Brahma Sūtra 3.2.2

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

निर्मातारं चैके पुत्रादयश्च

nirmātāraṃ caike putrādayaśca

Sūtra translation

And some (state the Self to be) the shaper (creator); sons and so on (being the lovely things which he shapes).

Moreover the members of one jakhA state that the Self is, in that intermediate state, the shaper of lovely things, ‘ He, the person

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

निर्मातारं चैके पुत्रादयश्च

nirmātāraṃ caike putrādayaśca

Sūtra translation

And some (state the soul to be) the shaper; and sons, and so on.

And the followers of one sâkhâ state in their text that the dreaming soul is the shaper of its desires: 'He, the person who

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

निर्मातारं चैके पुत्रादयश्च

nirmātāraṃ caike putrādayaśca

Sūtra translation

And because some Sakhins read of Him as the maker (of dU things in dreams), and (some others read that) sons, etc., (are created by Him).

" He (the Lord) who is awake in these (beings), while they are asleep shaping the desired things according to His will ” (Kath.

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