Brahma Sūtra 3.2.8

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अतः प्रबोधोऽस्मात्

ataḥ prabodho'smāt

Sūtra translation

Hence the awaking from that (viz. Brahman).

And because the Self only is the place of deep sleep, on that account the scriptural chapters treating of sleep invariably teach that the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अतः प्रबोधोऽस्मात्

ataḥ prabodho'smāt

Sūtra translation

Hence the awaking from that.

Since Brahman alone directly is the place of deep sleep, Scripture is able to declare that the souls awake from that, i.e. Brahman; compare

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अतः प्रबोधोऽस्मात्

ataḥ prabodho'smāt

Sūtra translation

Hence, the waking (of the soul from sleep) (proceeds) from Him (the Lord only).

For in Him only the sleeping of the soul takes place; (so the waking of the soul resting in the Lord in the Nadis,

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