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Shloka 1
ॐ आनुमानिकमप्येकेषामिति चेन्न शरीररूपकविन्यस्तगृहीतेर्दर्शयति च ॐ ॥ १.४.१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anumanikamapyekesamiti cenna sarirarupakavinyastagrhiterdarsayati ca oṃ || 1.4.1||

ENGLISH MEANING

If it be said that even the inferred entity (Pradhana) is revealed to the followers of some recension, we say, not so, for the word is cognized as occurring in a simile illustrating the body. And the Upanishad also shows this.
Shloka 2
ॐ सूक्ष्मं तु तदर्हत्वात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ suksmam tu tadarhatvat oṃ || 1.4.2||

ENGLISH MEANING

Rather the subtle (causal state) is meant (by avyakta), for it deserves that epithet.
Shloka 3
ॐ तदधीनत्वादर्थवत् ॐ ॥ १.४.३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tadadhinatvadarthavat oṃ || 1.4.3||

ENGLISH MEANING

(Avyakta is not Pradhana) because it is dependent on that (God); (but this avyakta has to be admitted as) it serves some purpose.
Shloka 4
ॐ ज्ञेयत्वावचनाच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jñeyatvavacanacca oṃ || 1.4.4||

ENGLISH MEANING

And because (avyakta is) not mentioned as an entity to be known.
Shloka 5
ॐ वदतीति चेन्न प्राज्ञो हि ॐ ॥ १.४.५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vadatiti cenna prajño hi oṃ || 1.4.5||

ENGLISH MEANING

If it be argued that the Upanishad does mention Pradhana (by the word avyakta), we say: No, for the conscious Self is understood from the context.
Shloka 6
ॐ प्रकरणात् ॐ ॥ १.४.६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ prakaranat oṃ || 1.4.6||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 7
ॐ त्रयाणामेव चैवमुपन्यासः प्रश्नश्च ॐ ॥ १.४.७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ trayanameva caivamupanyasah prasnasca oṃ || 1.4.7||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 8
ॐ महद्वच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ mahadvacca oṃ || 1.4.8||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 9
ॐ चमसवदविशेषात् ॐ ॥ १.४.९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ camasavadavisesat oṃ || 1.4.9||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 10
ॐ ज्योतिरुपक्रमात्तु तथा ह्यधीयत एके ॐ ॥ १.४.१०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jyotirupakramattu tatha hyadhiyata eke oṃ || 1.4.10||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 11
ॐ कल्पनोपदेशाच्च मध्वादिवदविरोधः ॐ ॥ १.४.११॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ kalpanopadesacca madhvadivadavirodhah oṃ || 1.4.11||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 12
ॐ न सङ्ख्योपसङ्ग्रहादपि नानाभावादतिरेकाच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.१२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ na saṅkhyopasaṅgrahadapi nanabhavadatirekacca oṃ || 1.4.12||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 13
ॐ प्राणादयो वाक्यशेषात् ॐ ॥ १.४.१३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pranadayo vakyasesat oṃ || 1.4.13||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 14
ॐ ज्योतिषैकेषामसत्यन्ने ॐ ॥ १.४.१४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jyotisaikesamasatyanne oṃ || 1.4.14||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 15
ॐ कारणत्वेन चाकाशादिषु यथाव्यपदिष्टोक्तेः ॐ ॥ १.४.१५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ karanatvena cakasadisu yathavyapadistokteh oṃ || 1.4.15||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 16
ॐ समाकर्षात् ॐ ॥ १.४.१६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ samakarsat oṃ || 1.4.16||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 17
ॐ जगद्वाचित्वात् ॐ ॥ १.४.१७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jagadvacitvat oṃ || 1.4.17||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 18
ॐ जीवमुख्यप्राणलिङ्गादिति चेत् तद्व्याख्यातम् ॐ ॥ १.४.१८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jivamukhyapranaliṅgaditi cet tadvyakhyatam oṃ || 1.4.18||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 19
ॐ अन्यार्थं तु जैमिनिः प्रश्नव्याख्यानाभ्यामपि चैवमेके ॐ ॥ १.४.१९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anyartham tu jaiminih prasnavyakhyanabhyamapi caivameke oṃ || 1.4.19||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 20
ॐ वाक्यान्वयात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vakyanvayat oṃ || 1.4.20||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 21
ॐ प्रतिज्ञासिद्धेर्लिङ्गमाश्मरथ्यः ॐ ॥ १.४.२१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pratijñasiddherliṅgamasmarathyah oṃ || 1.4.21||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 22
ॐ उत्क्रमिष्यत एवं भावादित्यौडुलोमिः ॐ ॥ १.४.२२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ utkramisyata evam bhavadityauḍulomih oṃ || 1.4.22||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 23
ॐ अवस्थितेरिति काशकृत्स्नः ॐ ॥ १.४.२३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ avasthiteriti kasakrtsnah oṃ || 1.4.23||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 24
ॐ प्रकृतिश्च प्रतिज्ञादृष्टान्तानुपरोधात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ prakrtisca pratijñadrstantanuparodhat oṃ || 1.4.24||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 25
ॐ अभिध्योपदेशाच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.२५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ abhidhyopadesacca oṃ || 1.4.25||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 26
ॐ साक्षाच्चोभयाम्नानात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ saksaccobhayamnanat oṃ || 1.4.26||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 27
ॐ आत्मकृतेः परिणामात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ atmakrteh parinamat oṃ || 1.4.27||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 28
ॐ योनिश्च हि गीयते ॐ ॥ १.४.२८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ yonisca hi giyate oṃ || 1.4.28||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 29
ॐ एतेन सर्वेव्याख्याताव्याख्याताः ॐ ॥ १.४.२९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ etena sarvevyakhyatavyakhyatah oṃ || 1.4.29||

