Brahma Sūtra 2.3.33
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कर्ता शास्त्रार्थवत्त्वात्
kartā śāstrārthavattvāt
Sūtra translation
(The soul is) an agent, on account of scripture having a purport (thereby).
In connexion with the doctrine that tlie soul possesses for its essence the qualities of the buddhi, another attribute of the soul is set
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कर्ता शास्त्रार्थवत्त्वात्
kartā śāstrārthavattvāt
Sūtra translation
(The soul is) an agent, on account of Scripture (thus) having a purport.
It has been shown that the individual Self is a knowing subject and atomic. Now the question arises whether that Self is an agent
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कर्ताशास्त्रार्थवत्त्वात्
kartāśāstrārthavattvāt
Sūtra translation
(The soul too) is an agent, for (then only) scripture (consisting of permission and prohibition), has a (real) pur- port ; (otherwise scripture would be purportless).
If the soul should not be an agent, there would re- sult that scripture has no purpose to serve. Therefore the individual soul also