Brahma Sūtra 2.2.41
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.42 in this text
Sūtra
उत्पत्त्यसंभवात्
utpattyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
On account of the impossibility of the origination (of the individual soul from the highest Lord, the doctrine of the Bhâgavatas cannot be accepted).
We have, in what precedes, refuted the opinion of those who think that the Lord is not the material cause but only the ruler,
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.40 in this text
Sūtra
उत्पत्त्यसंभवात्
utpattyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
On account of the impossibility of origination.
The Sûtras now proceed to refute a further doubt, viz. that the Pañkarâtra tantra—which sets forth the means of attaining supreme beatitude, as declared
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.42 in this text
Sūtra
उत्पत्त्यसंभवात्
utpattyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
On account of the impossibility of origination, (Sakti, a Goddess, cannot be the cause).
For the bringing forth of anything has not been ob- served on the part of the female without the favour of the male.