Brahma Sūtra 1.3.24
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
शब्दादेव प्रमितः
śabdādeva pramitaḥ
Sūtra translation
On account of the term, (viz. the term 'lord' applied to it) the (person) measured (by a thumb) (is the highest Lord).
We read (Ka. Up. II, 4, 12), 'The person of the size of a thumb stands in the middle of the Self,' &c., and
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.3.23 in this text
Sūtra
शब्दादेव प्रमितः
śabdādeva pramitaḥ
Sūtra translation
On account of the term, the one measured.
We read in the Kathavallî 'The Person of the size of a thumb stands in the middle of the Self, as lord of the
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
शब्दादेव प्रमितः
śabdādeva pramitaḥ
Sūtra translation
From, the very term (in scripture) it is proved that (the Highest Lord is meant).
From the (special term) ! Vamana,’ itself, Vishnu is understood to be (the one seated in) the middle, worship- ped by all the gods.