Brahma Sūtra 1.3.13
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
ईक्षतिकर्मव्यपदेशात्सः
īkṣatikarmavyapadeśātsaḥ
Sūtra translation
On account of his being designated as the object of sight (the highest Self is meant, and) the same (is meant in the passage speaking of the meditation on the highest person by means of the syllable Om).
(In Pra. Up. V, 2) the general topic of discussion is set forth in the words, 'O Satyakâma, the syllable Om is the highest
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.3.12 in this text
Sūtra
ईक्षतिकर्म व्यपदेशात्सः
īkṣatikarma vyapadeśātsaḥ
Sūtra translation
On account of his being designated as the object of seeing, he (i.e. the highest Self) (is that object).
The followers of the Atharva-veda, in the section containing the question asked by Satyakâma, read as follows: 'He again who meditates with this syllable
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
ईक्षतिकर्मव्यपदेशात्सः
īkṣatikarmavyapadeśātsaḥ
Sūtra translation
(The Sat) is He (Vishnu only) on account of (scrip- ture) predicating of it the action of seeing (for the purpose of creation).
In the text, “ He saw that,” etc., the act of seeing (as well as the authorship of creation being predicated of Sat, by