Brahma Sūtra 3.4.44

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्वामिनः फलश्रुतेरित्यात्रेयः

svāminaḥ phalaśruterityātreyaḥ

Sūtra translation

To the lord (of the sacrifice) only (the agent- ship in meditations belongs), because scripture de- clares a fruit ; this is the view of Atreya,

With regard to meditations on subordinate members of sacrificial actions there arises a doubt whether they are to be carried out by the sacrificer

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्वामिनः फलश्रुतेरित्यात्रेयः

svāminaḥ phalaśruterityātreyaḥ

Sūtra translation

By the Lord (of the sacrifice), since Scripture declares a fruit—thus Âtreya thinks.

A doubt arises whether the meditations on such constituent elements of the sacrifice as the Udgîtha, and so on, are to be performed by

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

स्वामिनः फलश्रुतेरित्यात्रेयः

svāminaḥ phalaśruterityātreyaḥ

Sūtra translation

(Only) to (the gods), the masters of knowledge, (its fruit belongs), on account of Sruti declaring that ; thus Atreya opines.

The fruit of knowledge declared by such texts as, “He who knows Brahman attains to the highest (Brahman) " (Tait II-i), belongs to the