Brahma Sūtra 3.3.50

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अनुबन्धादिभ्यः प्रज्ञान्तरपृथक्त्ववदृष्टश्च तदुक्तम्

anubandhādibhyaḥ prajñāntarapṛthaktvavadṛṣṭaśca taduktam

Sūtra translation

On account of the connexion and so on (the agnis built of mind, &c. are independent); in the same way as other cognitions are separate. And there is seen (another case of something having to be withdrawn from the leading subject-matter); this has been explained (in the Purva Mima;;^sA-sutras).

Independence has, against the general subject-matter, to be assumed for the fire-altars built of mind and so on, for that reason also that the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.48 in this text

Sūtra

अनुबन्धादिभ्यः प्रज्ञान्तरपृथक्त्ववद्दृष्टश्च तदुक्तम्

anubandhādibhyaḥ prajñāntarapṛthaktvavaddṛṣṭaśca taduktam

Sūtra translation

On account of connexions and the rest, as in the case of the separateness of other cognitions. And this is seen (elsewhere also); as declared (in the Pûrva Mîmâmsâ).

That the text enjoins a meditative performance different from the actual performance of which the brick-altar is a constituent element, follows from the reasons

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Madhva’s text divides this sūtra into two sūtras.

Numbered 3.3.51 in this text

Sūtra

अनुबंधादिभ्यः

anubaṃdhādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

(The perception of Brahman) arise* also front Devotion, etc.

The direct perception of Brahman is produced not merely by study of scripture, etc., by the grace of the preceptor, but also by means

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Numbered 3.3.52 in this text

Sūtra

प्रज्ञांतरपृथक्त्ववद्दृष्टिश्च तदुक्तम्

prajñāṃtarapṛthaktvavaddṛṣṭiśca taduktam

Sūtra translation

According to the difference in the power of uninterrupt- ed contemplation, the perception (of Brahman) also differs; and that is said (in scripture).

As there is difference in the (intensity of the) act of meditation, so there is difference in the perception (of Brahman). This is also

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