Brahma Sūtra 3.4.36

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्तरा चापि तु तद्दृष्टेः

antarā cāpi tu taddṛṣṭeḥ

Sūtra translation

But also (persons standing) between (are qualified for knowledge) ; for that is seen (in scrip- ture).

A doubt arises whether persons in want who do not possess means, &c., and therefore are not able to enter one or the other

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्तरा चापि तु तद्दृष्टेः

antarā cāpi tu taddṛṣṭeḥ

Sūtra translation

Also in the case of those outside, as this is seen.

It has been declared that the members of the four âsramas have a claim to the knowledge of Brahman, and that the duties connected

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

अन्तराचापि तु तद्दृष्टेः

antarācāpi tu taddṛṣṭeḥ

Sūtra translation

Even in the case (of men) who stand between (these two), (their mixed character is also immutable ; for Scripture declares that (to be the case).

Even in the case of those who are between those eligible for right knowledge and those eligible for wrong knowledge> there is permanency of

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