Śaṅkaraon Brahma Sūtra 3.3.13
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
इतरे त्वर्थसामान्यात्
itare tvarthasāmānyāt
Sūtra translation
But other (attributes are valid for all passages relative to Brahman), the purport being the same.
Other attributes, however, such as bliss and so on which scripture sets forth for the purpose of teaching the true nature of Brahman arc to be viewed as valid for all passages referring to Brahman ; for their purport, i.e. the Brahman ^ For if they are not real attributes of Brahman there is all the less reason to maintain them to be universally valid. The mere means of fixing the mind, moreover, are special to each separate uplsana. 204 VEDANTA-stjTRAS. whose nature is to be taught, is one. Those attributes are mentioned with a view to knowledge only, not to meditation.