Brahma Sūtra 2.2.5

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्यत्राभावाच्च न तृणादिवत्

anyatrābhāvācca na tṛṇādivat

Sūtra translation

Nor (can it be said that the pradhâna modifies itself spontaneously) like grass, &c. (which turn into milk); for (milk) does not exist elsewhere (but in the female animal).

Let this be (the Sâ@nkhya resumes). Just as grass, herbs, water, &c. independently of any other instrumental cause transform themselves, by their own nature,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.4 in this text

Sūtra

अन्यत्राभावाच्च न तृणादिवत्

anyatrābhāvācca na tṛṇādivat

Sūtra translation

Nor like grass and so on; because (milk) does not exist elsewhere.

This argumentation does not hold good; for as grass and the like do not transform themselves without the guidance of an intelligent principle, your

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्यत्राभावाच्च न तृणादिवत्

anyatrābhāvācca na tṛṇādivat

Sūtra translation

And because the world does not rest on any other than Brahman, the Lord is not merely a favourer as (Parjanya is) in the case of grass, etc.

From the texts, " Whatever there is of the world that is seen or heard of, Narayana stands pervading it, in’ and out.” “

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