Brahma Sūtra 2.3.19

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उत्क्रान्तिगत्यागतीनाम्

utkrāntigatyāgatīnām

Sūtra translation

(On account of the scriptural declarations) of (the souls) passing out, going and returning, (the soul is of atomic size).

We now have to consider of what size the soul is, whether of atomic size or of a medium size, or of great (infinite)

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.3.20 in this text

Sūtra

उत्क्रान्तिगत्यागतीनाम्

utkrāntigatyāgatīnām

Sūtra translation

On account of (its) passing out, moving and returning.

The Self is not omnipresent, but on the contrary, of atomic size (anu).—How is this known?—Since Scripture says that it passes out, goes and

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.3.20 in this text

Sūtra

उत्क्रान्तिगत्यागतीनाम्

utkrāntigatyāgatīnām

Sūtra translation

(The soul is of atomic size), from the characteristics of departing (from the body), going and returning, (declared in 8cripture).

From these characteristics the soul is but of atomic size, as is seen from the Paushyayana Sruti, “ He passes out from this body

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