Brahma Sūtra 1.3.4

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्राणभृच्च

prāṇabhṛcca

Sūtra translation

(Nor) also the individual soul (prânabhrit).

Although to the cognitional (individual) Self the qualities of Selfhood and intelligence do belong, still omniscience and similar qualities do not belong to it

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.3.3 in this text

Rāmānuja’s text carries this sūtra and Sūtra 1.3.3 as one sūtra.

Sūtra

नानुमानमतच्छब्दात्प्राणभृच्च

nānumānamatacchabdātprāṇabhṛcca

Sūtra translation

Not that which is inferred, on account of the absence of terms denoting it, and (so also not) the bearer of the Prânas (i. e. the individual soul).

As the section under discussion does not treat of the Pradhâna, there being no terms referring to that, so it is with regard to

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्राणभृच्च

prāṇabhṛcca

Sūtra translation

Jfor the individual soul j (nor the chief of breaths.)

For the same reasons (as have been put forth under the preceding Sutras), neither the individual soul nor the chief of breaths (Vayu) is

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