Brahma Sūtra 4.2.12

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रतिषेधादिति चेन्न शारीरात्

pratiṣedhāditi cenna śārīrāt

Sūtra translation

Should you say that on account of the denial (made by scripture) (the soul of him who knows Brahman does not depart) ; we deny this, (because scripture means to say that the prd;^as do not depart) from the embodied soul.

From the distinction conveyed by the clause, ‘ and (relative) immortality without having burned’ (Sutra 7), it follows that in the case of absolute

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Rāmānuja’s text carries this sūtra and Sūtra 4.2.13 as one sūtra.

Sūtra

प्रतिषेधादिति चेन्न शारीरात्स्पष्टो ह्येकेषाम्

pratiṣedhāditi cenna śārīrātspaṣṭo hyekeṣām

Sūtra translation

If it be said that on account of the denial (it is not so); we deny this. From the embodied soul; for (that one is) clear, according to some.

The contention that the soul of him who knows departs from the body in the same way as other souls do cannot be upheld,

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्रतिषेधादिति चेन्न शारीरात्

pratiṣedhāditi cenna śārīrāt

Sūtra translation

If it be said that the equality with the Lord being denied of all, (Prakriti too cannot be on an equality with Him) it is to be denied; for the equality with the Lord is denied) of the individual soul.

From the following text, it may appear that the said equality of Prakriti is prohibited to be accepted: “ This perfect Lord is indeed

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