Brahma Sutras

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ॐ प्रथमेऽश्रवणादिति चेन्न ता एव ह्युपपत्तेः ॐ ॥ ३.१.५॥

sanskrit

If it be objected (that water does not come to be known as man), since it is not heard of in the first instance, then not so, for on logical grounds, water itself is meant.

english translation

OM prathame'zravaNAditi cenna tA eva hyupapatteH OM || 3.1.5||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brahma-sutras/3/1/5

ॐ प्रथमेऽश्रवणादिति चेन्न ता एव ह्युपपत्तेः ॐ ॥ ३.१.५॥

sanskrit

If it be objected (that water does not come to be known as man), since it is not heard of in the first instance, then not so, for on logical grounds, water itself is meant.

english translation

OM prathame'zravaNAditi cenna tA eva hyupapatteH OM || 3.1.5||

hk transliteration by Sanscript