Brahma Sūtra 3.2.23

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तदव्यक्तमाह हि

tadavyaktamāha hi

Sūtra translation

That (Brahman) is unevolved; for (thus scripture) says.

If that highest Brahman which is different from the world that is negatived in the passage discussed above really exists, why then is it

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.2.22 in this text

Sūtra

तदव्यक्तमाह हि

tadavyaktamāha hi

Sūtra translation

That (is) unmanifested; for (this Scripture) declares.

Brahman is not manifested by other means of proof; for Scripture says, 'His form is not to be seen, no one beholds him with

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तदव्यक्तमाह हि

tadavyaktamāha hi

Sūtra translation

That (Brahman) is non-manifest (i.e., transcending all perception) ; for (scripture) says that.

That, Brahman, is by nature always non-manifest; .(hence in obtaining the direct vision of the Lord, the soul’s efforts are of no avail without

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