Brahma Sūtra 2.3.3
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवात्
gauṇyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
(The Vedic statement concerning the origination of ether) has a secondary sense, on account of the impossibility (of the origination of ether).
— The ether does not originate on account of the absence of scriptural statement. That other passage which (ap- — parently) declares the origination
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Rāmānuja’s text carries this sūtra and Sūtra 2.3.4 as one sūtra.
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवाच्छब्दाच्च
gauṇyasaṃbhavācchabdācca
Sūtra translation
It has a secondary sense, on account of impossibility and of the text.
It is reasonable to assume that in passages such as 'From that Self there sprang Ether.' the origination of Ether is not to be
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवात्
gauṇyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
(The Scriptural statement concerning the non-origina- tion of ether) has a secondary sense, on account of the impossibility (otherwise of properly interpreting the scriptural statements concerning origination).
‘‘ Ether is subtle (matter, offering no resistence), transcends senses.” This and other Srutis (speaking of ether as eternal) are to be taken in