Brahma Sūtra 3.4.49

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

मौनवदितरेषामप्युपदेशात्

maunavaditareṣāmapyupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

On account of there being injunction of the others also, in the same way as of the state of a Muni.

As the state of the Muni (Sawmyasin) and the state of the householder are enjoined in scripture, so also the two other orders, viz.

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.4.48 in this text

Sūtra

मौनवदितरेषामप्युपदेशात्

maunavaditareṣāmapyupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the others also being taught, in the same way as the condition of the Muni.

The injunction, on him who has passed beyond all desire, of mauna preceded by pârivrâjya (wandering about as a mendicant), is meant to illustrate

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.4.48 in this text

Sūtra

मौनवदितरेषामप्युपदेशात्

maunavaditareṣāmapyupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

Also because it is taught that the gods perform the duties of all the other Asramas (stages of life) as those of the ascetic condition.

(They are superior to all those, that are in the diffe- rent Asramas or stages of life). Not only the two stages (mentioned under

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