Brahma Sūtra 4.2.9

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सूक्ष्मं प्रमाणतश्च तथोपलब्धेः

sūkṣmaṃ pramāṇataśca tathopalabdheḥ

Sūtra translation

And (heat is) subtle in measure ; as this is thus observed.

The elementary matter of heat and the other elements which form the substratum for the soul when passing out of this body, must be

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सूक्ष्मं प्रमाणतश्च तथोपलब्धेः

sūkṣmaṃ pramāṇataśca tathopalabdheḥ

Sūtra translation

And the subtle (body persists), on account of a means of knowledge, it being thus observed (in Scripture).

The bondage of him who knows is not, at that stage, dissolved, for this reason also that the subtle body continues to persist.—How is

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सूक्ष्मं प्रमाणतश्च तथोपलब्धेः

sūkṣmaṃ pramāṇataśca tathopalabdheḥ

Sūtra translation

And the Lord is greater than She in point of subtlety and in the extent of qualities ; (they are not equals') ; as sears from the Srvti announcing it.

And the subtlety of Brahman is greater than that of Prakriti. The extent of the qualities such as knowledge, bliss, power, authority is (incomparably)

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