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sridatta1 · Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 652 Location: india

There is no difference between Shankara and Ramanuja.

God pervaded all over the human body of Krishna similar to the soul that pervaded the same human body. Therefore, God can be called as Purusha here, since Purusha means that which pervades all over the human body. Shankara preferred to call God here as Purusha because He preferred the existence of two categories only viz, Purusha and Prakruti (Prakrutim purushamchaiva…. Gita). In this classification the soul that pervaded all over the human body along with God comes as a sub category under the Prakruti itself and is called as para prakruti. Ramanuja preferred to call God here as Purushottama, based on the classification of three cateogories viz, purusha, prakruti and purushottama (Yasmatksharamatitoham…. Gita). In this classification purusha means the soul, prakruti means the human body alone and purushottama means God. People of common sense can easily understand that there is no difference between these two classifications and hence there is no difference between Shankara and Ramanuja.