Brahma Sūtra 2.2.32

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.33 in this text

Sūtra

नैकस्मिन्नसंभवात्

naikasminnasaṃbhavāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the impossibility (of contradictory attributes) in one thing, (the Jaina doctrine is) not (to be accepted).

Having disposed of the Bauddha doctrine we now turn to the system of the Gymnosophists (Jainas). The Jainas acknowledge seven categories (tattvas), viz. soul

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.31 in this text

Sūtra

नैकस्मिन्नसंभवात्

naikasminnasaṃbhavāt

Sūtra translation

Not so, on account of the impossibility in one.

The Bauddhas have been refuted. As now the Jainas also hold the view of the world originating from atoms and similar views, their theory

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.33 in this text

Sūtra

नैकस्मिन्नसंभवात्

naikasminnasaṃbhavāt

Sūtra translation

On account of the impossibility (of contradictory attributes') in one and the same thing (at the same time), the doctrine is not acceptable).

For the seven moods in which one and the same thing is said to be (at the same time) are contradictor and, consequently cannot

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