Brahma Sūtra 3.2.28
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
प्रकाशाश्रयवद्वा तेजस्त्वात्
prakāśāśrayavadvā tejastvāt
Sūtra translation
Or else like that of light to its substratum, both being fire.
Or else the relation of the two may be viewed as follows. Just as the light of the sun and its substratum, i.e. the
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.2.27 in this text
Sūtra
प्रकाशाश्रयवद्वा तेजस्त्वात्
prakāśāśrayavadvā tejastvāt
Sūtra translation
Or else like light and its abode, both being fire.
The or sets aside the other two alternatives. If Brahman itself only appeared in the form of non-sentient things—as the snake itself only constitutes
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.2.29 in this text
Sūtra
प्रकाशाश्रयवद्वा तेजस्वात्
prakāśāśrayavadvā tejasvāt
Sūtra translation
Like that (the truu) which is the abode of light as well as light, Brahman’s both the quality and, the qualified (ilustre and the lustrous), on account of His being of lustrous character.
Or the illustration may be taken thus: just as the sun is both lustre and the lustrous, so is Brahman; for Brahman (like the