Brahma Sūtra 2.3.7
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
यावद्विकारं तु विभागो लोकवत्
yāvadvikāraṃ tu vibhāgo lokavat
Sūtra translation
But wherever there are effects, there is division as in ordinary life.
The conjunction ‘ but ’ is meant to exclude the suspicion of — impossibility. We must not imagine the origin of ether to be
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
यावद्विकारं तु विभागो लोकवत्
yāvadvikāraṃ tu vibhāgo lokavat
Sūtra translation
But the division (origination) extends over all effects; as in ordinary life.
The 'but' has the sense of 'and.' As the clause 'In that all this has its Self' and similar ones directly state that Ether
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
यावद्विकारन्तु विभागो लोकवत्
yāvadvikārantu vibhāgo lokavat
Sūtra translation
And whatever undergoes modification is the divisible (limited in power) as observed in the world.
Besides the Scriptural statements, owing to the divisibility, ether is fit to be considered as originated. For in the world, only originated things are