Brahma Sūtra 3.3.39

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

कामादीतरत्र तत्र चाऽऽयतनादिभ्यः

kāmādītaratra tatra cā''yatanādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

(Having true) wishes and other (qualities) (have to be combined) there and here, on account of the abode and so on.

In the chapter of the /^Mndogya which begins with the passage, ‘ There is this city of Brahman and in it the palace, the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.38 in this text

Sūtra

कामादीतरत्र तत्र चायतनादिभ्यः

kāmādītaratra tatra cāyatanādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

Wishes and the rest, here and there; (as is known from the abode, and so on).

We read in the Chândogya (VIII, I, 1), 'There is that city of Brahman, and in it the palace, the small lotus, and in

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.40 in this text

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

Sūtra

कामादितरत्र तत्र चायतनादिभ्यः

kāmāditaratra tatra cāyatanādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

(The intelligent Prakriti has not to perform medita- tion for knowledge) ; for She becomes only manifest in other places i and also (always) remains there of Her oven accord, agreeably to the Lord’s will, as may be seen from the Sruti which has the word ‘ abode ’ (Ayatana), etc.

Of Her own accord She who remains in the main sphere, also manifests Herself in other places too, follow- ing the Lord's will; for

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