Brahma Sūtra 1.1.8
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
हेयत्वावचनाच्च
heyatvāvacanācca
Sūtra translation
And (the pradhâna cannot be denoted by the word 'Self') because there is no statement of its having to be set aside.
If the pradhâna which is the Not-Self were denoted by the term 'Being' (Sat), and if the passage 'That is the Self, that art
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
हेयत्वावचनाच्च
heyatvāvacanācca
Sūtra translation
And because there is no statement of its having to be set aside.
If the word 'Sat' denoted the Pradhâna as the cause of the world, we should expect the text to teach that the idea of
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
हेयत्वावचनाच्च
heyatvāvacanācca
Sūtra translation
And became of the abeenee of any statement to the effect that it it a thing to be set aside.
The Atharvana Upanishad says “ Know that Atman only as the (supreme) one ; abandon other words; He is the bridge of immortality.” (IT.