Brahma Sūtra 3.2.35

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

उपपत्तेश्च

upapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And because (only such a connexion) is possible.

Moreover, only such a connexion as described above is possible. For scriptural passages, such as ‘ He is gone to his Self’ (Kh. Up.

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.2.34 in this text

Sūtra

उपपत्तेश्च

upapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And on account of possibility.

Nor is there any truth in the assertion that, because texts such as 'he is the bridge of the Immortal' intimate a distinction between

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.2.36 in this text

Sūtra

उपपत्तेश्च

upapatteśca

Sūtra translation

And because of its possibility.

The possibility or reasonableness of the gradation is conveyed by the statement in the Padma : “ From the inconceivable powers of the Lord

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