Brahma Sūtra 1.2.19

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न च स्मार्तमतद्धर्माभिलापात्

na ca smārtamataddharmābhilāpāt

Sūtra translation

And (the internal ruler is) not that which the Smriti assumes, (viz. the pradhâna,) on account of the statement of qualities not belonging to it.

Good so far, a Sâ@nkhya opponent resumes. The attributes, however, of not being seen, &c., belong also to the pradhâna assumed by the Sâ@nkhya-smriti,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.2.20 in this text

Sūtra

न च स्मार्तमतद्धर्माभिलापाच्छारीरश्च

na ca smārtamataddharmābhilāpācchārīraśca

Sūtra translation

And not that which Smriti assumes, on account of the declaration of qualities not belonging to that; nor the embodied one.

'That which Smriti assumes' is the Pradhâna; the 'embodied one' is the individual soul. Neither of these can be the Ruler within, since the

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न च स्मार्तमतद्धर्माभिलापात्

na ca smārtamataddharmābhilāpāt

Sūtra translation

Nor is He the Pradhana declared by Smriti, the characteristic attributes of this not being mentioned.

The internal ruler is not the Pradhana (matter) which is the subject of (Kapila) Smriti, b«cause the attributes characterising Pradhana, namely, beittg' the. cause

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