Brahma Sūtra 2.1.25

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

देवादिवदपि लोके

devādivadapi loke

Sūtra translation

And (the case of Brahman is) like that of gods and other beings in ordinary experience.

Well, let it be admitted that milk and other non-intelligent things have the power of turning themselves into sour milk, &c. without any extraneous

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

देवादिवदपि लोके

devādivadapi loke

Sūtra translation

And as in the case of the gods and so on, in (their) world.

As the gods and similar exalted beings create, each in his own world, whatever they require by their mere volition, so the Supreme Person

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.1.26 in this text

Sūtra

देवादिवदपि लोके

devādivadapi loke

Sūtra translation

Like the gods and other (beings, i.e., spirits) and also as observed in the world, (Brahman may act unperceived).

(That He is) not given in our perception is not an argument against the existence of the L°rd who is tbe real doer and

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