Brahma Sūtra 1.1.3

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

शास्त्रयोनित्वात्

śāstrayonitvāt

Sūtra translation

(The omniscience of Brahman follows) from its being the source of Scripture.

Brahman is the source, i.e. the cause of the great body of Scripture, consisting of the Rig-veda and other branches, which is supported by

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

शास्त्रयोनित्वात्

śāstrayonitvāt

Sūtra translation

Because Scripture is the source (of the knowledge of Brahman).

Because Brahman, being raised above all contact with the senses, is not an object of perception and the other means of proof, but to

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

शास्त्रयोनित्वात्

śāstrayonitvāt

Sūtra translation

For (the cause of origination, etc.,) is that of which the only means of cognition (knowledge) is the authoritative Word.

As stated in the following and other Srutis, * He who has not studied the Vedas cannot understand, so as to attain to heaven,

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