Brahma Sūtra 3.3.16

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आत्मगृहीतिरितरवदुत्तरात्

ātmagṛhītiritaravaduttarāt

Sūtra translation

The (highest) Self has to be understood (in Ait. An II, 4, i), as in other places; on account of the subsequent (qualification).

We read in the Aitareyaka (II, 4, i), ‘Verily, in the beginning all this was Self, one only ; there was nothing 206 VEDANTA-stjTRAS.

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आत्मगृहीतिरितरवदुत्तरात्

ātmagṛhītiritaravaduttarāt

Sūtra translation

There is reference to the Self, as in other places; on account of the subsequent passage.

In the clause,'different from that is the Self of bliss,' the term Self can refer to the highest Self only; 'as in other cases,'

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.17 in this text

Sūtra

आत्मगृहीतिरितरवदुत्तरात्

ātmagṛhītiritaravaduttarāt

Sūtra translation

By the term ‘ Atman,’ all the four, blits, etc., are comprehended, as appears from the subsequent sentence, just as it it the case in other texts.

Further the emphasis in the phrase ‘ as the Atman only ’ is not inconsistent with the statement made in the Sutra, “ Bliss,