Brahma Sūtra 2.2.11
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.12 in this text
Sūtra
उभयथाऽपि न कर्मातस्तदभावः
ubhayathā'pi na karmātastadabhāvaḥ
Sūtra translation
In both cases also (in the cases of the adrishta inhering either in the atoms or the soul) action (of the atoms) is not (possible); hence absence of that (viz. creation and pralaya).
The Sûtrakâra now proceeds to refute the doctrine of atoms being the cause of the world.—This doctrine arises in the following manner. We see
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उभयथापि न कर्मातस्तदभावः
ubhayathāpi na karmātastadabhāvaḥ
Sūtra translation
On both assumptions also there is no motion, and thence non-being (of the origination of the world).
The atomic theory teaches that the world is produced by the successive formation of compounds, binary, ternary, and so on, due to the aggregation
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.12 in this text
Sūtra
उभयथापि न कर्मातस्तदभावः
ubhayathāpi na karmātastadabhāvaḥ
Sūtra translation
In both cases also, action of the atoms is not posfir ble } hence absence of the effect of their activity (would have to be granted.
(The Vaiseshika who admits a Lord and His will to be the cause is to be asked whether or not the Lord’s will is