Brahma Sūtra 1.2.9

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत्ता चराचरग्रहणात्

attā carācaragrahaṇāt

Sūtra translation

The eater (is the highest Self) since what is movable and what is immovable is mentioned (as his food).

We read in the Kathavallî (I, 2, 25), 'Who then knows where He is, He to whom the Brahmans and Kshattriyas are but food,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत्ता चराचरग्रहणात्

attā carācaragrahaṇāt

Sūtra translation

The eater (is the highest Self) on account of there being taken all that is movable and immovable.

We read in the Kathavallî (I, 3, 25), 'Who then knows where he is to whom the Brahmans and Kshattriyas are but food, and

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत्ताचराचरग्रहणात्

attācarācaragrahaṇāt

Sūtra translation

(Brahma*) it the devourer (Aditi) on account of the animate and the inanimate world being mentioned (at Sit food).

For Aditi, the mother of the gods, cannot be said to be the devourer of all the animate and the inanimate world. The Skanda

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