Brahma Sūtra 1.2.22

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

विशेषणभेदव्यपदेशाभ्यां च नेतरौ

viśeṣaṇabhedavyapadeśābhyāṃ ca netarau

Sūtra translation

The two others (i.e. the individual soul and the pradhâna) are not (the source of all beings) because there are stated distinctive attributes and difference.

The source of all beings is the highest Lord, not either of the two others, viz. the pradhâna and the individual soul, on account

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.2.23 in this text

Sūtra

विशेषणभेदव्यपदेशाभ्यां च नेतरौ

viśeṣaṇabhedavyapadeśābhyāṃ ca netarau

Sūtra translation

Not the two others, on account of distinction and statement of difference.

The section distinguishes the indestructible being, which is the source of all, &c., from the Pradhâna as well as the individual soul, in so

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

विशेषणभेदव्यपदेशाभ्यां च नेतरौ

viśeṣaṇabhedavyapadeśābhyāṃ ca netarau

Sūtra translation

And from the distinctive attributes and the state- ment of difference, the two others (are not described by the attributes of being invisible. etc.).

From the attributes declared in the text, “ (He) who is all-knowing, who is the master of all, whose medi- tation is perfect wisdom,”

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