Brahma Sūtra 4.1.14

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

इतरस्याप्येवमसंश्लेषः पाते तु

itarasyāpyevamasaṃśleṣaḥ pāte tu

Sūtra translation

Of the other (i. e. good works) also there is, in the same way, non-clinging ; but at death.

In the preceding adhikara;/a it has been shown that, according to scriptural statements, all natural sin—which is the cause of the soul’s bondage—does, owing

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

इतरस्याप्येवमसंश्लेषः पाते तु

itarasyāpyevamasaṃśleṣaḥ pāte tu

Sūtra translation

Of the other also there is thus non-clinging; but at death.

It has been said that, owing to knowledge, earlier and subsequent sins do not cling and are destroyed. The same holds good also with

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

इतरस्याप्येवमसंश्लेषः पाते तु

itarasyāpyevamasaṃśleṣaḥ pāte tu

Sūtra translation

But in the case of fall there is the absolute non- clinging (as welt as destruction) of the other (i.e., merit) also of the other.

In the same manner, there is the absolute non-cling- ing (as well as destruction) of merit (in the case of him) who falls. The

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