Brahma Sūtra 3.3.47

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

विद्यैव तु निर्धारणात्

vidyaiva tu nirdhāraṇāt

Sūtra translation

But (the agnis ifis^thcr constitute) a vitlyci, on account of the assertion (made by the text).

The word ‘ but ’ sets aside the purvapaksha.—The agnis built of mind and so on are to be viewed not as comple- mentary

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.48 in this text

Sūtra

विद्यैव तु निर्धारणात्

vidyaiva tu nirdhāraṇāt

Sūtra translation

Knowledge only is the means of release, (as seen, from the emphatic statement.

“ Having known Him thus, he overcomes death, and there is no way leading unto Him (to release) other than knowledge ” (Sv. III-8).

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In Rāmānuja’s text the words of this sūtra fall within the sūtra numbered 3.3.46 there. Shown at Sūtra 3.3.48 →