Brahma Sūtra 3.3.9

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

व्याप्तेश्च समञ्जसम्

vyāpteśca samañjasam

Sūtra translation

And on account of the (omkdra) extending over the whole (Veda), (the view that the term udgitha expresses a specialisation) is appropriate.

In the passage, ‘Let a man meditate on the syllable Om (as) the udgitha,’ the two words ‘ omkdra ' and ‘ udgitha *

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

व्यासेश्च समञ्जसम्

vyāseśca samañjasam

Sūtra translation

And (this is) appropriate, on account of the extension.

Since the pranava, which is a part of the udgîtha, is introduced as the subject of meditation in the first prapâthaka of the Chândogya,

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.10 in this text

Sūtra

प्राप्तेश्च समञ्जसम्

prāpteśca samañjasam

Sūtra translation

And (both the views) are justifiable according as (1eligibility and the power of comprehension) exist.

It is consistent to make the statement that all the qualities are to be comprehended in one mental act or that they are not

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