Brahma Sūtra 1.4.5

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

वदतीति चेन्न प्राज्ञो हि प्रकरणात्

vadatīti cenna prājño hi prakaraṇāt

Sūtra translation

And if you maintain that the text does speak (of the pradhâna as an object of knowledge) we deny that; for the intelligent (highest) Self is meant, on account of the general subject-matter.

Here the Sâ@nkhya raises a new objection, and maintains that the averment made in the last Sûtra is not proved, since the text later

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

वदतीति चेन्न प्राज्ञो हि प्रकरणात्

vadatīti cenna prājño hi prakaraṇāt

Sūtra translation

Should it be said that (the text) declares (it); we say, not so; for the intelligent Self (is meant), on account of subject-matter.

'He who has meditated on that which is without sound, without touch, without form, without decay, without taste, eternal, without smell, without beginning, without

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Madhva’s text divides this sūtra into two sūtras.

Numbered 1.4.5 in this text

Sūtra

वदतीति चेन्न प्राज्ञो हि

vadatīti cenna prājño hi

Sūtra translation

If it be said that scripture speaks of other things ; we say, * no * ;for it is the omnisicient Lord (that is spoken of by all the terms).

From the text, “ Having known that which is un- changeable and higher than the * Mahat/ he (the soul) becomes rescued from the

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Numbered 1.4.6 in this text

Sūtra

प्रकरणात्

prakaraṇāt

Sūtra translation

From the topic of the passage, (it is Brahman only that is subtle, etc.)

For the text, ‘ He who understands that all includ- ing himself is dependent upon the Lord, reaches the end of life’s journey and

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