Brahma Sūtra 3.2.29

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

पूर्ववद्वा

pūrvavadvā

Sūtra translation

Or else (the relation of the two is to be conceived) in the manner stated above.

Or else the relation of the two has to be conceived in the manner suggested by Sutra 25. For if the bondage of the

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.2.28 in this text

Sūtra

पूर्ववद्वा

pūrvavadvā

Sūtra translation

Or else in the manner stated above.

The but sets aside the two preceding alternatives. One substance may indeed connect itself with several states, but the former of the two alternatives

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.2.30 in this text

Sūtra

पूर्ववद्वा

pūrvavadvā

Sūtra translation

Or like prior time.

Just as the same Time when it is spoken of as prior Time becomes the measure and the measured, so also Brahman is both

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