Brahma Sūtra 2.3.5
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्याच्चैकस्य ब्रह्मशब्दवत्
syāccaikasya brahmaśabdavat
Sūtra translation
The one (word ‘sprang') may be (taken in its secondary as well as in its primary sense), like the word ‘ Brahman.'
This Sfitra contains the reply to a doubt. — If we admit the opinion maintained hitherto, how can one and the same word ‘
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.3.4 in this text
Sūtra
स्याच्चैकस्य ब्रह्मशब्दवत्
syāccaikasya brahmaśabdavat
Sūtra translation
There may be (a double sense) of the one (word), as in the case of the word 'Brahman.'
Since in the clause 'from that Self there sprang Brahman,' the word 'sprang' cannot be taken in its literal senbe, it may be used
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्याच्चैकस्य ब्रह्मशब्दवत्
syāccaikasya brahmaśabdavat
Sūtra translation
This (origination and non-origination together) can be (predicated of the same) like the word Brahman.
It is possible that origination and non-origination apply to the same thing with reference to the primary and secondary sense, just as the word