Topic 3: Shaastrayonitvaadhikaranam [Shaastra: scripture, treatise; Yonitva: being the source of or the means of right knowledge; adhikaranam: section, topic, proposition]
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शास्त्रयोनित्वात् |
Shastrayonitvaat
The scripture being the source of right knowledge
Sastra(शास्त्र): scripture, treatise; Yonitva(योनित्व): being the source of or the means of right knowledge;
Commentary:
Scripture is the source or the means of the right knowledge through which you have a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the Brahman. As Brahman is formless, colorless, attribute-less, it cannot be grasped by the means of senses of direct perception. Since Brahman is attribute-less it cannot be established by inference or analogy. The omniscience of Brahman follows from him being the source of the scriptures. Sruti alone are the proof about Brahman
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