Śloka 1.1
अथातो ब्रह्मजिज्ञासा ॥
athāto brahmajijñāsā ||
Universal Translation
Now, therefore, the inquiry into Brahman begins.
athāto brahmajijñāsā ||
Universal Translation
Now, therefore, the inquiry into Brahman begins.
janmādyasya yataḥ ||
Universal Translation
From which proceed the origin, sustenance, and dissolution of this universe.
śāstrayonitvāt ||
Universal Translation
Because the scripture (Veda) is the sole valid means of knowing Brahman, and because Brahman is the author of scripture.
tattu samanvayāt ||
Universal Translation
But that Brahman is known through the complete harmony of all Vedantic passages.
īkṣaternāśabdam ||
Universal Translation
Because seeing (thinking/willing) is attributed to the Cause in scripture, the insentient Pradhana of Sankhya is not that Cause.
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