Brahma Sūtra 2.2.17
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.18 in this text
Sūtra
समुदाय उभयहेतुकेऽपि तदप्राप्तिः
samudāya ubhayahetuke'pi tadaprāptiḥ
Sūtra translation
(If there be assumed) the (dyad of) aggregates with its two causes, (there takes place) non-establishment of those (two aggregates).
The reasons on account of which the doctrine of the Vaiseshikas cannot be accepted have been stated above. That doctrine may be called semi-destructive
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
समुदाय उभयहेतुकेपि तदप्राप्तिः
samudāya ubhayahetukepi tadaprāptiḥ
Sūtra translation
Even on the aggregate with its two causes, there is non-establishment of that.
We so far have refuted the Vaiseshikas, who hold the doctrine of atoms constituting the general cause. Now the followers of Buddha also teach
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.18 in this text
Sūtra
समुदाय उभयहेतुकेऽपि तदप्राप्तिः
samudāya ubhayahetuke'pi tadaprāptiḥ
Sūtra translation
Either when the aggregates are said to be caused by aggregates or when they are said to be caused by indi- vidual atoms, it (aggregation) would be impossible.
A single atom cannot, of course, make an aggregate. If it (an aggregate) be said to be the effect of atoms acting upon each