Brahma Sūtra 2.3.46
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
प्रकाशादिवन्नैवं परः
prakāśādivannaivaṃ paraḥ
Sūtra translation
(As the soul is affected by pleasure and ’pain) not so the highest (Lord); as in the case of light and so on.
We maintain that the highest Lord does not feel the pain of the sa;«sdra-state in the same way as the soul does. The soul
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.3.45 in this text
Sūtra
प्रकाशादिवत्तु नैवं परः
prakāśādivattu naivaṃ paraḥ
Sūtra translation
But as in the case of light and so on. Not so is the highest.
The 'but' discards the objection. 'Like light and so on.' The individual soul is a part of the highest Self; as the light issuing
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
प्रकाशादिवन्नैवं परः
prakāśādivannaivaṃ paraḥ
Sūtra translation
(The Supreme Being with regard to His manifesta- tions) does not thus (consist of separate parts) ; just as (the superior deities presiding over) superior light, etc., are not.
Though souls and the manifestations of the Lord are both spoken of as parts, still the Supreme Lord in His manifestations as Matsya (fish),