Brahma Sūtra 1.1.25
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
छन्दोभिधानान्नेति चेन्न तथा चेतोर्पणनिगदात्तथाहि दर्शनम्
chandobhidhānānneti cenna tathā cetorpaṇanigadāttathāhi darśanam
Sūtra translation
If it be objected that (Brahman is) not (denoted) on account of the metre being denoted; (we reply) not so, because thus (i.e. by means of the metre) the direction of the mind (on Brahman) is declared; for thus it is seen (in other passages also).
We now address ourselves to the refutation of the assertion (made in the pûrvapaksha of the preceding Sûtra) that in the previous passage also
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.1.26 in this text
Sūtra
छन्दोभिधानान्नेति चेन्न तथा चेतोर्पणनिगमात्तथा हि दर्शनम्
chandobhidhānānneti cenna tathā cetorpaṇanigamāttathā hi darśanam
Sūtra translation
If it be objected that (Brahman is) not (denoted) on account of the metre being denoted; (we reply) not so, because thus the direction of the mind (on Brahman) is declared; for thus it is seen.
The previous section at first refers to the metre called Gâyatrî, 'The Gâyatrî indeed is everything' (III, 12, 1), and then introduces—with the words
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
छन्दोभिधानान्नेतिचेन्न तथाचेतोर्पणनिगदात्तथाहि दर्शनम्
chandobhidhānānneticenna tathācetorpaṇanigadāttathāhi darśanam
Sūtra translation
If it he objected that Gafktri denotes, not Brahman hut (by general acceptation) the metre, which is so called ; (we reply) it is not so, because Brahman is thus spoken of for the direction of the mind and because scripture is of such purport.
# The Wght referred to in the text, “ Now, that light which shines beyond heavens” (Ch. iii, 13, 7), is men- tioned at