Vedanta Atlas

Explore the Brahma Sūtras through the commentaries of Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja and Madhva, with the concepts, passages, and sources behind each reading kept close at hand.

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Brahma Sūtra 1.1.1

Sūtra translation

Then therefore the enquiry into Brahman.

Three commentators read this sūtra, each in his own tradition:

ŚaṅkaraAdvaita VedāntaAdvaitaRead the commentary →
RāmānujaViśiṣṭādvaita VedāntaViśiṣṭādvaitaRead the commentary →
MadhvaDvaita VedāntaDvaitaRead the commentary →

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The Brahma Sūtras in four adhyāyas and sixteen pādas, 561 sūtras in all, read with 1,664 sections of commentary from Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja and Madhva.

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