Brahma Sutras

siva.sh/brahma-sutras/3/4/16

ॐ उपमर्दं च ॐ ॥ ३.४.१६॥

sanskrit

Moreover, (from knowledge comes) the destruction (of the whole world).

english translation

OM upamardaM ca OM || 3.4.16||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brahma-sutras/3/4/17

ॐ ऊर्ध्वरेतस्सु च शब्दे हि ॐ ॥ ३.४.१७॥

sanskrit

And knowledge belongs to the monks, for they are met with in the Vedas.

english translation

OM Urdhvaretassu ca zabde hi OM || 3.4.17||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brahma-sutras/3/4/18

ॐ परामर्शं जैमिनिरचोदना चापवदिति हि ॐ ॥ ३.४.१८॥

sanskrit

Jaimini thinks that to be an allusion to other stages and no injunction; and (this is so) since the scripture condemns them.

english translation

OM parAmarzaM jaiminiracodanA cApavaditi hi OM || 3.4.18||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brahma-sutras/3/4/19

ॐ अनुष्ठेयं बादरायणः साम्यश्रुतेः ॐ ॥ ३.४.१९॥

sanskrit

Badarayana thinks that the other orders of life are also to be observed, since Vedic texts speak equally of all the stages of life.

english translation

OM anuSTheyaM bAdarAyaNaH sAmyazruteH OM || 3.4.19||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brahma-sutras/3/4/20

ॐ विधिर्वा धारणवत् ॐ ॥ ३.४.२०॥

sanskrit

Or rather it is an injunction as in the case of holding the sacrificial fuel.

english translation

OM vidhirvA dhAraNavat OM || 3.4.20||

hk transliteration by Sanscript