Brahma Sūtra 1.1.12

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आनन्दमयोऽभ्यासात्

ānandamayo'bhyāsāt

Sūtra translation

(The Self) consisting of bliss (is the highest Self) on account of the repetition (of the word 'bliss,' as denoting the highest Self).

The Taittirîya-upanishad (II, 1-5), after having enumerated the Self consisting of food, the Self consisting of the vital airs, the Self consisting of mind,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.1.13 in this text

Sūtra

आनन्दमयोभ्यासात्

ānandamayobhyāsāt

Sūtra translation

The Self consisting of Bliss (is the highest Self) on account of multiplication.

We read in the text of the Taittirîyas, 'Different from this Self, which consists of Understanding, is the other inner Self which consists of

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आनन्दमयोऽभ्यासात्

ānandamayo'bhyāsāt

Sūtra translation

The Blissful (is Brahman only), from the repetition (of the term Brahman).

It may be that the blissful is Brahma, the four- faced, or other dieties, Lakshmi or Vishnu Himself. From the word Brahma, Hiranyagarbha may

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