Brahma Sūtra 3.3.58

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

नाना शब्दादिभेदात्

nānā śabdādibhedāt

Sūtra translation

(The vidyds arc) separate, on account of the difference of words and the like.

In the preceding adhikara;/a we have arrived at the con- clusion that a meditation on Vauvanara as a whole is the pre-eminent meaning of

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.56 in this text

Sūtra

नाना शब्दादिभेदात्

nānā śabdādibhedāt

Sūtra translation

(The meditations are) separate, on account of the difference of words, and so on.

The instances coming under this head of discussion are all those meditations on Brahman which have for their only result final Release, which consists

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.60 in this text

Sūtra

नाना शब्दादिभेदात्

nānā śabdādibhedāt

Sūtra translation

(And this perfectness is perceived and contemplated) in various degrees, as the Word and other (means of knowledge differ.

“ The Word, Reasoning, and Sensuous Perception according to the difference in the capability of the souls, differently show the same thing to Brahma

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