Brahma Sūtra 3.3.64

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

गुणसाधारण्यश्रुतेश्च

guṇasādhāraṇyaśruteśca

Sūtra translation

And because the text states a quality (of the vidya) to be common (to the three Vedas).

The text states that the syllable Om which is a quality, ^ A ‘ thing’ belonging to the A/’g-veda, viz. the pra^ava, is, accord-

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.62 in this text

Sūtra

गुणसाधारण्यश्रुतेश्च

guṇasādhāraṇyaśruteśca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the declaration of a quality being common (to all the Vedas).

The text 'By means of that syllable the threefold knowledge proceeds. With Om the Adhvaryu gives orders, with Om the Hotri recites, with Om

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.66 in this text

Sūtra

गुणसाधारण्यश्रुतेश्च

guṇasādhāraṇyaśruteśca

Sūtra translation

And on account of Sruti declaring in general terms all the qualities of the Lord to be (equally) contemplated (without any specification). *

(So) the Mandavya Sruti says: "By the person desirous of release who has known the truth, all the qualities of the Supreme Being are