Brahma Sūtra 1.2.3

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अनुपपत्तेस्तु न शारीरः

anupapattestu na śārīraḥ

Sūtra translation

On the other hand, as (those qualities) are not possible (in it), the embodied (soul is) not (denoted by manomaya, &c.).

The preceding Sûtra has declared that the qualities mentioned are possible in Brahman; the present Sûtra states that they are not possible in the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अनुपपत्तेस्तु न शारीरः

anupapattestu na śārīraḥ

Sūtra translation

But, on account of impossibility, not the embodied soul.

Those who fully consider this infinite multitude of exalted qualities will recognise that not even a shadow of them can belong to the individual

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अनुपपत्तेस्तु न शारीरः

anupapattestu na śārīraḥ

Sūtra translation

(On the other hand) the (all-pervading) is not the embodied soul, as it is quite impossible (to predicate omni- presence of him).

(That is), it is impossible and against fact and reason that one and the same individual soul could be in all the bodies (at

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