Brahma Sūtra 1.3.36
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
संस्कारपरामर्शात्तदभावाभिलापाच्च
saṃskāraparāmarśāttadabhāvābhilāpācca
Sūtra translation
On account of the reference to ceremonial purifications (in the case of the higher castes) and on account of their absence being declared (in the case of the Sûdras).
That the Sûdras are not qualified, follows from that circumstance also that in different places of the vidyâs such ceremonies as the upanayana and
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
संस्कारपरामर्शात्तदभावाभिलापाच्च
saṃskāraparāmarśāttadabhāvābhilāpācca
Sūtra translation
On account of the reference to ceremonial purifications, and on account of the declaration of their absence.
In sections the purport of which is to give instruction about Brahman the ceremony of initiation is referred to, 'I will initiate you; he
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
संस्कारपरामर्शात्तदभावाभिलापाच्च
saṃskāraparāmarśāttadabhāvābhilāpācca
Sūtra translation
And from the reference to the ceremony of ’purifi- cation, and the express mention of the absence of such cere- mony (in the case of the Sudra). •
For, in the text, “ Let the Brahinaua be initiated at the age of eight and let him be taught scripture,” the cere- mony