Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya)
by Swami Vireshwarananda | 1936 | 124,571 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the commentary (Bhashya) of Shankara. The Brahma-sutra (or, Vedanta-sutra) is one of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy and represents an early exposition the Vedantic interpretation of the Upanishads. This edition has the original Sanskrit text, the r...
Preface
Some centres of the Ramakrishna Order have for some years past been bringing out important scriptures of the Hindus with text, word for word jendcring, running translation and notes based on authoritative commentaries, in order to make them iccesible to the English-knowing public whose knowledge of Sanskrit is limited. The Bhagavad-Gita by Swami Swarupananda published by the Advaita Âshrama, Mayavati, and eight major Upanishads by Swami Sharvananda published by the Ramakrishna Math, Madras, have already become popular. An edition of the Brahma-Sutras on similar lines was over-due. The present work is intended to fulfil this want and to complete in this series the Prasthanatraya according to the interpretations of Sankara. The word for word translation is very literal, but the running translation is made as literal as possible consistent with easy reading. In some places the translation of quotations from the Upanishads are taken from Max Müller’s edition of the Upanishads and the quotations of the Sri Bhashya from Dr. Thibaut’s edition of the book (Sacred Books of the East Series), both with slight adaptations.
It is hoped the volume will be a fitting companion to the other Sanskrit works published by the Ramakrishna Order.
S.V.