Brahma Sūtra 1.2.17
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अनवस्थितेरसंभवाच्च नेतरः
anavasthiterasaṃbhavācca netaraḥ
Sūtra translation
(The person within the eye is the highest), not any other Self; on account of the non-permanency (of the other Selfs) and on account of the impossibility (of the qualities of the person in the eye being ascribed to the other Selfs).
To the assertion made in the pûrvapaksha that the person in the eye is either the reflected Self or the cognitional Self (the individual
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.2.18 in this text
Sūtra
अनवस्थितेरसंभवाच्च नेतरः
anavasthiterasaṃbhavācca netaraḥ
Sūtra translation
Not any other, on account of non-permanency of abode, and of impossibility.
As the reflected Self and the other Selfs mentioned by the Pûrvapakshin do not necessarily abide within the eye, and as conditionless immortality and
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अनवस्थितेरसम्भवाच्च नेतरः
anavasthiterasambhavācca netaraḥ
Sūtra translation
And (The one within the eye is Brahman, only not Agni or any other)', for, otherwise, it (the supposition) would involve a regressus in infinitum (Anavastha) or an impossi- bility.
If one individual soul be said to rule another, this would involve a regressus ad infinitum ; (for the second would have to be