Ebook: Brahma Sutra Bhasya Of Shankaracharya

The Brahma Sutra is the third of the canonical texts and is regarded as the Nyaya-prasthana, because it sets forth the teachings of Vedanta in a logical order.The work is known by other names including Vedanta-sutra, Sariraka-sutra, and Bhiksu-sutra.
the Brahma Sutra Bhasya is an important but difficult Vedanta scripture. This is our most popular translation, and is regarded by some as indispensable for all students of Vedanta.
Includes word for word meaning of each aphorism under its Sanskrit text, followed by a running translation, with additional words in brackets for clarification.
Translation based primarily on the Ratnaprabha.

Table of Contents:-
Chapter 1. Samanvaya-Reconciliation Through Proper Interpretation
Section I
1. Deliberation on Brahman
2. Origin etc. of the Universe
3. Scripture as Source of Knowledge of Brahman
4. Upanishad Reveal Brahman
5. The First Cause Possessed of Consciousness
6. The Blissful One
7. The Being Inside
8. Space
9. Praia
10. Light
11. Pratardana
Section II
1. The Entity Known Everywhere
2. The Eater
3. The Two in the Cavity of the Heart
4. The Person in the Eye
5. The Internal Ruler
6. The One That Is Unseen etc.
7. Vaisvanara
Section III
1. The Abode of Heaven, Earth, etc.
2. Bhuman (Infinite, Plenitude)
3. Immutable
4. The Object of Seeing
5. Dahara (The Small Space)
6. Acting in Accordance
7. The Measured One
8. Gods
9. Pseudo-Sudra
10. Vibration
11. Light as Declared in the Upanishad
12. Space Is Brahman, Being Different from Name and Form
13. Sleep and Death
Section IV
1. The Inferred Entity
2. The Bowl
3. Statement of Number
4. Causality
S. Balaki
6. Correlation of Passages
7. Brahman as Material Cause
8. Explanation of Everything
Chapter 2. Avirodh A-Non-Contradiction
Section I
1. Conflict With Smrti
2. Refutation of Yoga
3. Difference in Nature
4. Non-Acceptance by the Wise
5. Brahman Becoming an Experiencer
6. Origin
7. Non-Performance of Good
8. Creation Without Materials
9. Wholesale Transformation
10. Possession of All Powers
11. Need of Motive
12. Partiality and Cruelty
13. Propriety of All the Characteristics
Section II
1. Samkhya View Refuted
2. Vedinika Objection Refuted
3. Atoms Not the Cause of Universe
4. Refutation of Buddhist Realists
5. Buddhist Idealism Refuted
6. Jaina View Refuted
7. God Is Not a Mere Superintendent
8. Bhagavata View Refuted
Section III
1. Origin of Space
2. Origin of Air
3. Origin of Brahman Denied
4. Origin of Fire
5. Origin of Water
7. Creation From God's Deliberation
S. Reverse Order of Dissolution
9. The Origin of Mind and Intellect
10. Birth and Death
11. Origin of the Soul
12. Eternally Conscious Soul
13. Soul's Dimensions
14. Soul as Agent
15. The Soul Under Two Conditions
16. Soul's Agentship Derived From God
17. Relation of Soil and God
Section IV
1. Origin of the Pranas
2. Number of Pranas
3. Atomic Pranas
5. Nature of Pranas
6.. Prioa Is Atomic
7. Presiding Deities
8. Prana and Pranas
9. Creation of Gross Objects
Chapter 3. Sadhana-Spiritual Practice
Section I
Introduction
1. Departure From the Body
2. Return of the Souls
3. Fate of Evil-Doers
4. Similarity With Space Etc. During Descent
5. Intervening Period of Descent
6. The Souls in Plants and Thereafter
Section II
1. Dream State
2. The Soul in Deep Sleep
3. The Same Soul Returns From Sleep
4. Soul in Swoon
5. The Nature of Brahman
6. Unconditioned Brahman and Soul
7. Brahman One Without a Second
8. Fruits of Action
Section III
