Brahma Sūtra 3.3.17

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्वयादिति चेत्स्यादवधारणात्

anvayāditi cetsyādavadhāraṇāt

Sūtra translation

Should it be said that on account of the con- nected meaning (of the whole passage) (the highest Self cannot be meant) ; (we reply that) it is so, on account of the assertion.

We now have to refute the objection, made above by the pfirvapakshin, that the highest Self cannot be meant ‘ on account of the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्वयादिति चेत्स्यादवधारणात्

anvayāditi cetsyādavadhāraṇāt

Sūtra translation

If it be said 'on account of connexion'; it may be so, on account of ascertainment.

But as in the preceding sections the term Self is seen to be connected with what is not of the nature of the Self,

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.18 in this text

Sūtra

अन्वयादिति चेत्स्यादवधारणात्

anvayāditi cetsyādavadhāraṇāt

Sūtra translation

(Should it be said that limited comprehension could not have been meant by the Atma Sruti) as the word Atman connotes all the qualities, we do admit it also, o» account of the emphasis.

It may be said that in the word ‘ Atman/ there is the declaration of all the qualities, as appears from the statement, “

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