Brahma Sūtra 4.1.19

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

भोगेन त्वितरे क्षपायित्वा संपद्यते

bhogena tvitare kṣapāyitvā saṃpadyate

Sūtra translation

But having destroyed by fruition the two other (sets of work) he becomes one with Brahman.

It has been showm that all good and evil deeds whose effects have not yet begun are extinguished by the power of knowledge. *

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

भोगेन त्वितरे क्षपयित्वाथ संपद्यते

bhogena tvitare kṣapayitvātha saṃpadyate

Sūtra translation

But having destroyed by fruition the other two sets he becomes one with Brahman.

There now arises the doubt whether the good and evil works other than those the non-clinging and destruction of which have been declared, that

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

भोगेन त्वितरे क्षपयित्वाथ सम्पत्स्यते

bhogena tvitare kṣapayitvātha sampatsyate

Sūtra translation

Saving exhausted the other two (Prarabdha merit and demerit) ly actual experience, then (immediately) he attains to heaven.

Having by actual experience exhausted the conse- quences (♦.«., fruits) of both good and evil works which have begun to bear their fruits, he

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