Brahma Sūtra 3.2.9
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स एव तु कर्मानुस्मृतिशब्दविधिभ्यः
sa eva tu karmānusmṛtiśabdavidhibhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
But the same (soul returns from Brahman) ; on account of work, remembrance, text, and precept.
Here we have to enquire whether the soul when awaking from the union with Brahman is the same which entered into union with Brahman,
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स एव तु कर्मानुस्मृतिशब्दविधिभ्यः
sa eva tu karmānusmṛtiśabdavidhibhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
But the same, on account of work, remembrance, text, and injunction.
Does the same person who had gone to sleep rise again at the time of waking, or a different one?—Since the soul in deep
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स एव च कर्मानुस्मृतिशब्दविधिभ्यः
sa eva ca karmānusmṛtiśabdavidhibhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
And the same Lord is the cause of all states, oh ac- count of His being the master of all the works (or activity) and from the Smriti conforming to Sruti, from Bruti and the commandment.
Further it should not be supposed that the Lord is the cause of dream, vision, etc., only in the case of some (beings), and