असति प्रतिज्ञोपरोधो यौगपद्यमन्यथा ॥ २१ ॥ asati pratijñoparodho yaugapadyamanyathā || 21 || asati—If non-existence (of cause) be assumed; pratijña-uparodhaḥ—contradiction of the …
Brahma Sutra 2.2.20
उत्तरोत्पादे च पूर्वनिरोधात् ॥ २० ॥ uttarotpāde ca pūrvanirodhāt || 20 || uttarotpāde—At the time of the production of the subsequent thing; ca—and; purva-nirodhāt—because the …
Brahma Sutra 2.2.19
इतरेतरप्रत्ययत्वादिति चेत्, न, उत्पत्तिमात्रनिमित्तत्वात् ॥ १९ ॥ itaretarapratyayatvāditi cet, na, utpattimātranimittatvāt || 19 || itaretara-pratyayatvāt—Because of successive causality; iti …
Brahma Sutra 2.2.18
समुदाय उभयहेतुकेऽपि तदप्राप्तिः ॥ १८ ॥ samudāya ubhayahetuke'pi tadaprāptiḥ || 18 || samudāye—The aggregate; ubhaya-hetuke—having for its cause the two; api—even; tat-aprāptiḥ—it …
Brahma Sutra 2.2.17
अपरिग्रहाच्चात्यन्तमनपेक्षा ॥ १७ ॥ aparigrahāccātyantamanapekṣā || 17 || aparigrahāt—Because it is not accepted; ca—and; atyantam—completely; anapekṣā—to be rejected. 17. And because …
Brahma Sutra 2.2.16
उभयथा च दोषात् ॥ १६ ॥ ubhayathā ca doṣāt || 16 || ubhayathā—In either case; ca—and; doṣāt—because of. 16. And because of defects in either case (the atomic theory is …