Brahma Sūtra 1.1.16

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

नेतरोऽनुपपत्तेः

netaro'nupapatteḥ

Sūtra translation

(The Self consisting of bliss is the highest Self,) not the other (i.e. the individual Soul), on account of the impossibility (of the latter assumption).

And for the following reason also the Self consisting of bliss is the highest Self only, not the other, i.e. the one which is

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.1.17 in this text

Sūtra

नेनरोनुपपत्तेः

nenaronupapatteḥ

Sūtra translation

Not the other, on account of impossibility.

The other than the highest Self, i.e. the one called jîva, even in the state of release, is not that Self which the mantra

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

नेतरोऽनुपपत्तेः

netaro'nupapatteḥ

Sūtra translation

(.Anandamaya, is) not any other, on account of impossibility.

For from the knowledge of any other, release is im- possible ; and in support of it, Sruti has been quoted, that is, “

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