Brahma Sūtra 1.3.18
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
इतरपरामर्शात्स इति चेन्नासंभवात्
itaraparāmarśātsa iti cennāsaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that the other one (i.e. the individual soul) (is meant) on account of a reference to it (made in a complementary passage), (we say) no, on account of the impossibility.
If the small (ether) is to be explained as the highest Lord on account of a complementary passage, then, the pûrvapakshin resumes, we point
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.3.17 in this text
Sūtra
इतरपरामर्शात्स इति चेन्नासंभवात्
itaraparāmarśātsa iti cennāsaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that on account of reference to the other one he is meant; we say no, on account of impossibility.
An objection is raised to the argumentation that, on account of complementary passages, the small ether must be explained to mean the highest Self.
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
इतरपरामर्शात्स इति चेन्नासम्भवात्
itaraparāmarśātsa iti cennāsambhavāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that from the reference to the other, it is the individual soul (that is in the lotus of the heart), we say ‘ nof on account of the impossibility (of the attributes in him).
" Having reached the Highest Light, (he) issues in his essential nature" (Ch. VIII-xii-3); aud “this is Atman )y (Ch. IV-xv-i) ; so he