Brahma Sūtra 1.1.24

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

ज्योतिश्चरणाभिधानात्

jyotiścaraṇābhidhānāt

Sūtra translation

The 'light' (is Brahman), on account of the mention of feet (in a passage which is connected with the passage about the light).

Scripture says (Ch. Up. III, 13, 7), 'Now that light which shines above this heaven, higher than all, higher than everything, in the highest

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.1.25 in this text

Sūtra

ज्योतिश्चरणाभिधानात्

jyotiścaraṇābhidhānāt

Sūtra translation

The light (is Brahman), on account of the mention of feet.

We read in the Chândogya. (III, 13, 7), 'Now that light which shines above this heaven, higher than everything, in the highest worlds beyond

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

ज्योतिश्चरणाभिधानात्

jyotiścaraṇābhidhānāt

Sūtra translation

The lighl (is Brahman only), from the statement of the straying for (from the senses).

It is only Vishnu who is (here) called 1 light,’ as the ear and other senses are said to stray at a distance from

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