Brahma Sūtra 3.3.53

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

एक आत्मनः शरीरे भावात्

eka ātmanaḥ śarīre bhāvāt

Sūtra translation

Some (maintain the non-existence) of a (separate) Self, on account of the existence (of the Self) where a body is (only).

At present we will prove the existence of a Self different from the body in order to establish thereby the qualifica- tion (of the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.51 in this text

Sūtra

एक आत्मनः शरीरे भावात्

eka ātmanaḥ śarīre bhāvāt

Sūtra translation

Some, on account of the existence of a Self within a body.

In all meditations on the highest Self the nature of the meditating subject has to be ascertained no less than the nature of the

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.55 in this text

Sūtra

एक आत्मनः शरीरेभावात्

eka ātmanaḥ śarīrebhāvāt

Sūtra translation

The part and the whole (in the case of the soul are but one (rum-different), became the part of the soul rests as the subject of experiences in the body (which is produced by the Kar- ma) of the whole (Atman).

There is really non-difference or (oneness) between the part and the whole; for the part dwells only in the body which is produced as

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