Brahma Sūtra 3.1.8
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कृतात्ययेऽनुशयवान्दृष्टस्मृतिभ्यां यथेतमनेवं च
kṛtātyaye'nuśayavāndṛṣṭasmṛtibhyāṃ yathetamanevaṃ ca
Sūtra translation
On the passing away of the works (the soul redescends) with a remainder, according to scripture and Smmi, as it went (i.e. passing through the same stations) and not thus (i.e. in the inverse order).
Scripture states that the souls of those who perform sacrifices, and the like, rise on the road leading through smoke, and so on, to
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
कृतात्ययेनुशयवान्दृष्टस्मृतिभ्यां यथेतमनेवं च
kṛtātyayenuśayavāndṛṣṭasmṛtibhyāṃ yathetamanevaṃ ca
Sūtra translation
On the passing away of the works, with a remainder, according to Scripture and Smriti; as it went and not so.
The text declares that those who only perform sacrifices and useful works ascend by the road of the fathers, and again return to the
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Madhva’s text divides this sūtra into two sūtras.
Numbered 3.1.8 in this text
Sūtra
कृतात्ययेऽनुशयवान् दृष्टस्मृतिभ्याम्
kṛtātyaye'nuśayavān dṛṣṭasmṛtibhyām
Sūtra translation
When (some of) the works are exhausted by fruition, he (the soul) comes down with a remainder (of works), as appears from Sruti and Smriti.
For the Sruti says : “ Then with a remainder he comes (back) to this world, again does work, again goes, again comes back
Numbered 3.1.9 in this text
Sūtra
यथेतमनेवञ्च
yathetamanevañca
Sūtra translation
(The soul comes back) as it went; as well as by differ- ent (steps).
From the Kashayana Sruti, “ From Smoke he goes to Cloud, from Cloud to Ether, from Ether to the sphere of the Moon, and