ENGLISH MEANING

Adhyaya Begins
इति श्रीमत्कृष्णद्वैपायनकृतब्रह्मसूत्रेषु

TRANSLITERATION

iti srimatkrsnadvaipayanakrtabrahmasutresu

ENGLISH MEANING

Adhyaya Begins
प्रथमाध्यायस्य चतुर्थः पादः समाप्तः

TRANSLITERATION

prathamadhyayasya caturthah padah samaptah

ENGLISH MEANING

Adhyaya Begins
इति प्रथमोऽध्यायः॥

TRANSLITERATION

iti prathamo'dhyayah||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 1
ॐ आनुमानिकमप्येकेषामिति चेन्न शरीररूपकविन्यस्तगृहीतेर्दर्शयति च ॐ ॥ १.४.१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anumanikamapyekesamiti cenna sarirarupakavinyastagrhiterdarsayati ca oṃ || 1.4.1||

ENGLISH MEANING

If it be said that even the inferred entity (Pradhana) is revealed to the followers of some recension, we say, not so, for the word is cognized as occurring in a simile illustrating the body. And the Upanishad also shows this.
Shloka 2
ॐ सूक्ष्मं तु तदर्हत्वात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ suksmam tu tadarhatvat oṃ || 1.4.2||

ENGLISH MEANING

Rather the subtle (causal state) is meant (by avyakta), for it deserves that epithet.
Shloka 3
ॐ तदधीनत्वादर्थवत् ॐ ॥ १.४.३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tadadhinatvadarthavat oṃ || 1.4.3||

ENGLISH MEANING

(Avyakta is not Pradhana) because it is dependent on that (God); (but this avyakta has to be admitted as) it serves some purpose.
Shloka 4
ॐ ज्ञेयत्वावचनाच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jñeyatvavacanacca oṃ || 1.4.4||

ENGLISH MEANING

And because (avyakta is) not mentioned as an entity to be known.
Shloka 5
ॐ वदतीति चेन्न प्राज्ञो हि ॐ ॥ १.४.५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vadatiti cenna prajño hi oṃ || 1.4.5||

