Brahma Sūtra 3.1.26
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
रेतःसिग्योगोऽथ
retaḥsigyogo'tha
Sūtra translation
After that (there takes place) conjunction (of the soul) with him who performs the act of genera- tion.
The conclusion arrived at under the preceding Siitra is confirmed also by scripture stating that the souls, after having entered into plants, ‘ become
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
रेतःसिग्योगोथ
retaḥsigyogotha
Sūtra translation
After that conjunction with him who performs the act of generation.
The declaration that the descending souls become rice plants, and so on, cannot be taken literally for that reason also, that the text afterwards
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.1.28 in this text
Sūtra
रेतस्सिग्योगोऽथ
retassigyogo'tha
Sūtra translation
First he enters into him who performs the act of generation, then into the mother).
“ Then the soul in rice, etc., along with the food first enters into the father, (who performs the act of genera- tion), then