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Brahma Sutras

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ॐ रचनानुपपत्तेश्च नानुमानम् ॐ ॥ २-२-१ ॥

The inferred one (Pradhana) is not (the cause) owing to the impossibility of explaining the design, as also for other reasons.

english translation

ॐ प्रवृत्तेश्च ॐ ॥ २-२-२॥

And the inferred (Pradhana) cannot be the cause, since the tendency to create (cannot logically arise in it).

english translation

ॐ पयोऽम्बुवच्चेत्तत्रापि ॐ ॥ २-२-३॥

If it be claimed (that Pradhana acts spontaneously) like milk and water, then even there (intelligence is the guide).

english translation

ॐ व्यतिरेकानवस्थितेश्चानपेक्षत्वात् ॐ ॥ २-२-४॥

And (Pradhana is not the cause) since (nothing extraneous to it exists, so that) it has nothing to rely on (for impulsion to or stoppage from action).

english translation

ॐ अन्यत्राभावाच्च न तृणादिवत् ॐ ॥ २-२-५॥

And Pradhana cannot change (automatically) like grass etc., (into milk in a cow) for such a change does not occur elsewhere (e.g. in a bull).

english translation