Brahma Sūtra 4.4.22

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अनावृत्तिः शब्दादनावृत्तिः शब्दात्

anāvṛttiḥ śabdādanāvṛttiḥ śabdāt

Sūtra translation

(Of them) there is non-return, according to scripture ; non-return, according to scripture.

Those who, in following the road of the gods, to which the vein and the ray are leading, and on which light is the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अनावृत्तिः शब्दादनावृत्तिः शब्दात्

anāvṛttiḥ śabdādanāvṛttiḥ śabdāt

Sūtra translation

Non-return, according to Scripture; non-return, according to Scripture.

We know from Scripture that there is a Supreme Person whose nature is absolute bliss and goodness; who is fundamentally antagonistic to all evil;

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 4.4.23 in this text

Sūtra

अनावृत्तिश्शब्दादनावृत्तिश्शब्दात्

anāvṛttiśśabdādanāvṛttiśśabdāt

Sūtra translation

(Of the released there is) no returning, according to the Word, no returning, according to the Word.

“ (He who thus spends the whole of his life time at- tains to the world of Brahman) and he does not return, does

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