Brahma Sūtra 2.3.39

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समाध्यभावाच्च

samādhyabhāvācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the impossibility of medi- tation (samadhi).

Moreover the meditation taught in the Vediinta-texts, whose aim is the realisation of the Self as rcprCsSented by the Upanishads, is possible only if

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.3.38 in this text

Sūtra

समाध्यभावाच्च

samādhyabhāvācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the absence of samâdhi.

If the internal organ were the agent, it would be such even in that final state of meditation, called samâdhi, which is the instrument

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समाध्यभावाच्च

samādhyabhāvācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the absence of the, feeling in him of being perfect (accomplished).

And because the dependent state of the soul appears from the absence of the sense of being accomplished (i.e., the feeling of satisfaction and

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