Brahma Sūtra 3.3.26

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

हानौ तूपायनशब्दशेषत्वात्कुशाच्छन्दस्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्

hānau tūpāyanaśabdaśeṣatvātkuśācchandastutyupagānavattaduktam

Sūtra translation

Where the getting rid (of good and evil) is mentioned (the obtaining of this good and evil by others has to be added) because the statement about the obtaining is supplementary (to the statement about the getting rid of), as in the case of the kir?^s, the metres, the praise and the singing.

This (i.e. the reason for this) has been stated (in the Purva Mtma;;/sa). In the text of the Ta//rjSns we meet with the following

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

हानौ तूपायनशब्दशेषत्वात्कुशाच्छन्दस्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्

hānau tūpāyanaśabdaśeṣatvātkuśācchandastutyupagānavattaduktam

Sūtra translation

But in the case of the getting rid of (it has to be combined with the obtaining), as it is supplementary to statements of obtaining; as in the case of the kusas, the metres, the praise, and the singing. This has been explained.

The Chandogas read in their text 'Shaking off all evil as a horse shakes his hair, and shaking off the body as the moon

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.27 in this text

How Madhva’s text corresponds here is not yet settled.

Sūtra

हानौ तूपायनशब्दशेषत्वात्कुशाऽच्छंदस्तुत्युपगानवत्तदुक्तम्

hānau tūpāyanaśabdaśeṣatvātkuśā'cchaṃdastutyupagānavattaduktam

Sūtra translation

In fact even in the released state, the released per- form meditation, but only at their pleasure, just as tie twice-born (even after the due course of duty is over) are of their own accord repeating Tajus (praises) and Saman (songs) with the sacred grass in their hand j for all the injunctions end in leading the soul to knowledge and thereby to Brah- man ; and this is declared by Scripture.

Just as the twice-born after the performance of the (daily) study enjoined upon them, viz., Brahma Yagna, they recite the praises (Yajus and other

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