Brahma Sūtra 2.3.50

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आभास एव च

ābhāsa eva ca

Sūtra translation

And (the individual soul is) an appearance (reflection) only.

And that individual soul is to be considered a mere appearance of the highest Self, like the reflection of the sun in the water

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.3.49 in this text

Sūtra

आभास एव च

ābhāsa eva ca

Sūtra translation

And it is a mere apparent argument.

The argumentation by which it is sought to prove that that being whose nature is constituted by absolutely uniform light, i.e. intelligence, is differentiated

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

आभास एव च

ābhāsa eva ca

Sūtra translation

Also for the reason that the soul is hut a reflection (of the Lord), (he cannot be likened to Matsya, etc.).

Equality with the Lord or His manifestations cannot be predicated of the soul, because he is but a reflection of the Lord, as described

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