Brahma Sūtra 2.2.8

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अङ्गित्वानुपपत्तेश्च

aṅgitvānupapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And, again, (the pradhâna cannot be active) because the relation of principal (and subordinate matter) is impossible (between the three gunas).

For the following reason also activity on the part of the pradhâna is not possible.—The condition of the pradhâna consists in the three gunas,

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.2.6 in this text

Sūtra

अङ्गित्वानुपपत्तेश्च

aṅgitvānupapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And on account of the impossibility of the relation of principal (and subordinate) matter.

You Sânkhyas maintain that the origination of the world results from a certain relation between principal and subordinate entities which depends on the relative

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अङ्गित्वानुपपत्तेः

aṅgitvānupapatteḥ

Sūtra translation

If the Purusha be said to be an Anya (i-e., a secon- dary part) then there would arise the difficulty of explaining the settled relation as principal, (of the soul to the body).

For in the activity of the body, Purusha or the soul is the principal agent (as accepted by the world; and the present view

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