Brahma Sūtra 1.1.5
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
ईक्षतेर्नाशब्दम्
īkṣaternāśabdam
Sūtra translation
On account of seeing (i.e. thinking being attributed in the Upanishads to the cause of the world; the pradhâna) is not (to be identified with the cause indicated by the Upanishads; for) it is not founded on Scripture.
It is impossible to find room in the Vedânta-texts for the non-intelligent pradhâna, the fiction of the Sâ@nkhyas; because it is not founded on
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
ईक्षतेर्नाशब्दम्
īkṣaternāśabdam
Sūtra translation
On account of seeing (i.e. thinking) that which is not founded on Scripture (i.e. the Pradhâna) is not (what is taught by the texts referring to the origination of the world).
We have maintained that what is taught by the texts relative to the origination of the world is Brahman, omniscient, and so on. The
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
ईक्षतेर्नाशब्दम्
īkṣaternāśabdam
Sūtra translation
Since it is the object of perception, it is not what cannot be spoken of.
' He (the votary) (by virtue of the initiation receiv- ed) from the most exalted of souls sees (perceives) the perfect Being, the Lord