Brahma Sūtra 3.4.39
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अतस्त्वितरज्ज्यायो लिङ्गाच्च
atastvitarajjyāyo liṅgācca
Sūtra translation
Better than this is the other (state of be- longing to an di^rama), on account of the indicatory marks.
‘Than this,’ i. e. ‘than standing between,’ a better means of knowledge it is to stand within one of the a.yramas, since this is
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अतस्त्वितरज्ज्यायो लिङ्गाच्च
atastvitarajjyāyo liṅgācca
Sūtra translation
But better than that is the other also on account of an inferential mark.
Better than to be outside the âsramas is the condition of standing within an âsrama. The latter state may be due to misfortune; but
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
अतस्त्वितरज्ज्यायोलिङ्गाच्च
atastvitarajjyāyoliṅgācca
Sūtra translation
(The evil-natured do not attain to the ratik of the gods by changing their nature) ; and for this very reason, that the number of the other class (the Asuras) is much greater, on account of such indication (and scriptural statement').
In fact the numerical strength is greater on the side of the Asuras than on that of the gods. This appears from the indication