Brahma Sūtra 2.1.35
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
न कर्माविभागादिति चेन्नानादित्वात्
na karmāvibhāgāditi cennānāditvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be objected that it (viz. the Lord's having regard to merit and demerit) is impossible on account of the non-distinction (of merit and demerit, previous to the first creation); we refute the objection on the ground of (the world) being without a beginning.
But—an objection is raised—the passage, 'Being only this was in the beginning, one, without a second,' affirms that before the creation there was no
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Rāmānuja’s text carries this sūtra and Sūtra 2.1.36 as one sūtra.
Sūtra
न कर्माविभागादिति चेन्नानादित्वादुपपद्यते चाप्युपलभ्यते च
na karmāvibhāgāditi cennānāditvādupapadyate cāpyupalabhyate ca
Sūtra translation
If it be said 'not so, on account of non-distinction of deeds'; we say, 'not so, on account of beginninglessness'; this is reasonable, and it is also observed.
But before creation the individual souls do not exist; since Scripture teaches non-distinction 'Being only this was in the beginning.' And as then the
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.1.36 in this text
Sūtra
न कर्माविभागादिति चेन्नानादित्वात्
na karmāvibhāgāditi cennānāditvāt
Sūtra translation
If it he said that the Lord cannot be said to mea- sure his gifts by the works of the soul, on account of His being the cause of such activity also, the objection is to be rejected for the (series of) action is eternal.
It may be stated that the thing in consideration of which the Lord dispenses the fruit cannot be the action (of souls) for even