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BRAHMA SUTRAS : SWAMI SIVANANDA -CH-1, SEC-1, Topic-3.

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======================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21/10/2019. CHAPTER - I : SAMANVAYA ADHYAYA SECTION -1 Sastrayonitvadhikaranam: Topic - 3 : Brahman is realisable only through the scriptures Sastrayonitvat -  I.1.3 (3) The scripture being the source of right knowledge. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sastram : the scripture; Yonitvat: being the source of or the means of the right knowledge. The Omniscience of Brahman follows from His being the source of scripture. The aphorism clearly points out that the Srutis alone are proof about Brahman. As Brahman is the cause of the world we have to infer that Brahman or the Absolute is Omniscient. As the scripture alone is the means of right knowledge with reference to Brahman the proposition l