Brahma Sūtra 1.4.8
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
चमसवदविशेषात्
camasavadaviśeṣāt
Sūtra translation
(It cannot be maintained that ajâ means the pradhâna) because no special characteristic is stated; as in the case of the cup.
Here the advocate of the pradhâna comes again forward and maintains that the absence of scriptural authority for the pradhâna is not yet proved.
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
चमसवदविशेषात्
camasavadaviśeṣāt
Sūtra translation
On account of there being no special characteristic; as in the case of the cup.
In the discussion of the following passages also we aim only at refuting the system of the Sankhyas; not at disproving the existence and
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.4.9 in this text
Sūtra
चमसवदविशेषात्
camasavadaviśeṣāt
Sūtra translation
And like the word * Chamasa ’ (a wooden sacrificial bowl) ; there being no speciality attaching to the scriptural texts.
Though the word ‘ Chamasa ’ has a well-known appli- cation to the other thing (the bowl), from the scriptural passage, “ This is