Brahma Sūtra 2.2.38
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.39 in this text
Sūtra
अधिष्ठानानुपपत्तेश्च
adhiṣṭhānānupapatteśca
Sūtra translation
And on account of the impossibility of rulership (on the part of the Lord).
The Lord of the argumentative philosophers is an untenable hypothesis, for the following reason also.—Those philosophers are obliged to assume that by his influence
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.37 in this text
Sūtra
अधिष्ठानानुपपत्तेश्च
adhiṣṭhānānupapatteśca
Sūtra translation
And on account of the impossibility of rulership.
Those who stand outside the Veda arrive through inference at the conclusion that the Lord is a mere operative cause. This being so, they
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.39 in this text
Sūtra
अधिष्ठानानुपपत्तेश्च
adhiṣṭhānānupapatteśca
Sūtra translation
Further there ia (in hie cate) the impossibility (absence) of place.
For an agent (like) the potter, etc., stands on tfte ground, viz., Prithivi, etc., (has a place to stand upon)apd does his work. And