1. Sameness of Meditation
2. Combination of Traits
3. Difference of Meditations
4. Specification of Om
5. Sameness of the Meditation on Praraa
6. Combination and Non-Combination of Attributes of Brahman
7. Puru$a as the Highest in KaTha
8. The Supreme Self in Aitareya
9. Acamana and Meditation on Praia
10. Same Meditation in the Same Branch
11. No Combination in Meditation on Satya-Brahman
12. Attributes of Brahman in Raiayaniya Not to Be Combined Elsewhere
13. Puru$a-Vidya in Chandogya and Taittiriya
14: Non-Combination of Disparate Traits
15. Rejection and Reception of Merit
16. Discarding Virtue and Vice at Death
17. Paths of Those Who Know or Do Not Know the Qualified Brahman
18. The Path of Gods Is for All Worshippers of Qualified Brahman
19. People With a Mission
20. Conceptions of the Immutable
21. Same Conception in Mura4aka and Katha
22. The Inmost Self in Brhadaranyaka
23. Reciprocity of Conceptions
24. Satya-Brahman in Brhadaaranyaka
25. Combination of Traits in Brhadararnyaka and Chandogya
26. Agnihotra to Prarp
27. Meditations Connected With Rites Are Not Obligatory
28. Meditations on Pra4a and Vayu
29. Fires in Agni-Rahasya Not Parts of Sacrifice
30. The Self Distinct From Body
31. Meditations Connected With Accessories of Rites
32. Meditation on Vaiivanara as a Whole
33. When Meditations Differ
34. Alternative Meditations
35. Meditations Yielding Worldly Results
36. Meditations Based on Subsidiaries
Section IV
1. Knowledge Not a Subsidiary of Rites
2. Sannyasa Prescribed by Scriptures
3. Injunctions for Meditation Not Eulogistic
4. Upani$adic Stories
5. Sannyasins Free From Rituals
7. Restrictions About Food
8. Duties of Orders of Life Should He Fulfilled
9. Knowledge for People Outside Orders
10. Defection From Monasticism
11. Expiation for Transgression of Celibacy
12. They Are to Be Excommunicated
14. Injunction About Meditativeness
15. The Childlike State
16. Time of Fruition of Knowledge
17. Liberation Is Uniform Everywhere
Chapter 4. Phala-Result
Section I
1. Repetition of Meditations etc.
2. Identity of the Self with Brahman
3. No Self-identity with Symbols
4. Superimposition of the Higher on the Lower
S. Subordinate parts of Rites As the Sun etc.
6. Meditation in a Sitting Posture
7. No Restriction of Place
8. Meditation till Death
9. Knowledge Destroys all Results of Actions
10. No Remnant of Virtue Even
11. Past Accumulated Results are Destroyed
12. Agnihotra etc.
13. Rites Unaccompanied by Meditation
14. Experience of the Active Merit and Demerit
Section II
1. At Death the Organs Merge in Mind
2. Mind Merges invPrana V
3. Praia Merges Into the Soul
4. Departure of the Enlightened and the Unenlightened
5. Relative Merger of Fire Etc.
6. No Departure for a Knower of Brahman
7. The Organs of the Knower Merge in Brahman
8. Absolute Absorption of the Constituents..
9. Departure of One Who Knows the Qualified Brahman
10. The Soul Follows the Rays of the Sun
11. Soul's Journey During the Sun's Southern Course
Section III
1. Only One Path to the World of Brahman
2. The Departing Soul Reaches Air After Year
3. The Soul Proceeds From Lightning to Varuia
4. Guiding Deities
S. The Path Leads to the Conditioned Brahman
6. Worship With and Without Symbols
Section IV
1. Nature of Freedom
2. Liberated Soul Inseparable From Brahman
3. Characteristics of the Liberated Soul
4. Fulfilment of Desire Through Will
5. Body After Reaching Brahma-Loka
6. Entry Into Many Bodies
7. Acquisition of Divine Powers