Brahma Sūtra 3.3.43

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रदानवदेव तदुक्तम्

pradānavadeva taduktam

Sūtra translation

As in the case of the offerings, (Vayu and Pra;^a must be held apart). This has been ex- plained (in the Piirva Minia;;/sa-sutra).

The section of the Va^saneyaka which begins, ‘Voice held, I shall speak’ (Bri. Up. I, 5, zi), determines Pra;/a to be the best among

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.42 in this text

Sūtra

प्रदानवदेव तदुक्तम्

pradānavadeva taduktam

Sūtra translation

Just as in the case of the offerings. This has been explained.

In the daharavidyâ (Ch. Up. VIII, 1 ff.) the text, 'those who depart having known here the Self, and those true desires,' declares at

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.44 in this text

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

Sūtra

प्रदानवदेव हि तदुक्तम्

pradānavadeva hi taduktam

Sūtra translation

Sravana (hearing, etc.) only joined to instruction im- parted with full grace (by the preceptor become the means of seeing Brahman); for that is said (in the Sruti).

The sight of Brahman is not to be attained merely by means of hearing, etc.; but (only when they are) coupled with the direction

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