somyedam

Updated: May 12, 2025

'Sad eva somyedam agra asid ekam evadvitiyam. This means That which is Being, i.e. this world which now, owing to the distinction of names and forms, bears a manifold shape, was in the beginning one only, owing to the absence of the distinction of names and forms.

- The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48