Brahma Sūtra 4.1.1

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आवृत्तिरसकृदुपदेशात्

āvṛttirasakṛdupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

Repetition (of the mental functions of know- ing, meditating, &c., is required) on account of the text sfiving instruction more than once.

The tliird adhyaya was taken up chieflj'' with a discussion of the means of knowledge as related to the higher and lower vidyas. In

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आवृत्तिरसकृदुपदेशात्

āvṛttirasakṛdupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

Repetition, on account of the text teaching (what has to be done more than once).

The third adhyâya was concerned with the consideration of meditation, together with its means. The Sûtras now enter on a consideration of the results

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आवृत्तिरसकृदुपदेशात्

āvṛttirasakṛdupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

The repetition (of hearing, i.e., study, etc., should be made; for (the precepts are given) more than once.

The hearing (knowing,) etc., enjoined by the text, “ Verily, Atman is to be seen, to be heard, to be thought and meditated on

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