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Chapter I of the Brahma Sutras by Swami Sivananda, The Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India
Brahma Sutras
by
Sw am i Sivananda
The Divine Life Society
Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India
TABLE OF CONTENTS

qPreface
qPrayers
qIntroduction

CHAP TER I - SAMANVAYA ADHYAYA
Section 1 (Sutras 1-31)

qIntroduction and Synopsis
qJijnasadhikaranam: Topic 1 (Sutra 1)
qJanmadyadhikaranam: Topic 2 (Sutra 2)
qSastrayonitvadhikaranam: Topic 3 (Sutra 3)
qSamanvayadhikaranam: Topic 4 (Sutra 4)
qIkshatyadyadhikaranam: Topic 5 (Sutras 5-11)
qAnandamayadhikaranam: Topic 6 (Sutras 12-19)
qAntaradhikaranam: Topic 7 (Sutras 20-21)
qAkasadhikaranam: Topic 8 (Sutra 22)
qPranadhikaranam: Topic 9 (Sutra 23)
qJyotischaranadhikaranam: Topic 10 (Sutras 24-27)
qPratardanadhikaranam: Topic 11 (Sutras 28-31)

Section 2 (Sutras 32-63)

qIntroduction and Synopsis
qSarvatra Prasiddhyadhikaranam: Topic 1 (Sutras 1-8)
qAttradhikaranam: Topic 2 (Sutras 9-10)
qGuhapravishtadhikaranam: Topic 3 (Sutras 11-12)
qAntaradhikaranam: Topic 4 (Sutras 13-17)
qAntaryamyadhikaranam: Topic 5 (Sutras 18-20)
qAdrisyatvadhikaranam: Topic 6 (Sutras 21-23)
qVaisvanaradhikaranam: Topic 7 (Sutras 24-32)

Section 3 (Sutras 64-106)

qIntroduction and Synopsis
qDyubhvadyadhikaranam : Topic 1 (Sutras 1-7)
qBhumadhikaranam: Topic 2 (Sutras 8-9)

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Chapter I of the Brahma Sutras by Swami Sivananda, The Divine Life Society, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India

qAksharadhikaranam: Topic 3 (Sutras 10-12)
qIkshatikarmavyapadesadhikaranam: Topic 4 (Sutra 13)
qDaharadhikaranam: Topic 5 (Sutras 14-21)
qAnukrityadhikaranam: Topic 6 (Sutras 22-23)
qPramitadhikaranam: Topic 7 (Sutras 24-25)
qDevatadhikaranam: Topic 8 (Sutras 26-33)
qApasudradhikaranam: Topic 9 (Sutras 34-38)
qKampanadhikaranam: Topic 10 (Sutra 39)
qJyotiradhikaranam: Topic 11 (Sutra 40)
qArthantaratvadivyapadesadhikaranam: Topic 12 (Sutra 41)
qSushuptyutkrantyadhikaranam: Topic 13 (Sutras 42-43)

Section 4 (Sutras 107-134)

qIntroduction and Synopsis
qAnumanikadhikaranam: Topic 1 (Sutras 1-7)
qChamasadhikaranam: Topic 2 (Sutras 8-10)
qSankhyopasangrahadhikaranam: Topic 3 (Sutras 11-13)
qKaranatvadhikaranam: Topic 4 (Sutras 14-15)
qBalakyadhikaranam: Topic 5 (Sutras 16-18)
qVakyanvayadhikaranam: Topic 6 (Sutras 19-22)
qPrakrtyadhikaranam: Topic 7 (Sutra 23-27)
qSarvavyakhyanadhikaranam: Topic 8 (Sutra 28)

To
Sri Vyasa Bhagavan
Sri Jagadguru Sankaracharya
and
Srimad Appayya Dikshitar
P REFACE
It need not be over-emphasised that the Brahma Sutras, or the Nyaya-
Prasthana of the triad of Indian Philosophical treatises hold supreme sway over
the later rationalistic and scholastic developments. Right from the mighty brain of
Sankara down to the master-intellects like Sriharsha, Chitsukha and

Madhusudana, the main polemics have been occupied with the task of establishing the doctrine of Absolute Monism and refuting the views contrary to it, by appeal to logic as well as authority alike, which find their seeds already sown in the Brahma Sutras. The founder of a new religious and philosophical school had simply to write a new commentary on the Brahma Sutras so that his view may be accepted by the mass of people. Such is the authority of the Brahma Sutras, the work of

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Baadarayana.
Commentaries there have been many on the Brahma Sutras, but either they

are too short and insufficient to be useful for a comprehensive study of the Sutras,
or are extremely tough and abstruse to be utilised by men of ordinary
understanding. This work of Swami Sivananda is of aUn iq u e type in itself,
unrivalled by any other. This commentary is neither too short to be useless, nor
too verbose to be unintelligible, but follows av ia m e d ia course, useful to one and
all, mainly the spiritual aspirants, who want thought, not mere word.

Swamiji has got his own inimitable way of writing, which is a boon to the

inquisitive student on the spiritual path. All real aspirants after Truth should
possess this book, for it is a guide-light that is capable of steering them across the
sea of ignorance and doubt.

Swamiji has left nothing unsaid that may be useful to the student of the Brahma Sutras, and in addition has given useful information which will not be found in other notes and commentaries. The division of each Pada into the relevant Adhikaranas marking at the same time the number of Sutras they

contain, the subject matter they treat of, and the accompaniment of each Sutra by
the serial number from the very beginning is for the use and guidance of the
student. An elaborate introduction precedes the work in addition to a short
introduction and a summary of the different Adhikaranas preceding each Pada.
These are all a boon to the student of the Brahma Sutras for which the
incomparable Swamiji has to be eulogised. Each Sutra also contains a word-by-
word meaning and a running translation.

More need not be said than that the production is a marvellous one. Swamiji has completed his annotations on the Prasthanatraya with his Brahma Sutras. His writings are too famous to necessitate further introduction.

The text of the Brahma Sutras has been included herein to enable the readers
to do Svadhyaya and get them by heart for purposes of meditation.
Sri Vyasa Purnima
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
28th July, 1999
DHYANA SLOKAS
I prostrate myself before that Guru, the Existence, devoid of the three Gunas,

beyond comprehension, the witness of all mental functions, changeless and pure,
one and eternal, transcending the pairs of opposites, expansive like the sky,
reachable through the sentences like 'Thou art That', the Bliss of Brahman, the
Giver of Supreme Happiness, the Mass of Absolute Wisdom.

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