Brahma Sūtra 3.4.22

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

भावशब्दाच्च

bhāvaśabdācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the words expressive of becoming.

Moreover the text exhibits words of clearly injunctive meaning, in connexion with the passages quoted above, viz. ‘Let him meditate on the udgitha’ (Kh.

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

भावशब्दाच्च

bhāvaśabdācca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the words denoting becoming.

That the texts under discussion have an injunctive purport also follows from the fact that they contain verbal forms denoting becoming or origination—'he is

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

भावशब्दाच्च

bhāvaśabdācca

Sūtra translation

And from the Sruti which has the word Bhâva mean- ing wiU, (the rule of acting according to their will is seen to hold in the case of all wise men).

And the text is the Tura Sruti which runs thus; ** All other individuals have to do as enjoined upon them; in the case

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