Brahma Sūtra 1.4.27
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
योनिश्च हि गीयते
yoniśca hi gīyate
Sūtra translation
And because Brahman is called the source.
Brahman is the material cause for that reason also that it is spoken of in the sacred texts as the source (yoni); compare, for
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.28 in this text
Sūtra
योनिश्च हि गीयते
yoniśca hi gīyate
Sūtra translation
And because it is called the womb.
Brahman is the material as well as the operative cause of the world for that reason also that certain texts call it the womb,
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.28 in this text
Sūtra
योनिश्च हि गीयते
yoniśca hi gīyate
Sūtra translation
And because Brahman is called the Source.
The state of being Prakriti consists in being the im- mediate means of bringing forth ; and this is indeed de- clared only of