Brahma Sūtra 1.3.20

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्यार्थश्च परामर्शः

anyārthaśca parāmarśaḥ

Sūtra translation

And the reference (to the individual soul) has a different meaning.

The alleged reference to the individual soul which has been pointed out (by the pûrvapakshin) in the passage complementary to the passage about the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.3.19 in this text

Sūtra

अन्यार्थश्च परामर्शः

anyārthaśca parāmarśaḥ

Sūtra translation

And the reference has a different meaning.

The text in question declares that the released individual soul when reaching the highest light, i.e. Brahman, which is free from all sin, and

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्यार्थश्च परामर्शः

anyārthaśca parāmarśaḥ

Sūtra translation

The reference is only to the other (the Highest Light other than the individual soul).

(In the tejct, “ Having reached the Highest Light,” etc.), the reference by the pronoun ‘ this ’ is made only to Paramatman j

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