Brahma Sūtra 3.4.18
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
परामर्शं जैमिनिरचोदना चापवदति हि
parāmarśaṃ jaiminiracodanā cāpavadati hi
Sūtra translation
Gaimini (considers that scriptural passages mentioning those stages of life in which chastity is obligatory, contain) a reference (only to those stages); they are not injunctions ; for (other scriptural pas- sages) forbid (those stages).
The Vedic texts which have been quoted to the end of showing the existence of the stages of life on which chastity is binding—such
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
परामर्शं जैमिनिरचोदनाच्चापवदति हि
parāmarśaṃ jaiminiracodanāccāpavadati hi
Sūtra translation
A reference (only) Jaimini (holds them to be), on account of absence of injunction; for (Scripture) forbids.
The argument for the three stages of life, founded on their mention in Vedic texts, has no force, since all those references are only
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
परामर्शं जैमिनिरचोदनाचापवदति हि
parāmarśaṃ jaiminiracodanācāpavadati hi
Sūtra translation
Gaimmi thinks that the reference is (to the good eon- dud in observing the details of which the wise has an option), for there is no injunction (that the wise should do what is pro- hibited) } for on the other hand there is the general prohibition (that he ought not to do).
Gaimini considers that “ doing what they please,” in the case of the wise means ‘doing only of their own accord any or all