Brahma Sūtra 1.2.27

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत एव न देवता भूतं च

ata eva na devatā bhūtaṃ ca

Sūtra translation

For the same reasons (the Vaisvânara) cannot be the divinity (of fire), or the element (of fire).

The averment that the fanciful attribution of members contained in the passage 'His head is Sutejas,' &c. may apply to the elemental fire also

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 1.2.28 in this text

Sūtra

अत एव न देवता भूतं च

ata eva na devatā bhūtaṃ ca

Sūtra translation

For the same reasons not the divinity and the element.

For the reasons stated Vaisvânara can be neither the deity Fire, nor the elemental fire which holds the third place among the gross elements.

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अत एव न देवता भूतं च

ata eva na devatā bhūtaṃ ca

Sūtra translation

For the same reasons Faiswanara cannot le the Divinity Fire or the element Fire.

Though the words Agni, Vaiswanara, etc», may by established usage denote the divinity presiding over fire, or the element fire itself, still for the

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