Brahma Sūtra 4.3.12

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

परं जैमिनिर्मुख्यत्वात्

paraṃ jaiminirmukhyatvāt

Sūtra translation

To the highest (Brahman) (the souls are led) 6^aimini (opines) ; owing to this being the principal sense (of the word ^ Brahman ’).

The teacher G'aimini is of opinion that the passage, ‘ He leads them to Brahman,’ refers to the highest Brahman. For the highest Brahman

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 4.3.11 in this text

Sūtra

परं जैमिनिर्मुख्यत्वात्

paraṃ jaiminirmukhyatvāt

Sūtra translation

The Highest, Jaimini thinks; on account of primariness of meaning.

The teacher Jaimini is of opinion that those deities lead on the souls of those only who meditate on the highest Brahman. For in

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

परं जैमिनिर्मुख्यत्वात्

paraṃ jaiminirmukhyatvāt

Sūtra translation

Qaimini opines (that the soul is led to) the highest; for (the word Brahman in the text) primarily denotes Him.

As the word Brahman is primarily attached to Brah- man only, it should be held that Vayu leads the soul to the highest Brahman

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