Brahma Sūtra 3.2.18
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अत एव चोपमा सूर्यकादिवत्
ata eva copamā sūryakādivat
Sūtra translation
For this very reason (there are applied to Brahman) comparisons such as that of the images of the sun and the like.
Because that Self is of the nature of intelligence, devoid of all difference, transcending speech and mind, to be described only by denying of
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अत एव चोपमा सूर्यकादिवत्
ata eva copamā sūryakādivat
Sūtra translation
For this very reason comparisons, such as reflected images of the sun and the like.
Because Brahman, although abiding in manifold places, ever possesses the twofold characteristics, and hence does not share the imperfections due to those places, scriptural
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अत एव चोपमासूर्यकादिवत्
ata eva copamāsūryakādivat
Sūtra translation
And (if it be said that,) for the self-same reasons, the similarity (between the Lord and souls) is the similarity i.e., absolute identity (which exists between the Lord and His mani- festations, it is denied; for it (absolute identity cannot be), just as (it does not exist) between Surya (the sun), etc., and their images.
It may appear that since there is thus no difference whatever between the manifestations of the Lord mutually and since there is similarity in