Brahma Sūtra 1.3.23

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अपि च स्मर्यते

api ca smaryate

Sūtra translation

Moreover Smriti also speaks of him (i.e. of the prâjña Self as being the universal light).

Moreover that aspect of the prâjña Self is spoken of in Smriti also, viz. in the Bhagavad Gîtâ (XV, 6, 12), 'Neither the sun,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.3.22 in this text

Sūtra

अपि स्मर्यते

api smaryate

Sūtra translation

The same is declared by Smriti also.

Smriti also declares that the transmigrating soul when reaching the state of Release 'imitates,' i.e. attains supreme equality of attributes with the highest Brahman.

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अपि स्मर्यते

api smaryate

Sūtra translation

Likewise it is declared in Smrili.

The Bhagavadgita has, “ The light which abiding in the sun illumines all the world, that which abides in the moon, in the fire,

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