Brahma Sūtra 3.4.26

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सर्वापेक्षा च यज्ञादिश्रुतेरश्ववत्

sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruteraśvavat

Sūtra translation

And there is need of all (works), on account of the scriptural statement of sacrifices and the like as in the case of the horse.

We now consider whether knowledge has absolutely no need of the works enjoined on the different di’ramas, or whether it has some need of

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सर्वापेक्षा च यज्ञादिश्रुतेरश्ववत्

sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādiśruteraśvavat

Sūtra translation

And there is need of all (works), on account of the scriptural statement of sacrifices and the rest; as in the case of the horse.

If knowledge (meditation), without any reference to sacrifices and the like, is able to bring about immortality, it must be capable of accomplishing this

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सर्वापेक्षा च यज्ञादि श्रुतेरश्ववत्

sarvāpekṣā ca yajñādi śruteraśvavat

Sūtra translation

The requisiteness of all the duties is only towards the production of knowledge, as that of the horse in journeying, since it is seen from the text, ,e By sacrifice, etc.”

There is the need for the performance of all the > duties towards the production of knowledge as it is seen from the Sruti:

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