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 EverythingChapter 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 ObjectsChapter 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 EverywhereChapter 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