Brahma Sūtra 1.4.10
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कल्पनोपदेशाच्च मध्वादिवदविरोधः
kalpanopadeśācca madhvādivadavirodhaḥ
Sūtra translation
And on account of the statement of the assumption (of a metaphor) there is nothing contrary to reason (in ajâ denoting the causal matter); just as in the case of honey (denoting the sun) and similar cases.
The word ajâ neither expresses that fire, water, and earth belong to the goat species, nor is it to be explained as meaning 'unborn;'
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कल्पनोपदेशाच्च मध्वादिवदविरोधः
kalpanopadeśācca madhvādivadavirodhaḥ
Sūtra translation
And on account of the teaching of formation (i.e. creation) there is no contradiction; as in the case of the honey.
The 'and' expresses disposal of a doubt that had arisen. There is no contradiction between the Prakriti being ajâ and originating from light. On
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.11 in this text
Sūtra
कल्पनो पदेशाच्च मध्वादिवदविरोधः
kalpano padeśācca madhvādivadavirodhaḥ
Sūtra translation
And on account of its (Brahman) being so stated for the sake of contemplation, (and as scripture it intent upon instructing how on special principles, all the words denote Brah- man), there is no difficulty caused by taking the words to denote Brahman like the words Honey, Sfc., in the Madhu Vidya, etc.
Just as the words Honey, etc., in the Madhu and other Vidyas, are taken as declaring Brahman, so all the words describing sacrifices and