Brahma Sūtra 1.2.28

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

साक्षादप्यविरोधं जैमिनिः

sākṣādapyavirodhaṃ jaiminiḥ

Sūtra translation

Jaimini (declares that there is) no contradiction even on the assumption of a direct (worship of the highest Lord as Vaisvânara).

Above (Sûtra 26) it has been said that Vaisvânara is the highest Lord, to be meditated upon as having the gastric fire either for

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.2.29 in this text

Sūtra

साक्षादप्यविरोधं जैमिनिः

sākṣādapyavirodhaṃ jaiminiḥ

Sūtra translation

Jaimini thinks that there is no objection to (the word 'Agni') directly (denoting the highest Self).

So far it has been maintained that the word 'Agni,' which stands in co-ordination with the term 'Vaisvânara,' denotes the highest Self in so

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

साक्षादप्यविरोधं जैमिनिः

sākṣādapyavirodhaṃ jaiminiḥ

Sūtra translation

Jaimini thinks that there is no contradiction in the use of the words (to denote other things), though they directly declare (Brahman).

Agni and other words do not signify fire, etc. How- ever by the same words which ‘directly 9 i.e., primarily convey Brahman, the things

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