Brahma Sūtra 2.2.22

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.23 in this text

Sūtra

उभयथा च दोषात्

ubhayathā ca doṣāt

Sūtra translation

And on account of the objections presenting themselves in either case.

The cessation of Nescience, &c. which, on the assumption of the Bauddhas, is included in the two kinds of cessation discussed hitherto, must take

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उभयथा च दोषात्

ubhayathā ca doṣāt

Sūtra translation

And on account of the objections presenting themselves in either case.

It has been shown that neither origination from nothing, as held by the advocates of general momentariness, is possible; nor the passing away into

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.23 in this text

Sūtra

उभयथाच दोषात्

ubhayathāca doṣāt

Sūtra translation

And because in either case there is a difficulty.

Supposing that the principle the cause existing, the effect necessarily follows, is invariable, the effect must always exist and consequently the distinction of cause

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