Brahma Sūtra 2.3.40
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
यथा च तक्षोभयथा
yathā ca takṣobhayathā
Sūtra translation
And as the carpenter, in double fashion.
That the embodied Self is an agent, has been proved by the reasons set forth in Sutra 33, &c. We now have to consider
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.3.39 in this text
Sūtra
यथा च तक्षोभयथा
yathā ca takṣobhayathā
Sūtra translation
And as the carpenter, in both ways.
The Self, although always provided with the instruments of action, such as the organ of speech, and so on, acts when it wishes to
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
यथा च तक्षोभयथा
yathā ca takṣobhayathā
Sūtra translation
And even as the carpenter, (the soul is am agent) in double fashion.
As the carpenter is an agent under the master who causes him to work and is also an agent by himself so in the