Brahma Sūtra 1.4.21

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उत्क्रमिष्यत एवंभावादित्यौडुलोमिः

utkramiṣyata evaṃbhāvādityauḍulomiḥ

Sūtra translation

(The initial statement identifies the individual soul and the highest Self) because the soul when it will depart (from the body) is such (i.e. one with the highest Self); thus Audulomi thinks.

The individual soul which is inquinated by the contact with its different limiting adjuncts, viz. body, senses, and mind (mano-buddhi), attains through the instrumentality

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उत्क्रमिष्यत एवंभावादित्यौडुलोमिः

utkramiṣyata evaṃbhāvādityauḍulomiḥ

Sūtra translation

Because (the soul) when it will depart is such; thus Audulomi thinks.

It is wrong to maintain that the designation of Brahman by means of terms denoting the individual soul is intended to prove the truth

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.4.22 in this text

Sūtra

उत्क्रमिष्यत एवं भावादित्यौडुलोमिः

utkramiṣyata evaṃ bhāvādityauḍulomiḥ

Sūtra translation

‘ Became of such necessity in the case of him who seeks to depart thus Audulomi thinks.’

In the case of him who seeks to depart, i.e., who seeks final release (or knowledge), there must be Karma and other things as

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