Brahma Sūtra 2.2.31

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.32 in this text

Sūtra

सर्वथाऽनुपपत्तेश्च

sarvathā'nupapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And on account of its general deficiency in probability.

No further special discussion is in fact required. From whatever new points of view the Bauddha system is tested with reference to its probability,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.30 in this text

Sūtra

सर्वथानुपपत्तेश्च

sarvathānupapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And on account of its being unproved in every way.

Here now come forward the Mâdhyamikas who teach that there is nothing but a universal Void. This theory of a universal Nothing is the

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.32 in this text

Sūtra

सर्वथानुपपत्तेश्च

sarvathānupapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And became of the absence of .\ and of the conflict with, reason and alt authorities, in every position (the sys- tems opposed to scripture are to be rejected).

For the theories now enquired into are unsup- ported by all authorities and opposed to Sruti, Smriti and reasoning; these systems cannot, therefore, be

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