ENGLISH MEANING

If it be argued that the Upanishad does mention Pradhana (by the word avyakta), we say: No, for the conscious Self is understood from the context.
Shloka 6
ॐ प्रकरणात् ॐ ॥ १.४.६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ prakaranat oṃ || 1.4.6||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 7
ॐ त्रयाणामेव चैवमुपन्यासः प्रश्नश्च ॐ ॥ १.४.७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ trayanameva caivamupanyasah prasnasca oṃ || 1.4.7||

ENGLISH MEANING

And thus there is the presentation of three things alone and the question also is concerned with them.
Shloka 8
ॐ महद्वच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ mahadvacca oṃ || 1.4.8||

ENGLISH MEANING

And like Mahat (avyakta does not signify any Samkhya category).
Shloka 9
ॐ चमसवदविशेषात् ॐ ॥ १.४.९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ camasavadavisesat oṃ || 1.4.9||

ENGLISH MEANING

The word aja does not refer to Pradhana, because special characteristics have not been stated as in the case of the bowl.
Shloka 10
ॐ ज्योतिरुपक्रमात्तु तथा ह्यधीयत एके ॐ ॥ १.४.१०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jyotirupakramattu tatha hyadhiyata eke oṃ || 1.4.10||

ENGLISH MEANING

The aja certainly consists of the elements counting from fire, for some read of them as such.
Shloka 11
ॐ कल्पनोपदेशाच्च मध्वादिवदविरोधः ॐ ॥ १.४.११॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ kalpanopadesacca madhvadivadavirodhah oṃ || 1.4.11||

ENGLISH MEANING

And since this is an instruction in the form of an imagery, just as in the case of honey etc., therefore there is no incongruity.
Shloka 12
ॐ न सङ्ख्योपसङ्ग्रहादपि नानाभावादतिरेकाच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.१२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ na saṅkhyopasaṅgrahadapi nanabhavadatirekacca oṃ || 1.4.12||

ENGLISH MEANING

Not even on the strength of the mention of number can Pradhana have Vedic sanction, because the entities are disparate and they involve an excess.
Shloka 13
ॐ प्राणादयो वाक्यशेषात् ॐ ॥ १.४.१३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pranadayo vakyasesat oṃ || 1.4.13||

ENGLISH MEANING

The vital force and the rest (are the panchajanah), (as is known) from the complementary passage.
Shloka 14
ॐ ज्योतिषैकेषामसत्यन्ने ॐ ॥ १.४.१४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jyotisaikesamasatyanne oṃ || 1.4.14||

ENGLISH MEANING

For the followers of some recension, the number five has to be made up with light in the absence of food.
Shloka 15
ॐ कारणत्वेन चाकाशादिषु यथाव्यपदिष्टोक्तेः ॐ ॥ १.४.१५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ karanatvena cakasadisu yathavyapadistokteh oṃ || 1.4.15||

ENGLISH MEANING

(Brahman is presented by all the Upanishads); for as the cause of space and the rest, Brahman is spoken of in all the Upanishads just as It is in any one of them.
Shloka 16
ॐ समाकर्षात् ॐ ॥ १.४.१६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ samakarsat oṃ || 1.4.16||

ENGLISH MEANING

Non-existence does not mean void, because of its allusion to Brahman.
Shloka 17
ॐ जगद्वाचित्वात् ॐ ॥ १.४.१७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jagadvacitvat oṃ || 1.4.17||

ENGLISH MEANING

Because (the word "work" is) indicative of the universe, (He of whom this is the work must be Brahman).
Shloka 18
ॐ जीवमुख्यप्राणलिङ्गादिति चेत् तद्व्याख्यातम् ॐ ॥ १.४.१८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jivamukhyapranaliṅgaditi cet tadvyakhyatam oṃ || 1.4.18||

ENGLISH MEANING

If it be contended that the supreme Self is not meant, owing to the presence of the indicatory marks of the individual soul and the chief Prana, then that has already been explained.
Shloka 19
ॐ अन्यार्थं तु जैमिनिः प्रश्नव्याख्यानाभ्यामपि चैवमेके ॐ ॥ १.४.१९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anyartham tu jaiminih prasnavyakhyanabhyamapi caivameke oṃ || 1.4.19||

