Brahma Sūtra 2.1.22
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अधिकं तु भेदनिर्देशात्
adhikaṃ tu bhedanirdeśāt
Sūtra translation
But the separate (Brahman, i.e. the Brahman separate from the individual souls) (is the creator); (the existence of which separate Brahman we learn) from the declaration of difference.
The word 'but' discards the pûrvapaksha.—We rather declare that that omniscient, omnipotent Brahman, whose essence is eternal pure cognition and freedom, and which is
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अधिकं तु भेदनिर्देशात्
adhikaṃ tu bhedanirdeśāt
Sūtra translation
But (Brahman is) additional, on account of the declaration of difference.
The word 'but' sets aside the primâ facie view. To the individual soul capable of connexion with the various kinds of pain there is
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.1.23 in this text
Sūtra
अधिकं तु भेदनिर्देशात्
adhikaṃ tu bhedanirdeśāt
Sūtra translation
But Brahman on the other hand is (of) exalted (powers) from the declaration of the distinctive character.
In the case of Brahman, the question of fatigue, anxiety and other defects does not arise, (as it is with the individual soul). For