Brahma Sūtra 2.3.32
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
नित्योपलब्ध्यनुपलब्धिप्रसङ्गोऽन्यतरनियमो वाऽन्यथा
nityopalabdhyanupalabdhiprasaṅgo'nyataraniyamo vā'nyathā
Sūtra translation
Otherwise (if no manas existed) there would result either constant perception or constant non- perception, or else a limitation of either of the two (i.e. of the soul or of the senses).
The internal organ which constitutes the limiting ad- junct of the soul is called in different places by different names, such as manas (mind),
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
नित्योपलब्ध्यनुपलब्धिप्रसङ्गोन्यतरनियमो वान्यथा
nityopalabdhyanupalabdhiprasaṅgonyataraniyamo vānyathā
Sūtra translation
There would result permanent consciousness or non-consciousness, or else limitative restriction to either.
On the other view, i.e. on the view of the Self being omnipresent and mere knowledge, it would follow either that consciousness and also
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
नित्योपलब्ध्यनुपलब्धिप्रसंगोऽन्यतरनियमो वान्यथा
nityopalabdhyanupalabdhiprasaṃgo'nyataraniyamo vānyathā
Sūtra translation
Otherwise there would have to be granted the per- petual experience of bliss or of misery or the perpetual experi- ence of both together.
If the explanation of manifestation were not accepted, there would result that the gods are eternally experiencing, blessedness, etc., the Asuras are eternally experiencing