Brahma Sūtra 2.2.33

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.34 in this text

Sūtra

एवं चाऽऽत्माकार्त्स्न्यम्

evaṃ cā''tmākārtsnyam

Sūtra translation

And likewise (there results from the Jaina, doctrine) non-universality of the Self.

We have hitherto urged against the Jaina doctrine an objection resulting from the syâdvâda, viz. that one thing cannot have contradictory attributes. We now

Read Śaṅkara’s commentary →

Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

एवं चात्माकार्त्स्न्यम्

evaṃ cātmākārtsnyam

Sūtra translation

And likewise non-entireness of the Self.

On your view there would likewise follow non-entireness of the Self. For your opinion is that souls abide in numberless places, each soul having

Read Rāmānuja’s commentary →

Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.34 in this text

Sūtra

एवञ्चात्माकार्त्स्न्यम्

evañcātmākārtsnyam

Sūtra translation

And likewise, (according to the Gaina doctrine), (there would result that) the. soul is too big or too small (for the different bodies) it may occupy.

If (according to the Gaina doctrine), the size of the soul were admitted to be that of the body occupied, then the soul dwelling

Read Madhva’s commentary →