Brahma Sūtra 1.1.14

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तद्धेतुव्यपदेशाच्च

taddhetuvyapadeśācca

Sūtra translation

And because he is declared to be the cause of it, (i.e. of bliss; therefore maya is to be taken as denoting abundance.)

Maya must be understood to denote abundance, for that reason also that Scripture declares Brahman to be the cause of bliss, 'For he alone

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.1.15 in this text

Sūtra

तद्धेतुव्यपदेशाच्च

taddhetuvyapadeśācca

Sūtra translation

And because he is declared to be the cause of thatra.

'For who could breathe, who could breathe forth, if that bliss existed not in the ether? He alone causes bliss' (Taitt. Up. II, 7).

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तद्धेतुव्यपदेशाच्च

taddhetuvyapadeśācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of His being stated as the cause of the activity of the world, (1which furnishes a reason) for His being Anandamaya.

For the text says (of Brahman) * Who could make the world) act or who could make it act well, if that Akasa (Vishnu

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