Rāmānujaon Brahma Sūtra 3.3.16
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
आत्मगृहीतिरितरवदुत्तरात्
ātmagṛhītiritaravaduttarāt
Sūtra translation
There is reference to the Self, as in other places; on account of the subsequent passage.
In the clause,'different from that is the Self of bliss,' the term Self can refer to the highest Self only; 'as in other cases,' i.e. as in other passages—'the Self only was this in the beginning; it thought, let me send forth the worlds,' and similar ones—the term 'Self denotes the highest Self only.—But whereby is this proved?—'By the subsequent passagel, i.e. by the passage, 'he desired, may I be many, may I grow forth,'—which refers to the Self of bliss.