddhasyeśvarasyaiva jagatkartṛtvasiddhiriti vivekaḥ /
pralayātsargasamaye yasyekṣaṇapūrvaṃ kartṛtvaṃ śrutau prakṛtaṃ tasyaiva niyantṛtvādirjagadvyāpāraḥ /
naddhyupāsakānāṃ dehaṃ vinekṣaṇaṃ saṃbhavati /
kiñceśvarasya nityasiddhatvācchabdaikasamadhigamyatvācca jagatsraṣṭṛtvaṃ yuktaṃ, na tu tatprasādalabdhasiddhīnāṃ jīvānāmityāha- nityaśabdanibandhanatvācceti /
kiñca viduṣāṃ samaprādhānye mitho virodhaḥ /
ekaṃ pratyanyeṣāṃ guṇatve tveka eveśvara ityāha- samanaskatvāditi

END BsCom_4,4.7.17
START BsCom_4,4.7.18
pratyakṣopadeśād iti cen nādhikārikamaṇḍalasthokteḥ | BBs_4,4.18 |
atha yat uktam 'āpnoti svārājyam' (tai. 1.6.2) ityādi pratyakṣa upadeśāt niravagraham aiśvaryaṃ viduṣāṃ nyāyyam iti tatparihartavyam /
atra ucyate /
na ayaṃ doṣaḥ /
ādhikārikamaṇḍalastha ukteḥ /
ādhikāriko yaḥ savitṛmaṇḍalādiṣu viśeṣa āyataneṣu avasthitaḥ para īśvaraḥ tadāyatta eva iyaṃ svārājyaprāptiḥ ucyate /
yatkāraṇam anantaram 'āpnoti manasaspatim' (tai. 1.6.2) ityāha /
yo hi sarvamanasāṃ patiḥ pūrvasiddha īśvaraḥ taṃ prāpnoti iti etat uktaṃ bhavati /
tat anusāreṇa eva ca anantaram 'vākpatiścakṣuṣpatiḥ śrotrapatirvijñānapatiśca bhavati' (tai. 1.6.2) ityāha /
evam anyatra api yathāsaṃbhavaṃ nityasiddha īśvara āyattam eva itareṣām aiśvaryaṃ yojayitavyam

adhikāre niyojayatyādityādīnityādhikārikaḥ, sa cāsau maṇḍalasthaśca tasya prāpyatvokterityarthaḥ /
manasaspatiḥ sūryamaṇḍalāntaḥsthaḥ paramātmā 'tat saviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi /
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt'iti śruteḥ /
tathāca yadi pūrvaṃ niraṅkuśaṃ svārājyamuktaṃ syāttarhi īśvarasyāgre prāpyatāṃ na brūyāt /
ato bhoge svārājyaṃ na jagajjanmādiṣviti bhāvaḥ /
vākpatitvādikamapīśvarādhīśvarādhīnamityāha- tadanusāreṇeti /
uktanyāyaṃ kāmacārādivākyeṣvatidiśati- evamiti

END BsCom_4,4.7.18
START BsCom_4,4.7.19
vikārāvarti ca tathā hi sthitim āha | BBs_4,4.19 |
vikārāvartyapi ca nityamuktaṃ pārameśvaraṃ rūpaṃ na kevalaṃ vikāramātragocaraṃ savitṛmaṇḍalādi adhiṣṭhānam /
tathā hi asya dvirūpāṃ sthitim āha āmnāyaḥ 'tāvānasya mahimā tato jyāyāṃśca puruṣaḥ /
pādo 'sya sarvā bhūtāni, tripādasyāmṛtaṃ divi' (chā. 3.12.6) iti evamādiḥ /
na ca tat nirvikāraṃ rūpam itara ālambanāḥ prāpnuvanti iti śakyaṃ vaktum atatkratutvāt teṣām /
ataḥ ca yathā eva dvirūpe parameśvare nirguṇaṃ rūpam anavāpya saguṇa eva avatiṣṭhanta evaṃ saguṇaḥ api niravagraham aiśvaryam anavāpya sāvagraha eva avatiṣṭhanta iti draṣṭavyam

jagadvyāpāra upāsakaprāpyaḥ tadupāsyaniṣṭhatvātsaṃkalpasiddhyādivadityāśaṅkyopāsyasthanirguṇasvarūpe vyabhicāramāha- vikārāvarti ceti

