Brahma Sūtra 1.3.6

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रकरणात्

prakaraṇāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the subject-matter.

The highest Self constitutes the subject-matter (of the entire chapter), as we see from the passage, 'Sir, what is that through which, when it

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.3.5 in this text

Sūtra

प्रकरणात्

prakaraṇāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the subject-matter.

It has been already shown, viz. under I, 2, 21, that the highest Brahman constitutes the initial topic of the Upanishad. And by the

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रकरणात्

prakaraṇāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the subject matter of the context (being Brahman).

For the passage has for its subject Paramatman, whose knowledge is to be acquired by the higher study spoken of in the passage beginning

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