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Brahma Sutras 2.17

अनवस्थितेरसम्भवाच्च नेतरः ॥

anavasthiter asambhavach cha na itarah

The other (the individual self) is not meant, because of the impossibility of abiding and the impossibility of being the cause.

[स्वतन्त्र] अवस्थान की असम्भावना से [भी] अन्य (जीव) नहीं [है, बल्कि ब्रह्म है] ॥