Brahma Sūtra 2.2.26

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.27 in this text

Sūtra

उदासीनानामपि चैवं सिद्धिः

udāsīnānāmapi caivaṃ siddhiḥ

Sūtra translation

And thus (on that doctrine) there would be an accomplishment (of ends) in the case of non-active people also.

If it were admitted that entity issues from non-entity, lazy inactive people also would obtain their purposes, since 'non-existence' is a thing to be

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उदासीनानामपि चैवं सिद्धिः

udāsīnānāmapi caivaṃ siddhiḥ

Sūtra translation

And thus there would be accomplishment on the part of non-active people also.

Thus, i.e. on the theory of universal momentariness, origination from the non-existent, causeless cognition, and so on, it would follow that persons also not

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.27 in this text

Sūtra

उदासीनानामपि चैवं सिद्धिः

udāsīnānāmapi caivaṃ siddhiḥ

Sūtra translation

And thus on that doctrine, there would be an accomplishment of ends by the Indifferent (whatever\ is in- capable of being thought of as fit to be abandoned or pursued),.

If non-entity were the cause, then the indifferent things, (*'.«., the non-existent), sky-flower, etc., which cannot be the object of pursuit or avoidance should

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