Brahma Sūtra 2.1.6

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

दृश्यते तु

dṛśyate tu

Sūtra translation

But it is seen.

The word 'but' discards the pûrvapaksha. Your assertion that this world cannot have originated from Brahman on account of the difference of its character

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

दृश्यते तु

dṛśyate tu

Sūtra translation

But it is seen.

The 'but' indicates the change of view (introduced in the present Sûtra). The assertion that Brahman cannot be the material cause of the world

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.1.7 in this text

Sūtra

दृश्यते च

dṛśyate ca

Sūtra translation

And it (their power) is seen.

Their superior power is seen (perceived) by the Great. Also in the Bhavashyat Purana, it is said, “ the Deities presiding over earth, etc.,

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