Brahma Sūtra 3.4.41

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न चाऽऽधिकारिकमपि पतनानुमानात्तदयोगात्

na cā''dhikārikamapi patanānumānāttadayogāt

Sūtra translation

And not also (can the expiation take place) prescribed in the chapter treating of qualification, because on account of the inference of his lapse from SmrAi he (the Naish//dka) is not capable of it.

If a BrahmaHrin for life breaks from inattention the vow of chastity, is he to perform the expiatory sacrifice enjoined by the text, ‘

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न चाधिकारिकमपि पननानुमानात्तदयोगात्

na cādhikārikamapi pananānumānāttadayogāt

Sūtra translation

Nor the (expiatory performance) described in the chapter treating of qualification; that being impossible on account of the Smriti referring to such lapse.

Those expiatory performances which are described in the chapter treating of qualification (Pû. Mî. Sû. VI) are not possible in the case of him

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न चाधिकारिकमपि पतनानुमानात्तदयोगात्

na cādhikārikamapi patanānumānāttadayogāt

Sūtra translation

And not even the rani of any officiating gods is to be desired, for fall is inferred therefrom, and it is not fit.

(Indeed) it is not right to desire to possess the supreme qualities, etc-, of the Supreme Being. Even the rank of Brahma and others

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