Brahma Sūtra 4.3.16

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

विशेषं च दर्शयति

viśeṣaṃ ca darśayati

Sūtra translation

And scripture declares a difference (in the case of meditations on symbols).

With reference to the meditations on symbols, such as name and so on, scripture declares that each following meditation has a different result from

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 4.3.15 in this text

Sūtra

विशेषं च दर्शयति

viśeṣaṃ ca darśayati

Sūtra translation

And Scripture declares the difference.

The text, 'He who meditates on name as Brahman, for him there is movement as he wishes as far as name extends,' &c. (Ch.

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

विशेषञ्च दर्शयति

viśeṣañca darśayati

Sūtra translation

And the Sruti shows the distinction (among the wise) or the eligible.

The difference among the wise is declared in the Cbaturveda Sikha thus: “ The wise are of three classes, those to whom Brahman shines

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