Brahma Sūtra 1.1.15

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

मान्त्रवर्णिकमेव च गीयते

māntravarṇikameva ca gīyate

Sūtra translation

Moreover (the ânandamaya is Brahman because) the same (Brahman) which had been referred to in the mantra is sung, (i.e. proclaimed in the Brâhmana passage as the ânandamaya.)

The Self, consisting of joy, is the highest Brahman for the following reason also. On the introductory words 'he who knows Brahman attains the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.1.16 in this text

Sūtra

मान्त्रवर्णिकमेव च गीयते

māntravarṇikameva ca gīyate

Sūtra translation

And because that (Brahman) which is referred to in the mantra is declared (to be the ânandamaya).

That Brahman which is described in the mantra, 'True Being, knowledge, infinite is Biahman,' is proclaimed as the Self abounding in bliss. And that

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

मान्त्रवर्णिकमेव च गीयते

māntravarṇikameva ca gīyate

Sūtra translation

And because (that i.e., Brahman only) which is (distinctly) described by the mantravarna (the vedic text) is denoted (by the terms Annamaya, etc.).

The text having (briefly) begun with ‘He who knows Brahman attains to the highest (Brahman), goes on to describe Brahman thus, “ that which

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