Brahma Sūtra 2.2.19
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.20 in this text
Sūtra
उत्तरोत्पादे च पूर्वनिरोधात्
uttarotpāde ca pūrvanirodhāt
Sūtra translation
(Nor can there be a causal relation between Nescience, &c.), because on the origination of the subsequent (moment) the preceding one ceases to be.
We have hitherto argued that Nescience, and so on, stand in a causal relation to each other merely, so that they cannot be made
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
उत्तरोत्पादे च पूर्वनिरोधात्
uttarotpāde ca pūrvanirodhāt
Sūtra translation
And on account of the cessation of the preceding one on the origination of the subsequent one.
For the following reason also the origination of the world cannot be accounted for on the view of the momentariness of all existence. At
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.20 in this text
Sūtra
उत्तरोत्पादे च पूर्वनिरोधात्
uttarotpāde ca pūrvanirodhāt
Sūtra translation
And because the effect being produced, the cause ceases to exist. (Otherwise the first principles of the system would be contradicted).
As the cause ceases to exist when it has produced its effect, it cannot be said to produce special effects again ; (for the