Brahma Sūtra 3.4.13
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
नाविशेषात्
nāviśeṣāt
Sūtra translation
13, There being no specification (the rule does) not (specially apply to him who knows).
In passages such as ‘ Performing works here let a man live ’ &c., which state definite rules, there is no specification of him
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
नाविशेषात्
nāviśeṣāt
Sūtra translation
Not so, on account of non-specification.
Nor is it true that the text 'Doing works here,' &c., is meant to divert him who knows the Self from knowledge and restrict
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
नाविशेषात्
nāviśeṣāt
Sūtra translation
(The eligibility for knowledge) is not without differ- ence (gradation) (even among the eligible gods, etc.,) who are all equally fit to acquire knowledge).
The gods and others are not (all) of equal eligibility. The Kaundinya Sruti says: “ Now the means for the pur- poses sought by