END BsCom_4,4.7.19
START BsCom_4,4.7.20
darśayataś caivaṃ pratyakṣānumāne | BBs_4,4.20 |
darśayataḥ ca vikāra āvartitvaṃ parasya jyotiṣaḥ śruti smṛtī /
'na tatra sūryo bhāti na candratārakaṃ nemā vidyuto bhānti kuto 'yamagniḥ' (kaṭha. 5.15, śvetā. 6.14, muṇḍa. 2.2.10) iti /
'na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅ ko na pāvakaḥ' (gī. 15.6) iti ca /
tat evaṃ vikāra āvartitvaṃ parasya jyotiṣaḥ prasiddham iti abhiprāyaḥ

nirguṇasvarūpe pramāṇamāha- darśayataśceti /
yathā jñānābhāvānnirguṇaṃ na prāptaṃ tathā dhyānābhāvājjagatsraṣṭṛtvādi na prāpyate /
dhyānābhāvaśca vidhyabhāvāditi bhāvaḥ

END BsCom_4,4.7.20
START BsCom_4,4.7.21
bhogamātrasāmyaliṅgāc ca | BBs_4,4.21 |
itaḥ ca na niraṅ kuśaṃ vikāra ālambanānām aiśvaryaṃ yasmāt bhogamātram eva eṣām anādisiddhena īśvareṇa samānam iti śrūyate - 'tamāhāpo vai khalu mīyante loko 'sau' iti 'sa yathaitāṃ devatāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyavantyevaṃ haivaṃvidaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyavanti teno etasyai devatāyai sāyujyaṃ salokatāṃ jayati'(bṛ. 1.5.23) ityādibhedavyapadeśaliṅgebhyaḥ

tamupāsakaṃ brahmalokagatamāha-hiraṇyagarbhaḥ mayā khalvimā āpo amṛtarūpā mīyante bhujyante tavāpyasau loko 'mṛtodakalakṣaṇa ityarthaḥ /
śrutyantaramāha- sa yatheti /
bhogasāmye sa dṛṣṭānto yathetyarthaḥ /
teno ityuśabdo 'pyarthaḥ /
salokatāmapītyanvayaḥ /
sāyujyaṃ samānadehatvaṃ krameṇa muktirvā

END BsCom_4,4.7.21
START BsCom_4,4.7.22
nanu evaṃ sati sātiśayatvāt antavattvam aiśvaryasya syāt tataḥ ca eṣām āvṛttiḥ prasajyeta ityata uttaraṃ bhagavān bādarāyaṇa ācāryaḥ paṭhati -
anāvṛttiḥ śabdād anāvṛttiḥ śabdāt | BBs_4,4.22 |
nāḍīraśmisamanvitena arcirādiparvaṇā devayānena pathā ye brahmalokaṃ śāstroktaviśeṣaṇaṃ gacchanti yasminnaraśca ha vai ṇyaścārṇavau brahmaloke tṛtīyasyāmito divi yasminnaśvatthaḥ somasavano yasminnaparājitā pūrbrahmaṇo yasmiṃśca prabhuvimitaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ veśma yaścānekadhā mantrārthavādādipradeśeṣu prapañcyate te taṃ prāpya na candralokādivabhuktabhogā āvartante /
kutaḥ /
'tayordhvamāyannamṛtatvameti' (chā. 8.6.6, kaṭha. 6.16) 'teṣāṃ na punarāvṛttiḥ' (bṛ. 6.2.15) 'brahmalokamabhisaṃpadyate' (chā. 8.15.1) 'na ca punarāvartate' (chā. 8.15.1) ityādi śabdebhyaḥ /
antavattve api tu aiśvaryasya yathā anāvṛttiḥ tathā varṇitam 'kāryātyaye tadadhyakṣeṇa sahātaḥparam' (bra.sū. 4.3.10) ityatra /
samyak darśanavidhvasta tamasāṃ tu nityasiddhanirvāṇaparāyaṇānāṃ siddha eva anāvṛttiḥ tadāśrayaṇena eva hi nityasiddhanirvāṇaparāyaṇānāṃ siddhā eva anāvṛttiḥ tadāśrayaṇena eva hi saguṇaśaraṇānām api anāvṛttisiddhiḥ iti /
anāvṛttiḥ śabdāt anāvṛttiḥ śabdāt iti sūtra abhyāsaḥ śāstraparisamāptiṃ dyotayati

