Brahma Sūtra 1.1.6
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौणश्चेन्नाऽऽत्मशब्दात्
gauṇaścennā''tmaśabdāt
Sūtra translation
If it is said that (the word 'seeing') has a figurative meaning, we deny that, on account of the word Self (being applied to the cause of the world).
Your assertion that the term 'Being' denotes the non-intelligent pradhâna, and that thought is ascribed to it in a figurative sense only, as it
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौणश्चेन्नात्मशब्दात्
gauṇaścennātmaśabdāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that (the word 'seeing') has a secondary (figurative) meaning; we deny this, on account of the word 'Self' (being applied to the cause of the world).
The contention that, because, in passages standing close by, the word 'seeing' is used in a secondary sense, the 'seeing' predicated of the Sat
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौणश्चेन्नात्मशब्दात्
gauṇaścennātmaśabdāt
Sūtra translation
If it (that which it spoken of) it said to ho the qualified Brahman, we deny that, on account of the word Atman (used in the text to denote the cause of the world).
It is not proper to hold that it is the qualified Brah- man that is spoken of as capable of being seen and des-