First Five Brahmastras ( )

This Is An Annotated English Translation Of VijnabhikuS Commentaries On The First Five Brahmastra (Bs) Of Bdaryaa Called The Vijnmtabhya (Vijbh). This Is A Pioneering Work As No Translation Of The Vijbh Has Been Done So Far. Bhiku Is Perhaps The Only Known Vednta Scholar Who Has Argued For Brahman Along With His Praktiakti Being The Cause Of The World. He Calls His Advaita Philosophy As AvibhgaAdvaita And Sets Himself Against akaraS Advaita Which Argues For Brahman Alone Being The Material And Efficient Cause Of The World. Bhiku Is Also An Unique Advaita Scholar As He Interprets Vednta Using Skhya/Yoga Principles. One Of The Reasons For Choosing To Comment On Only The First Five Stras Was Because The Vijbh Is A Huge Work And Also Because BhikuS AvibhgaAdvaita Can Easily Be Understood From His Commentaries On These First Five Stras Of The Bs. Even Though The Real Reason For BhikuS Commentary On The Fifth Stra (Bs I.1.5) Should Be Clear To Anyone Familiar With VedntaS Objection To Prakti Being The Cause Of The World, It Needed To Be Seen As To How Bhiku, As A Committed SkhyaYogaVedntcrya, Defends PraktiS Role In Being The Cause. Just As Writing Commentaries On The First Four Stras Of akaraS Bsbh Done By Some Eminent Scholars Present The Main Features Of akaraS Advaita, The Commentaries On The First Five Stras Of The Bs By Bhiku Could Adequately Present BhikuS AvibhgaAdvaita Vednta.