Brahma Sūtra 1.1.8a

Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.1.9 in this text

Sūtra

प्रतिज्ञाविरोधात्

pratijñāvirodhāt

Sūtra translation

And on account of the contradiction of the initial statement.

The Pradhâna's being the cause of the world would imply a contradiction of the initial statement, viz. that through the knowledge of one thing

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No separate sūtra is printed here in Śaṅkara’s text.

No separate sūtra is printed here in Madhva’s text.