Grihya Sutras

SR No.: 007685
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1886
Total Pages: 2642
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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INTRODUCTION.
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Adhik. III (4).-To the rule laid down in the preceding adhikarana the so-called pratîkopâsanas, i.e. those meditations in which Brahman is viewed under a symbol or outward manifestation (as, for instance, mano brahmety upâsîta) constitute an exception, i.e. the devotee is not to consider the pratîka as constituting his own Self.
Adhik. IV (5).—In the pratîkopâsanas the pratîka is to be meditatively viewed as being one with Brahman, not Brahman as being one with the pratîka.-Râmânuga takes Sûtra 5 as simply giving a reason for the decision arrived at under Sûtra 4, and therefore as not constituting a new adhikarana.
Adhik. V (6).-In meditations connected with constitutives of sacrificial works (as, for instance, ya evâsau tapati tam udgîtham upâsîta) the idea of the divinity, &c. is to be transferred to the sacrificial item, not vice versa. In the example quoted, for instance, the udgîtha is to be viewed as Aditya, not Âditya as the udgîtha.
Adhik. VI (7-10).—The devotee is to carry on his meditations in a sitting posture.-Sankara maintains that this rule does not apply to those meditations whose result is samyagdarsana; but the Sûtra gives no hint to that effect.
Adhik. VII (11).-The meditations may be carried on at any time, and in any place, favourable to concentration of mind.
Adhik. VIII (12).-The meditations are to be continued until death.-Sankara again maintains that those meditations which lead to samyagdarsana are excepted.
Adhik. IX (13).—When through those meditations the knowledge of Brahman has been reached, the vidvån is no longer affected by the consequences of either past or future evil deeds.
Adhik. X (14). Good deeds likewise lose their efficiency. -The literal translation of the Sûtra is, 'There is likewise non-attachment (to the vidvân) of the other (i. e. of the deeds other than the evil ones, i. e. of good deeds), but on the fall (of the body, i.e. when death takes place).' The last words of the Sûtra, 'but on the fall,' are separated by Sankara from the preceding part of the Sûtra and interpreted to mean, when death takes place (there results mukti of
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