Brahma Sūtra 1.4.1
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
आनुमानिकमप्येकेषामिति चेन्न शरीररूपकविन्यस्तगृहीतेर्दर्शयति च
ānumānikamapyekeṣāmiti cenna śarīrarūpakavinyastagṛhīterdarśayati ca
Sūtra translation
If it be said that some (mention) that which is based on inference (i.e. the pradhâna); we deny this, because (the term alluded to) refers to what is contained in the simile of the body (i.e. the body itself); and (that the text) shows.
In the preceding part of this work—as whose topic there has been set forth an enquiry into Brahman—we have at first defined Brahman (I,
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
आनुमानिकमप्येकेषामिति चेन्न शरीररूपकविन्यस्तगृहीतेर्दर्शयति च
ānumānikamapyekeṣāmiti cenna śarīrarūpakavinyastagṛhīterdarśayati ca
Sūtra translation
If it be said that some (mention) that which rests on Inference; we deny this because (the form) refers to what is contained in the simile of the body; and (this the text) shows.
So far the Sûtras have given instruction about a Brahman, the enquiry into which serves as a means to obtain what is the highest
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
आनुमानिकमप्येकेषामिति चेन्न शरीररूपकविन्यस्तगृहीतेर्दर्शयति च
ānumānikamapyekeṣāmiti cenna śarīrarūpakavinyastagṛhīterdarśayati ca
Sūtra translation
If it be said that that which is inferred (to be the cause, viz., the Pradhana, etc.,) is, as some read, declared by the terms ‘ Avyakta,’ 1 Giva’, etc.; this is denied; (but the terms denote Brahman only), as scripture shows ; for the terms de- note them, only on account of the Lord’s abiding in them which are like unto the incapable body.
In the fourth Sutra of this Adhyaya, all the words have been said to declare the qualities of Brahman only. But that position cannot