Brahma Sūtra 4.1.4
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
न प्रतीके न हि सः
na pratīke na hi saḥ
Sūtra translation
Not in the symbol (is the Self to be contem- plated); for he (the meditating person) (may) not (view symbols as being the Self).
‘ Let a man meditate on mind as Brahman ; this is said with reference to the body. Let a man meditate on ether
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
न प्रतीके न हि सः
na pratīke na hi saḥ
Sūtra translation
Not in the symbol; for (the symbol) is not that one (i.e. the Self of the Devotee).
'Let a man meditate on mind as Brahman' (Ch. Up. III, 18, 1); 'He who meditates on name as Brahman' (Ch. Up. VII, 15)—with
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
न प्रतीके न हि सः
na pratīke na hi saḥ
Sūtra translation
In the case of the symbol, it should not be contemplated as Atman (the Lord); for He is not the symbol: (but He is in the symbol)-
From a wrong notion that may be caused by the words of such texts as: “ Meditate on Name as Brahman, &c.,” (Ch. VII.