Brahma Sūtra 2.1.4

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न विलक्षणत्वादस्य तथात्वं च शब्दात्

na vilakṣaṇatvādasya tathātvaṃ ca śabdāt

Sūtra translation

(Brahman can) not (be the cause of the world) on account of the difference of character of that, (viz. the world); and its being such, (i.e. different from Brahman) (we learn) from Scripture.

The objections, founded on Smriti, against the doctrine of Brahman being the efficient and the material cause of this world have been refuted; we

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न विलक्षणत्वादस्य तथात्वं च शब्दात्

na vilakṣaṇatvādasya tathātvaṃ ca śabdāt

Sūtra translation

Not, on account of the difference of character of that; and its being such (appears) from Scripture.

The same opponent who laid stress on the conflict between Scripture and Smriti now again comes forward, relying this time (not on Smriti but)

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Madhva’s text has two sūtras at this place. How they correspond here is not yet settled.

Numbered 2.1.4 in this text

Sūtra

न विलक्षणत्वादस्य तथात्वंच शब्दात्

na vilakṣaṇatvādasya tathātvaṃca śabdāt

Sūtra translation

The same (erroneousness) cannot be predicated of this (Sruti, and Smriti following it), from Us absolutely -different character and from (the authority of) the Word (itself).

The loss of authoritativeness cannot be predicated of Scripture and the Smritis that follow Scripture on account of the non-perception of the declared results,

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Numbered 2.1.5 in this text

Sūtra

दृश्यते तु

dṛśyate tu

Sūtra translation

But it (the promised effect) is indeed seen.

The fruit or the effect (promised by scripture) is realised by the eligible; and this is said in the Bhavisli- yat Puraua ; “

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