Brahma Sūtra 2.4.2
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवात्
gauṇyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
On account of the impossibility of a secondary (origin of the pra;^as).
Against the objection that the origin of the pra;/as must be understood in a secondary sense because the text states that they existed before
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Rāmānuja’s text carries this sūtra and Sūtra 2.4.3 as one sūtra.
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवात्तत्प्राक्श्रुतेश्च
gauṇyasaṃbhavāttatprākśruteśca
Sūtra translation
(The scriptural statement of the plural) is secondary, on account of impossibility; and since (the highest Self) is declared before that.
The plural form exhibited by the text must be taken (not in its literal, but) in a secondary figurative sense, since there is no
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Madhva’s text divides this sūtra into two sūtras.
Numbered 2.4.2 in this text
Sūtra
गौण्यसंभवात्
gauṇyasaṃbhavāt
Sūtra translation
On account of the impossibility (of the absolute non- originatedness) the Sruti, (stating the organs to be eternal), (is to be taken to declare) secondary origin.
The Sruti which declares the senses to be eternal, does so only in a secondary sense, as it is not possible to take it
Numbered 2.4.3 in this text
Sūtra
प्रतिज्ञानुपरोधाच्च
pratijñānuparodhācca
Sūtra translation
In order that the declaration in the argument may not be contradicted, i.e., it may be consistently maintained :
Viz., the declaration, “ He created all this ” (Tait. II. 6.), (the breaths or orgaus of sense must be held to have originated).