Brahma Sūtra 2.2.42
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.43 in this text
Sūtra
न च कर्तुः करणम्
na ca kartuḥ karaṇam
Sūtra translation
And (it is) not (observed that) the instrument is produced from the agent.
The Bhâgavata hypothesis is to be rejected for that reason also, that observation never shows us an instrument, such as a hatchet and the
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.41 in this text
Sūtra
न च कर्तुः करणम्
na ca kartuḥ karaṇam
Sūtra translation
And there is not (origination) of the instrument from the agent.
'The internal organ called Pradyumna originates from Sankarshana,' i. e. the internal organ originates from the individual soul which is the agent. But this
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.43 in this text
Sūtra
नच कर्तुः करणम्
naca kartuḥ karaṇam
Sūtra translation
Nor it there the necessary instrumentality of organs for the (supposed male) agent.
Even if a male agent be admitted to be (her helper) the impossibility of origination would still remain unex- plained ; for the agent