Chapter 1 Section 2 Adhikarana 4
Adhikarana 4 of Chapter 1, Section 2. The person within the eye is Brahman
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WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 1.2 · Verse 1.2.13
अन्तर उपपत्तेः ॥ १३ ॥
(The person) inside (the eye is Brahman) on account of (the attributes mentioned therein) being appropriate (only to Brahman).
Brahma Sutra 1.2.14
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स्थानादिव्यपदेशाच्च ॥ १४ ॥
And because abode etc. (i.e. name and form) are attributed to It (Brahman) (by other scriptural texts also, for the sake of contemplation).
Brahma Sutra 1.2.15
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सुखविशिष्टाभिधानादेव च ॥ १५ ॥
And verily on account of the reference (in the passage to Brahman) distinguished by bliss (mentioned at the beginning of the Prakarana ).
Brahma Sutra 1.2.16
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श्रुतोपनिषत्कगत्यभिधानाच्च ॥ १६ ॥
Also on account of the statement of the way (after death) of those who have known the Truth of the Upanishads ( i.e. knowers of Brahman) (with reference to the knower of the person in the eye).
Brahma Sutra 1.2.17
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अनवस्थितेरसंभवाच्च नेतरः ॥ १७ ॥
(The person in the eye is the Supreme Self) and not any other ( i.e. individual soul etc.) as these do not exist always; and on account of the impossibility (of the qualities of the person in the eye being attributed to any of these).