Brahma Sūtra 3.4.21
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्तुतिमात्रमुपादानादिति चेन्नापूर्वत्वात्
stutimātramupādānāditi cennāpūrvatvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that (texts such as the one about the udgltha are) mere glorification, on account of their reference (to parts of sacrifices) ; we deny that, on account of the newness (of what they teach, if viewed as Injunctions).
‘That udgitha is the best of all essences, the highest, holding the highest place, the eighth’ (Kh. Up. I, 1, 3); ‘This earth is
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्तुतिमात्रमुपादानादिति चेन्नापूर्वत्वात्
stutimātramupādānāditi cennāpūrvatvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that they are mere glorification, on account of their reference; not so, on account of the newness.
The following point is next enquired into. Are texts such as 'That Udgîtha is the best of all essences, the highest, holding the supreme
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
स्तुतिमात्रमुपादानादिति चेन्नापूर्वत्वात्
stutimātramupādānāditi cennāpūrvatvāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that the text under discussion is but the praise, wi the rule, on account of the wise following the ordi- nary injunctions, we reply, it cannot be purely praise ; for the toise are not the Purva, Brahman, (being under the control of the Lord).
(It may be said) that they (the wise) may act as they like is but the simple praise and not the rule ; for