Brahma Sūtra 1.2.21

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अदृश्यत्वादिगुणको धर्मोक्तेः

adṛśyatvādiguṇako dharmokteḥ

Sūtra translation

That which possesses the attributes of invisibility and so on (is Brahman), on account of the declaration of attributes.

Scripture says, 'The higher knowledge is this by which the Indestructible is apprehended. That which cannot be seen nor seized, which is without origin

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.2.22 in this text

Sūtra

अदृश्यत्वादिगुणको धर्मोक्तेः

adṛśyatvādiguṇako dharmokteḥ

Sūtra translation

That which possesses the qualities of invisibility, &c., on account of the declaration of attributes.

The Âtharvanikas read in their text, 'The higher knowledge is that by which that Indestructible is apprehended. That which is invisible, unseizable, without origin

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अदृश्यत्वादिगुणको धर्मोक्तेः

adṛśyatvādiguṇako dharmokteḥ

Sūtra translation

He who ispossessed of the attributes of being in- visible, etc. is (Vishnu)} on account of the declaration of the characteristic (of His being the subject of the higher "know- ledge).

After adducing the instances of the earth, etc., and subsequent to the text, “ Everything in the world proceeds from the Imperishable,1v mention is

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