Brahma Sūtra 3.3.3
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्वाध्यायस्य तथात्वेन हि समाचारेऽधिकाराच्च सववच्च तन्नियमः
svādhyāyasya tathātvena hi samācāre'dhikārācca savavacca tanniyamaḥ
Sūtra translation
(The rite of carrying fire on the head is an attribute) of the study of the Veda (of the Athar- va;^ikas) ; because in the Samd/t^ara (it is mentioned) as being such. (This also follows) from the general subject-matter, and the limitation (of the rite to the Atharva/^ikas) is analogous to that of the libations.
With reference to the pfirvapakshin’s averment that the rite of carrying fire on the head is connected with the \idyk of the followers of
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्वाध्यायस्य तथात्वे हि समाचारेधिकाराच्च सववच्च तन्नियमः
svādhyāyasya tathātve hi samācāredhikārācca savavacca tanniyamaḥ
Sūtra translation
For (the sirovrata) concerns the mode of the study of the Veda; also on account of (that rite) being a heading in the samâkâra; and the restriction is like that of the libations.
What the text says as to a restriction connected with the 'vow of the head,' does not intimate a difference of vidyâs. For that
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Madhva’s text divides this sūtra into two sūtras.
Numbered 3.3.3 in this text
Sūtra
स्वाध्यायस्य तथात्वेन हि समाचारेऽधिकाराच्च
svādhyāyasya tathātvena hi samācāre'dhikārācca
Sūtra translation
And because the study of scripture is such (general i.e., extending over the whole), indeed on account of the injunc- tion being such with regard to it, and because there is eligibi- lity for observing all the permitted (enjoined) • duties, and for understanding alt scripture.
The injunction or rule, “ The ’ sacred study (of the Vedas) should be made ” (T.A. IL 15), is general, i.e., applicable to
Numbered 3.3.4 in this text
Sūtra
सलिलवच्च तन्नियमः
salilavacca tanniyamaḥ
Sūtra translation
And that injunction is but analogous to the case of waiter.
Just as the natural law is that all water goes to the sea, so also is the rule that all speech (words) is meant