Brahma Sūtra 3.3.61

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अङ्गेषु यथाश्रयभावः

aṅgeṣu yathāśrayabhāvaḥ

Sūtra translation

With the (meditations on) members (of sacri- ficial acts) it is as with their abodes.

Are those — meditations enjoined in the three Vedas which rest on members of sacrificial actions such as the udgitha to be superadded to

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.59 in this text

Sūtra

अङ्गेषु यथाश्रयभावः

aṅgeṣu yathāśrayabhāvaḥ

Sūtra translation

They belong to the constituent members, as the bases.

A doubt arises whether meditations such as the one enjoined in the text, 'Let him meditate on the syllable Om as the Udgîtha,' which

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.63 in this text

Sūtra

अङ्गेषु यथाश्रयभावः

aṅgeṣu yathāśrayabhāvaḥ

Sūtra translation

The meditation of the gods should be with reference to the limbs on which they depend.

As for the gods, their meditation should have refer- ence to the particular members of the Lord's Person which form their abode (from which

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