Brahma Sūtra 3.4.48
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कृत्स्नभावात्तु गृहिणोपसंहारः
kṛtsnabhāvāttu gṛhiṇopasaṃhāraḥ
Sūtra translation
On account of his being all, however, there is winding up with the householder.
The word ‘ however ’ is meant to lay stress on the householder’s being everything. For the performance of many works belonging to his
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.4.47 in this text
Sūtra
कृत्स्नभावात्तु गृहिणोपसंहारः
kṛtsnabhāvāttu gṛhiṇopasaṃhāraḥ
Sūtra translation
But on account of the existence (of knowledge) in all, there is winding up with the householder.
As knowledge belongs to the members of all âsramas it belongs to the householder also, and for this reason the Upanishad winds up with
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.4.47 in this text
Sūtra
कृत्स्नभावात्तु गृहिणोपसंहारः
kṛtsnabhāvāttu gṛhiṇopasaṃhāraḥ
Sūtra translation
(The state of being an ascetic is superior to other states); but the passage concluding with the superiority of the householder refers to the gods, for they alone possess in full the virtues of the householder (and of the ascetic as well).
(The householder is the most exalted of all in heaven; for in the Chandogya Upanishad the passage) winding up with the importance of the