Brahma Sūtra 4.2.7

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समाना चाऽऽसृत्युपक्रमादमृतत्वं चानुपोष्य

samānā cā''sṛtyupakramādamṛtatvaṃ cānupoṣya

Sūtra translation

And common (to him who knows and him who does not know) (is the departure) up to the beginning of the way ; and the immortality (of him who knows) (is relative only) without having burned (nescience and so on).

The question here arises whether the departure of the soul, as described hitherto, is the same in the case of him who knows and

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समाना चा सृत्युपक्रमादमृतत्वं चानुपोष्य

samānā cā sṛtyupakramādamṛtatvaṃ cānupoṣya

Sūtra translation

And it is common up to the beginning of the way; and the immortality (is that which is obtained), without having burned.

Is this departure of the soul common to him who knows and him who does not know?—It belongs to him only who does not

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

समनाचासृत्युपक्रमादमृतत्वञ्चानुपोष्य

samanācāsṛtyupakramādamṛtatvañcānupoṣya

Sūtra translation

The intelligent Prakriti is not withdrawn into the Lord j for she is co-existent with the Person (the Lord) (in time and space), never subject to mundane bondage; and she is blessed eternally, but not in consequence of meditation.

(The word ‘ Samanâ ’ used in the original is inter- preted thus; “ (She) to whom Ná (the Supreme Being) is Sama (equal)

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