Brahma Sūtra 3.3.7

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न वा प्रकरणभेदात्परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्

na vā prakaraṇabhedātparovarīyastvādivat

Sūtra translation

Or rather there is no (unity of the vidySs), owing to the difference of subject-matter.

Setting aside the view maintained by the purvapakshin, we have rather to say that, owing to the difference of sub- ject-matter, the two vidy4s

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न वा प्रकरणभेदात्परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्

na vā prakaraṇabhedātparovarīyastvādivat

Sūtra translation

Or not, on account of difference of subject-matter; as in the case of the attribute of being higher than the high, and so on.

There is no unity of the two vidyâs, since the subject-matter of the two differs. For the tale in the Chândogya-text, which begins 'when

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 3.3.8 in this text

Sūtra

न वा प्रकरणभेदात्परोवरीयस्त्वादिवत्

na vā prakaraṇabhedātparovarīyastvādivat

Sūtra translation

The comprehension is to be secured or not, according to the difference of the subject, as in the case of attributes of ‘ Absolute supremacy, etc?

According to the difference of the subject, the comprehension of all the attributes is to be or not to be secured, for, in the