ENGLISH MEANING

But Jaimini holds the reference (to the individual soul) to be meant for a different purpose, as is known from the question and the answer. Moreover, some mention this clearly.
Shloka 20
ॐ वाक्यान्वयात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vakyanvayat oṃ || 1.4.20||

ENGLISH MEANING

The Self to be realized, heard of, reflected on and profoundly meditated upon is the supreme Self, because (this is the meaning gathered) from the correlation of the passages.
Shloka 21
ॐ प्रतिज्ञासिद्धेर्लिङ्गमाश्मरथ्यः ॐ ॥ १.४.२१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pratijñasiddherliṅgamasmarathyah oṃ || 1.4.21||

ENGLISH MEANING

Asmarathya thinks this (statement of non-difference between the individual soul and supreme Self) to be a sign indicative of the fulfillment of the declaration.
Shloka 22
ॐ उत्क्रमिष्यत एवं भावादित्यौडुलोमिः ॐ ॥ १.४.२२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ utkramisyata evam bhavadityauḍulomih oṃ || 1.4.22||

ENGLISH MEANING

Audulomi says that (the statement about the identity of the individual soul and the supreme Self occurs in the beginning) since this state of identity comes to the soul when it departs from the body.
Shloka 23
ॐ अवस्थितेरिति काशकृत्स्नः ॐ ॥ १.४.२३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ avasthiteriti kasakrtsnah oṃ || 1.4.23||

ENGLISH MEANING

Kasakritsna thinks (the statement about the identity in the beginning of the text is in order) because of the existence of the supreme Self as the individual soul.
Shloka 24
ॐ प्रकृतिश्च प्रतिज्ञादृष्टान्तानुपरोधात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ prakrtisca pratijñadrstantanuparodhat oṃ || 1.4.24||

ENGLISH MEANING

Brahman must be the material cause as well, so as not to contradict the proposition and the illustration.
Shloka 25
ॐ अभिध्योपदेशाच्च ॐ ॥ १.४.२५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ abhidhyopadesacca oṃ || 1.4.25||

ENGLISH MEANING

This is also understood from the teaching about the wilt to create.
Shloka 26
ॐ साक्षाच्चोभयाम्नानात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ saksaccobhayamnanat oṃ || 1.4.26||

ENGLISH MEANING

And because both (origin and dissolution) are taught directly (from Brahman).
Shloka 27
ॐ आत्मकृतेः परिणामात् ॐ ॥ १.४.२७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ atmakrteh parinamat oṃ || 1.4.27||

ENGLISH MEANING

(Brahman is the material cause) because of action related to Itself by way of change of form.
Shloka 28
ॐ योनिश्च हि गीयते ॐ ॥ १.४.२८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ yonisca hi giyate oṃ || 1.4.28||

ENGLISH MEANING

And because Brahman is declared to be the source (yoni).
Shloka 29
ॐ एतेन सर्वेव्याख्याताव्याख्याताः ॐ ॥ १.४.२९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ etena sarvevyakhyatavyakhyatah oṃ || 1.4.29||

ENGLISH MEANING

Hereby all (other theories of the cause of the universe) are explained. They are explained.
Adhyaya Begins
इति श्रीमत्कृष्णद्वैपायनकृतब्रह्मसूत्रेषु प्रथमाध्यायस्य चतुर्थः पादः समाप्तः

TRANSLITERATION

iti srimatkrsnadvaipayanakrtabrahmasutresu prathamadhyayasya caturthah padah samaptah

ENGLISH MEANING

Thus ends the 4th padaha of the 1st adhayaya of the holy brahma sutras.
Adhyaya Begins
इति प्रथमोऽध्यायः॥

TRANSLITERATION

iti prathamo'dhyayah||

ENGLISH MEANING

Thus ends the first adhyaya

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