Brahma Sūtra 1.3.16

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

धृतेश्च महिम्नोऽस्यास्मिन्नुपलब्धेः

dhṛteśca mahimno'syāsminnupalabdheḥ

Sūtra translation

And on account of the supporting also (attributed to it), (the small ether must be the Lord) because that greatness is observed in him (according to other scriptural passages).

And also on account of the 'supporting' the small ether can be the highest Lord only.—How?—The text at first introduces the general subject of

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.3.15 in this text

Sūtra

धृतेश्च महिम्नोस्यास्मिन्नुपलब्धेः

dhṛteśca mahimnosyāsminnupalabdheḥ

Sūtra translation

And on account of there being observed in that (small ether), supporting which is a greatness of that (i. e. Brahman).

In continuation of the passage 'It is the Self free from Sin,' &c., which refers to the small ether, the text says: 'it is

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

धृतेश्च महिम्नोऽस्यास्मिन्नुपलब्धेः

dhṛteśca mahimno'syāsminnupalabdheḥ

Sūtra translation

And also on account of the supporting (of all being mentioned’), and of His glory that can be read here (in this scriptural passage).

For the supporting of the whole universe is predi- cated of that which is within, in the text, “ This is the bridge, the

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