The Vedanta Sutras of Badarayana: Third Adhyâya. Third Pâda.: III, 3, 16
16. The (highest) Self has to be understood (in Ait. Âr. II, 4, i), as in other places; on account of the subsequent (qualification).
We read in the Aitareyaka (II, 4, i), 'Verily, in the beginning all this was Self, one only; there was nothing
