Brahma Sūtra 3.3.12

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रियशिरस्त्वाद्यप्राप्तिरुपचयापचयौ हि भेदे

priyaśirastvādyaprāptirupacayāpacayau hi bhede

Sūtra translation

(Such qualities as) joy being its head and so on have no force (for other passages) ; for increase and decrease belong to plurality (only).

Attributes such as having joy for its head and so on, which arc recorded in the Taittiriyaka, are not to be viewed as having

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रियशिरस्त्वाद्यप्राप्तिरुपचयापचयौ हि भेदे

priyaśirastvādyaprāptirupacayāpacayau hi bhede

Sūtra translation

Such qualities as having joy for its head, and so on, are not established, for if there were difference (of members) there would be increase and decrease.

The declaration that the essential qualities of Brahman are established for all meditations, does not imply that such attributes as 'having joy for its

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.13 in this text

Sūtra

प्रियशिरस्त्वाद्यप्राप्तिरुपचयापचयौ हि भेदे

priyaśirastvādyaprāptirupacayāpacayau hi bhede

Sūtra translation

(Such qualities as) Joy being Us head, are not meant (for the contemplation of all) but only meant for some ; for there being difference (in the results), there must is greater or less (iintensity of meditation).

As there is increase or decrease, ix., the greater or less intensity of meditation (according to the comprehen- sion of greater or less number

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