Brahma Sūtra 2.2.34

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.35 in this text

Sūtra

न च पर्यायादप्यविरोधो विकारादिभ्यः

na ca paryāyādapyavirodho vikārādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

Nor is non-contradiction to be derived from the succession (of parts acceding to and departing from the soul), on account of the change, &c. (of the soul).

Nor can the doctrine of the soul having the same size as the body be satisfactorily established by means of the hypothesis of the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न च पर्यायादप्यविरोधो विकारादिभ्यः

na ca paryāyādapyavirodho vikārādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

Nor also is there non-contradiction from paryâya; on account of change, and so on.

Nor is the difficulty to be evaded by the assumption of the soul assuming a different condition through contraction or dilatation. For this would

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.35 in this text

Sūtra

न च पर्यायादप्यविरोधो विकारादिभ्यः

na ca paryāyādapyavirodho vikārādibhyaḥ

Sūtra translation

Nor could the contradiction (difficulty) be removed by supposing a change of size in succession, on account of its involving essential change etc., in the soul.

Neither could it be held by the Gaina that the soul comes to be of the same size as the body it may occupy.

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