Brahma Sūtra 2.2.15
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.16 in this text
Sūtra
उभयथा च दोषात्
ubhayathā ca doṣāt
Sūtra translation
And as there are difficulties in both cases.
Earth has the qualities of smell, taste, colour, and touch, and is gross; water has colour, taste, and touch, and is fine; fire has
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उभयथा च दोषात्
ubhayathā ca doṣāt
Sūtra translation
And as there are objections in both cases.
A difficulty arises not only on the view of the atoms having colour and other sensible qualities, but also on the view of their
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.16 in this text
Sūtra
उभयथाचदोषात्
ubhayathācadoṣāt
Sūtra translation
And because in either case there would result an absurdity.
If the atoms (having colour, etc.), were eternal, then everything (effect) should be eternal. For the special characteristic which furnishes the Vaiseshika an argu-