Brahma Sūtra 2.2.43
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.44 in this text
Sūtra
विज्ञानादिभावे वा तदप्रतिषेधः
vijñānādibhāve vā tadapratiṣedhaḥ
Sūtra translation
Or (if) in consequence of the existence of knowledge, &c. (Vâsudeva, &c. be taken as Lords), yet there is non-exclusion of that (i.e. the objection raised in Sûtra 42).
Let us then—the Bhâgavatas may say—understand by Sa@nkarshana, and so on, not the individual soul, the mind, &c., but rather Lords, i.e. powerful beings
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.42 in this text
Sūtra
विज्ञानादिभावे वा तदप्रतिषेधः
vijñānādibhāve vā tadapratiṣedhaḥ
Sūtra translation
Or, if they are of the nature of that which is knowledge and so on, there is no contradiction to that (i.e. the Bhâgavata doctrine).
The 'or' sets aside the view previously maintained. By 'that which is knowledge and so on' we have to understand the highest Brahman. If
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.2.44 in this text
Sūtra
विज्ञानादिभावेवा तदप्रतिषेधः
vijñānādibhāvevā tadapratiṣedhaḥ
Sūtra translation
Further if wisdom, etc., be alto supposed (for him), there is no denying of that ; (then the system lapses into the Pâsupata).
If wisdom and the necessary organs be supposed to be possessed by tlxe'Purusha (Sadasiva), then from him alone origination, etc., may proceed and there