Word meanings
- ṛṣibhiḥ
- by great sages
- bahudhā
- in manifold ways
- gītam
- sung
- chandobhiḥ
- in Vedic hymns
- vividhaiḥ
- various
- pṛthak
- variously
- brahma-sūtra
- the Brahma Sūtra
- padaiḥ
- by the hymns
- ca
- and
- eva
- especially
- hetu-madbhiḥ
- with logic
- viniścitaiḥ
- conclusive evidence
Translations
Sages have sung in many ways, with various distinctive chants and also with suggestive words indicative of the Absolute, full of reasoning and decisive.
Seers have sung of it in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in their arguments.
It has been sung of in various ways by the Rsis, separately by the different branches of Vedic texts, and also by the rational and convincing sentences themselves which are indicative of and lead to Brahman.
(यह क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञका तत्त्व) ऋषियोंके द्वारा बहुत विस्तारसे कहा गया है तथा वेदोंकी ऋचाओं-द्वारा बहुत प्रकारसे कहा गया है और युक्तियुक्त एवं निश्चित किये हुए ब्रह्मसूत्रके पदोंद्वारा भी कहा गया है।Commentary
Many sages (such as Vasishtha) have talked about it (the true nature of the field and its knower) since ancient times. The ancient hymns, such as the Rig Veda, have explained this in various ways. The word Brahma Sutras refers to the Vedanta Sutras written by Vyasa or Badarayanacharya in order to reconcile the mutually contradictory passages in the Upanishads. A study of the Brahma Sutras is very necessary in order to comprehend the esoteric significance of the Upanishads. The Braham Sutras are also known by the name Sariraka Sutras because fifteen Sutras in the third Pada of the second chapter deal with the Sarira or Kshetra (body).
The true nature of the field and its knower has also been taught in the Brahma Sutras which deal with Brahman such as Atmanyevopasita (only as the Self, let a man meditate on It.) (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad? I.4.7). They are full of reasoning, convincing and decisive. There is no doubt in the words or passages that treat of Brahman.