śāstrasamāptiṃ sūcayantsūtrakāraṃ pūjayati- bhagavāniti /
bhagavattvaṃ sarvajñatvam /
sūtradvārā śiṣyāṇāmācāre sthāpanādācāryatvam /
bādarāyaṇapadena badarikāśramavāsoktyā nityasarvajñasya paramagurornārāyaṇasya prasādadyotanāttapraṇītaśāstre niravadyatāṃ dyotayati /
saguṇavidyāyāḥ sātiśayaphalatve 'pi tato nirguṇavidyānāvṛttirityāha- anāvṛttiḥ śabdādanāvṛttiḥ śabdāt /
ye brahmalokaṃ gacchanti te taṃ prāpya nāvartante iti saṃbandhaḥ /
lokaṃ viśinaṣṭi- yasminniti /
ito 'smātpṛthivīlokāttṛtīyasyāṃ divi yo brahmalokastasminnara iti ṇya iti cārṇakatulyau sudhāhṛdāvityarthaḥ /
airamannamayaṃ, madīyaṃ madakaraṃ saraḥ, somasavanaḥ amṛtavarṣī /
yadyapi teṣāmiha na punarāvṛttirimaṃ mānavamiti ca śrutiṣvihemamiti viśeṣaṇādasminkalpe brahmalokaṃ gatānāṃ kalpāntare āvṛttirbhāti, tathāpīśvaropāstiṃ vinā pañcāganividyāśvamedhadṛḍhabrahmacaryādisādhanairye gatāsteṣāṃ tattvajñānaniyamābhāvādāvṛttiḥ syāt, ye tu daharādīśvaropāstyā gatāsteṣāṃ saguṇavidyāphalakṣaye 'pi niravagraheśvarānugrahalabdhātmajñānānmuktiriti niyama ityabhipretyāha- antavattve 'pi tviti /
nanvatra sūtrakṛtā saguṇavidāmevānāvṛttikrama ukto na nirguṇavidāṃ tatra ko heturityāśaṅkya teṣāmāvṛttiśaṅkābhāvādityāha- samyagiti /
tadāśrayaṇeneti /
saguṇavidāmāvṛttiprāptau samyagdarśanāśrayaṇenaivānāvṛttiḥ sādhitā, ataḥ svata eva samyagdarśināmāvṛttiśaṅkā neti kimu vācyamityarthaḥ /
yatrādhyāyasamāptistatra padamātrasyābhyāso darśitaḥ, iha sūtrasyaivābhyāsācchāstrasamāptirdyetyata ityāha- anāvṛttiḥ śabdāditi /
evaṃ samanvayoktyā brahmātmaikyasya vedāntapramāṇakatvamavadhārayituṃ vākyārthajñāne smṛtitarkādisarvaprakāravirodhaḥ parihṛtaḥ, sādhanasaṃpattiśca darśitā, tasmādvivekādisādhanasaṃpannasya śravaṇādyāvṛttinirastasamastapratibandhasyākhaṇḍātmasaṃbodhātsamūlabandhadhvaṃse satyāvirbhūtaniṣkalaṅkānantarasvaprakāśacidānandātmanāvasthānamiti siddham

END BsCom_4,4.7.22
iti śrīmacchārīrakamīmāṃsābhāṣye śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmadgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyaśrīmacchaṅkarabhagavatpūjyapādakṛtau caturthādhyāyasya caturthaḥ pādaḥ