Brahma Sūtra 1.3.29

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत एव च नित्यत्वम्

ata eva ca nityatvam

Sūtra translation

And from this very reason there follows the eternity of the Veda.

As the eternity of the Veda is founded on the absence of the remembrance of an agent only, a doubt with regard to it

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.3.28 in this text

Sūtra

अत एव च नित्यत्वम्

ata eva ca nityatvam

Sūtra translation

And for this very reason eternity (of the Veda).

As words such as Indra and Vasishtha, which denote gods and Rishis, denote (not individuals only, but) classes, and as the creation of those

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत एव च नित्यत्वम्

ata eva ca nityatvam

Sūtra translation

And from the txme, there follow* the eternity (of the eerie* of the god*).

For the same reason, ie., for the reason that the Word is eternal it is also right to admit the eternity of the series

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