Brahma Sūtra 2.1.24
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उपसंहारदर्शनान्नेति चेन्न क्षीरवद्धि
upasaṃhāradarśanānneti cenna kṣīravaddhi
Sūtra translation
If you object on the ground of the observation of the employment (of instruments); (we say), No; because as milk (transforms itself, so Brahman does).
Your assertion that the intelligent Brahman alone, without a second, is the cause of the world cannot be maintained, on account of the observation
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उपसंहारदर्शनान्नेति चेन्न क्षीरवद्धि
upasaṃhāradarśanānneti cenna kṣīravaddhi
Sūtra translation
Should it be said that (it is) not, on account of the observation of employment; we say, not so; for as in the case of milk.
We have so far determined that it is in no way unreasonable to hold that the highest Brahman, which is all-knowing, capable of realising
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.1.25 in this text
Sūtra
उपसंहारदर्शनान्नेति चेत् क्षीरवद्धि
upasaṃhāradarśanānneti cet kṣīravaddhi
Sūtra translation
If it be said that the aforesaid impossibility does not exist the soul being observed to conclude the works, (we reply), it is not so ; for (this case) is analogous to that of milk.
It may be stated that as he is observed to bring works undertaken to a conclusion, the individual soul is the absolute agent. But