Brahma Sūtra 3.3.52
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
परेण च शब्दस्य ताद्विध्यं भूयस्त्वात्त्वनुबन्धः
pareṇa ca śabdasya tādvidhyaṃ bhūyastvāttvanubandhaḥ
Sūtra translation
And from the subsequent (Brahma;<Ja) it follows that being of that kind (i.e. injunction of a mere vidya) (is the aim) of the text. The connexion (of the fanciful agnis with the real one) is due to the plurality (of details of the real agni which arc imaginatively connected with the vidya).
With regard to a subsequent Brdhma;^a also, viz. the one beginning, ‘That piled agni is this world indeed,’ we appre- hend that what is
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.3.50 in this text
Sūtra
परेण च शब्दस्य ताद्विध्यं भूयस्त्वात्त्वनुबन्धः
pareṇa ca śabdasya tādvidhyaṃ bhūyastvāttvanubandhaḥ
Sūtra translation
And by a subsequent (Brâhmana) also the 'being of such a kind' of the word (is proved). But the connexion is on account of plurality.
The subsequent Brâhmana (Sat. Br. X, 5, 4) also proves that the text treating of the altars made of mind, and so on, enjoins
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 3.3.54 in this text
How Madhva’s text corresponds here is not yet settled.
Sūtra
परेणच शब्दस्य ताद्विध्यं भूयस्त्वादनुबंधः
pareṇaca śabdasya tādvidhyaṃ bhūyastvādanubaṃdhaḥ
Sūtra translation
(That 'perception it, however, caused) only by ■ the Supreme ; (still) such a declaration of scripture (is admissible); for devotion is (indeed) the pre-eminent (means).
As the Supreme Being of His own accord shows Himself in consideration of the soul’s devotion and bes- tows upon him final beatitude; devotion