Brahma Sūtra 3.4.5

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समन्वारम्भणात्

samanvārambhaṇāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the taking hold together.

‘Then both his knowledge and his work take hold of him’ (Bri. Up. IV, 4, 2); as this passage shows that knowledge and work

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समन्वारम्भणात्

samanvārambhaṇāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the taking hold together.

The text 'then both knowledge and work take hold of him' (Bri. Up. IV, 4, 2) shows that knowledge and work go together, and

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समन्वारम्भणात्

samanvārambhaṇāt

Sūtra translation

Also from Scripture which states that Svarga, etc., are chiefly the products of action. (Karma or action is the chief cause of the celestial, human or any other body, from the Sruti explicitly declaring it as the chief agency).

And this is seen from the Mathara Sruti, “ It is only action that produces the body of the gods, of men ; and

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