Brahma Sūtra 3.1.6
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अश्रुतत्वादिति चेन्नेष्टादिकारिणां प्रतीतेः
aśrutatvāditi cenneṣṭādikāriṇāṃ pratīteḥ
Sūtra translation
(Should it be said that the souls are not en- veloped by water) on account of this not being stated by scripture, we refute the objection on the ground of those who perform ish/is, &c., being understood.
Well, let it be granted that, on account of question and answer, water, passing through the forms of .s'raddhd, &c., may in the fifth
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अश्रुतत्वादिति चेन्नेष्टादिकारिणां प्रतीतेः
aśrutatvāditi cenneṣṭādikāriṇāṃ pratīteḥ
Sūtra translation
'On account of this not being stated by Scripture'; not so, on account of those who perform sacrifices and so on being understood.
But, a further objection is raised, in the whole section under discussion no mention at all is made of the soul; the section cannot
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अश्रुतत्वादिति चेन्नेष्टादिकारिणां प्रतीतेः
aśrutatvāditi cenneṣṭādikāriṇāṃ pratīteḥ
Sūtra translation
Should it be said that (the souls are not accompanied by the elements), on account of that not being explicitly stated in Scripture, we deny the objection ; for that is seen in the Sruti referring to those who perform sacrifices, etc.
The entering into Agni, etc. (of Pranas and the elements) is explicitly spoken of in Sruti; not so the going of the elements with