Brahma Sūtra 2.2.3
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
पयो म्बुवच्चेत्तत्रापि
payo mbuvaccettatrāpi
Sūtra translation
If it be said (that the pradhâna moves) like milk or water, (we reply that) there also (the motion is due to intelligence).
Well, the Sâ@nkhya resumes, listen then to the following instances.—As non-sentient milk flows forth from its own nature merely for the nourishment of the
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.2 in this text
Sūtra
पयोम्बुवच्चेत्तत्रापि
payombuvaccettatrāpi
Sūtra translation
If it be said—like milk or water; there also (intelligence guides).
What has been said—the Sânkhya rejoins—as to the impossibility of the Pradhâna not guided by an intelligent principle constructing this variously constituted world, is
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
पयोंबुवच्चेत्तत्रापि
payoṃbuvaccettatrāpi
Sūtra translation
(If it be said that the Pradhana can be the Cause) ae seen in the case of milk or water ; (“ no ” we reply); for even there (there is the intelligent being guiding il).
It is not right to hold that even the non-intelligent Pradhana may be active as in the case of milk curdling or water flowing,