Brahma Sūtra 3.1.10
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
आनर्थक्यमिति चेन्न तदपेक्षत्वात्
ānarthakyamiti cenna tadapekṣatvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that purposelessness (of conduct would result therefrom), we deny this on account of the dependence (of work) on that (conduct).
That may be ; but for what reason should we abandon that meaning which the term ‘/Tarawa’ directly conveys, viz. the meaning ‘ conduct,’
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
आनर्थक्यमिति चेन्न तदपेक्षत्वात्
ānarthakyamiti cenna tadapekṣatvāt
Sūtra translation
'There is purposelessness'; not so, on account of the dependence on that.
But if conduct has no result, it follows that good conduct, as enjoined in the Smritis, is useless!—Not so, we reply; for holy works
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.1.11 in this text
Sūtra
आनर्थक्यमितिचेन्न तदपेक्षत्वात्
ānarthakyamiticenna tadapekṣatvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be objected that the word 1 condact ’ would then be purposeless, we reply it is not; for the quality of the sacri- ficial ads depends on that (condud).
If according to Karshnajini the word ‘ conduct ’ be understood to imply sacrificial and other duties also, then it would be sufficient to