Brahma Sūtra 1.2.11

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

गुहां प्रविष्टावात्मानौ हि तद्दर्शनात्

guhāṃ praviṣṭāvātmānau hi taddarśanāt

Sūtra translation

The 'two entered into the cave' (are the individual soul and the highest Self), for the two are (intelligent) Selfs (and therefore of the same nature), as it is seen (that numerals denote beings of the same nature).

In the same Kathavallî we read (I, 3, 1), 'There are the two drinking the reward of their works in the world, (i.e. the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

गुहां प्रविष्टावात्मानौ हि तद्दर्शनात्

guhāṃ praviṣṭāvātmānau hi taddarśanāt

Sūtra translation

The 'two entered into the cave' are the two Selfs; on account of this being seen.

The two, entered into the cave and drinking their reward, are neither the embodied soul together with the vital breath, nor the embodied soul

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

गुहां प्रविष्टावात्मानौ हि तद्दर्शनात्

guhāṃ praviṣṭāvātmānau hi taddarśanāt

Sūtra translation

The two (who have entered) into the cave, are indeed, both Atman (the Lord), from this very well-known characteris- tic, and from scripture to that effect.

The two in the cave (heart) that are drinking (the essence of bliss) are only the two forms of Vishnu. ‘ The p$lorious two

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