Brahma Sūtra 2.2.36

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.37 in this text

Sūtra

पत्युरसामञ्जस्यात्

patyurasāmañjasyāt

Sūtra translation

The Lord (cannot be the cause of the world), on account of the inappropriateness (of that doctrine).

The Sûtrakâra now applies himself to the refutation of that doctrine, according to which the Lord is the cause of the world only in

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

पत्युरसामञ्जस्यात्

patyurasāmañjasyāt

Sūtra translation

(The system) of the Lord (must be disregarded), on account of inappropriateness.

So far it has been shown that the doctrines of Kapila, Kanâda, Sugata, and the Arhat must be disregarded by men desirous of final

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.37 in this text

Sūtra

पत्युरसामञ्जस्यात्

patyurasāmañjasyāt

Sūtra translation

(The authorship oftho world cannot be predicated) of Pati, on, account of hi* being unfit (for the purpose),

Iswara, the Pasupati (Rudra) cannot be the cause of the world; for he is dependent and consequently unfit to be the cause, as appears

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