Brahma Sūtra 1.1.27
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उपदेशभेदान्नेति चेन्नोभयस्मिन्नप्यविरोधात्
upadeśabhedānneti cennobhayasminnapyavirodhāt
Sūtra translation
The objection that (the Brahman of the former passage cannot be recognised in the latter) on account of the difference of designation, is not valid because in either (designation) there is nothing contrary (to the recognition).
The objection that in the former passage ('three feet of it are what is immortal in heaven'), heaven is designated as the abode, while
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.1.28 in this text
Sūtra
उपदेशभेदान्नेति चेन्नोभयस्मिन्नप्यविरोधात्
upadeśabhedānneti cennobhayasminnapyavirodhāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that (Brahman is) not (recognised) on account of the difference of designation; (we say) not so, on account of there being no contradiction in either (designation).
In the former passage, 'three feet of it are what is immortal in heaven,' heaven is referred to as the abode of the being
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उपदेशभेदान्नेतिचेन्नोभयस्मिन्नप्यविरोधात्
upadeśabhedānneticennobhayasminnapyavirodhāt
Sūtra translation
If it be objected that one and the same thing could not have been meant, on the ground that the texts differ j me say ‘No’; for there is no contradiction be- tween the texts (in either case).
The earlier text is: “ His three immortal feet are in heaven.” (Ch. iii. 12. 6). The latter text, ‘ Beyond heaven ’ (Ch.