Brahma Sūtra 2.3.18
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
ज्ञोऽत एव
jño'ta eva
Sūtra translation
For this very reason (the individual soul is) intelligent.
Owing to the conflicting views of the philosophical schools there arises a doubt whether, as the followers of Ka;/ada think, the soul is in
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.3.19 in this text
Sūtra
ज्ञोत एव
jñota eva
Sūtra translation
For this very reason (the individual soul is) a knower.
It has been shown that, different therein from Ether and the rest, the soul is not produced. This leads to the consideration of the
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Madhva’s text has two sūtras at this place. How they correspond here is not yet settled.
Numbered 2.3.18 in this text
Sūtra
ज्ञोऽतएव
jño'taeva
Sūtra translation
The Intelligent Being (the soul too) is indeed born from the Supreme Lord only, (as seen from the same scriptural passage). 1
The soul too is born from the same Supreme Lord, on the authority of scripture only. So says the Kasha-^ yana Sruti, “ All
Numbered 2.3.19 in this text
Sūtra
युक्तेश्च
yukteśca
Sūtra translation
And also on account of the possibility (of considering ' the soul as having a birth).
Though the soul is eternal, still it is possible to speak of him as being born, with reference to the (em- bodied) condition (to