Brahma Sūtra 3.2.31
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
परमतः सेतून्मानसंबन्धभेदव्यपदेशेभ्यः
paramataḥ setūnmānasaṃbandhabhedavyapadeśebhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
Beyond (Brahman, there is something) further, on account of the designations of bank, measure, connexion, separation.
With reference to this Brahman which we have ascertained to be free from all plurality there now arises the doubt—due to the conflicting nature
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.2.30 in this text
Sūtra
परमतः सेतून्मानसंबन्धभेदव्यपदेशेभ्यः
paramataḥ setūnmānasaṃbandhabhedavyapadeśebhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
(There is something) higher than that; on account of the designations of bridge, measure, connexion, and difference.
The Sûtras now proceed to refute an erroneous view based on some fallacious arguments, viz. that there is a being higher even than the
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.2.32 in this text
Sūtra
परमतः सेतून्मानसम्बन्धभेदव्यपदेशेभ्यः
paramataḥ setūnmānasambandhabhedavyapadeśebhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
(The qualities of Brahman are of a different nature), on account of His being declared as the bridge, as that which is beyond measure (absolutely perfect), as related (the original of the reflected qualities in the sold), and as being quite distinct from those of the world.
The bliss, eta, of Brahman should not be thought to be similar to those of the world, (though they are spoken of by the