Brahma Sūtra 4.1.9

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अचलत्वं चापेक्ष्य

acalatvaṃ cāpekṣya

Sūtra translation

And with reference to immobility (scripture ascribes thought to the earth, &c.).

Moreover, in the passage ‘ The earth thinks as it * were scripture ascribes thought to the earth, with regard to its immobility. This

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अचलत्वं चापेक्ष्य

acalatvaṃ cāpekṣya

Sūtra translation

And with reference to immobility.

And it is with reference to their immobility that the earth and other inanimate things—the air, the sky, the waters, the mountains—may be spoken

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अचलत्वं चापेक्ष्य

acalatvaṃ cāpekṣya

Sūtra translation

And (the absence of mental distraction) depends also upon the body being in a state of rest.

For the Brahmandapurana says j “ If the body is at rest, there is rest for the mind also; if the body is in

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