Brahma Sūtra 2.2.10a
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.11 in this text
Sūtra
महद्दीर्घवद्वा ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्
mahaddīrghavadvā hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām
Sūtra translation
Or (the world may originate from Brahman) as the great and the long originate from the short and the atomic.
The system of the Vaiseshikas is the following:—The atoms which possess, according to their special kind, the qualities of colour, &c., and which are
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.10 in this text
Sūtra
महद्दीर्घवद्वा ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्
mahaddīrghavadvā hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām
Sūtra translation
Or in the same way as the big and long from the short and the atomic.
We have shown that the theory of the Pradhâna being the universal cause is untenable, since it rests on fallacious arguments, and suffers from
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.11 in this text
Sūtra
महद्दीर्घवद्दा ह्रस्वपरिमण्डलाभ्याम्
mahaddīrghavaddā hrasvaparimaṇḍalābhyām
Sūtra translation
Just as molecules being great and long are the cause of increased dimension or size in their effects, so al*o the atoms and a binary atomic compound from their shortness and sphericity might become the cause of size in their effects.
If the quarternary atomic compounds, etc., being great and long could produce effects (things) having dimensions then the binary compounds and atoms too, could