वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[sū. 2. 1. 1.
ADH. 1.] VEDĀNTA-KAUSTUBHA 271
(Mahā. 13.7391; 7399–7400¹). And the statements by Him whose
feet are worshipped by all the composers of Smṛtis are as follows:
‘“I am the source of all, from me everything arises”’ (Gītā 10.8),
‘“I am the source, likewise, the dissolution of the entire universe”’
(Gītā 7.6). Parāśara, too, declares: ‘“The universe has arisen from
Viṣṇu, and in Him alone it is grounded. He is the cause of the sub-
sistence and control of the universe and He is the universe”’ (V.P.
1.1.35²). The sense is that if the view of Kapila be accepted as
conducive to the Vedānta, then all those above and other texts must
be contradicted. But the Manu-Smṛti and others are acceptable, since
they establish religious duties, which are meant to the knowledge of
Brahman, designated in the Veda, since they establish the qualities,
nature and the rest of Brahman, and since they are composed by those
who know the Veda. And in the Veda the cause of the world is
designated to be a sentient principle, in fact, none but Brahman.
Because of their opposition to this, the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti and the rest
are not acceptable. As the reverend Manu says: ‘Whatever Smṛtis
are outside the pale of the Veda, whatever heterodox doctrines there
are,—all of them are fruitless after death; these Smṛtis are given to
ignorance’ (Manu 12.95³). Further, the composer, too, of the Smṛti
which is opposed to the Veda (viz. the Sāṁkhya-Smṛti) is a certain
sage, called Kapila, like Kaṇāda and the rest, but is not the lord Kapila,
called Vāsudeva. As is declared by the Padma-purāṇa: ‘Kapila, called
Vāsudeva, told the principle of the Sāṁkhya, supported by the meaning
of all the Vedas, to the gods like Brahmā and the rest, and likewise
to Bhṛgu and others, likewise to Āsuri. Another Kapila told the
Sāṁkhya, opposed to all the Vedas and supported by false arguments,
to another Āsuri’. Kapila, mentioned in the scriptural text, should
be known to be Hiraṇyagarbha.
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¹ P. 258, lines 7, 18-19. Reading: ‘Etādṛśaḥ, Keśavo’taś ca bhūyo Nārā-
yaṇaḥ . . sambabhūsatāṁ . . . .’. Vaṅgavāsī ed. exactly similar,
only ‘babhūsatāṁ’ in place of ‘sambabhūsatāṁ’. P. 2017.
² P. 8.
³ P. 483.