Brahma Sūtra 3.4.40
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
तद्भूतस्य तु नातद्भावो जैमिनेरपि नियमातद्रूपाभावेभ्यः
tadbhūtasya tu nātadbhāvo jaiminerapi niyamātadrūpābhāvebhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
But of him who has become that (i.e. entered on a higher d.rrama) there is no becoming not that (i.e. descending to a lower one), according to CTai- mini also, on account of restrictive rule, absence of such like (i.e. statements of descent), and non- existence (of good custom).
It has been established that there are stages of life for which chastity is obligatory. A doubt here arises whether one who has entered
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
तद्भूतस्य तु नातद्भावो जैमिनेरपि नियमात्तद्रूपाभावेभ्यः
tadbhūtasya tu nātadbhāvo jaiminerapi niyamāttadrūpābhāvebhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
But of him who has become that there is no becoming not that, according to Jaimini also, on account of (Scripture) restraining from the absence of the forms of that.
The doubt here arises whether those also who have fallen from the state of life of a Naishthika, Vaikhânasa or Pârivrâjaka are qualified for
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
तद्भूतस्य तु तद्भावो जैमिनेरपि नियमात् पाभावेभ्यः
tadbhūtasya tu tadbhāvo jaiminerapi niyamāt pābhāvebhyaḥ
Sūtra translation
It is the conclusion also of Gaimini that what each is is its own nature, as may he seen from Brutis declaring the invariable rule, the absence of (acquiring) the nature it has not, (and the permanency of its own nature).
The state of being Asura belongs to the Asura class alone; and the state of being god also belongs only to the class of