Brahma Sūtra 3.2.19
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अम्बुवदग्रहणात्तु न तथात्वम्
ambuvadagrahaṇāttu na tathātvam
Sūtra translation
But there is no parallelism (of the two things compared), since (in the case of Brahman) there is not apprehended (any separate substance) compar- able to the water.
Since no substance comparable to the water is apprehended in the case of Brahman, a parallelism between Brahman and the reflected images of the
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अम्बुवदग्रहणात्तु न तथात्वम्
ambuvadagrahaṇāttu na tathātvam
Sūtra translation
But because it is not apprehended like water, there is no equality.
The 'but' indicates an objection.—The highest Self is not apprehended in earth and other places in the same way as the sun or a
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अंबुवदग्रहणात्तु न तथात्वम्
aṃbuvadagrahaṇāttu na tathātvam
Sūtra translation
In the absence of 'perception full of water, (t.e., know- ledge melting with love and devotion) that state is not (fully realised).
Perception full of water, i.e., knowledge attended with love (devotion); without devotion the like- ness which the soul bears to the Lord, (the essential