वेदान्त पारिजात सौरभ (भगवद् निम्बार्काचार्य - द्वैताद्वैत वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

[SŪ. 2. 3. 47.
442 VEDĀNTA-PĀRIJĀTA-SAURABHA ADH. 12]
is something different, who is subject to bondage and release. He is
subject to seventeen rāśis (Mahā. 12.13754–56a). It has been
declared by Scripture, too, thus ‘Of the two, one eats the sweet berry,
the other, without eating looks on’ (Śvet. 4.6, Muṇḍ. 3.1.1).
COMPARISON
Rāmānuja and Śrīkaṇṭha
They quote from Smṛti to show that the soul is the attribute of
the Lord.¹
Baladeva
He quotes from Smṛti to show that the incarnations are not parts
of the Lord in the same sense the individual souls are.²
SŪTRA 47
“INJUNCTION AND PROHIBITION (FIT IN) ON ACCOUNT OF (THE
SOULS’) CONNECTION WITH BODIES, AS IN THE CASE OF FIRE AND
SO ON.”
Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha
“Injunction and prohibition” like ‘One who is desirous of heaven
should perform sacrifices’ (Tait Sam. 2 5 5³), ‘A Śūdra is not to be
initiated to a sacrifice’ (Tait Sam. 7.1.1⁴) and so on do indeed fit in,
on account of the connection of the individual souls with different
bodies, in spite of their being an equality among them as parts of
Brahman; just as fire is brought from the house of a Śrotriya,⁵ but not
from the crematory; or just as water and the like, touched by clean
persons, pots and so on are accepted and not others.
Vedānta-kaustubha
If the individual souls be all equal as parts and the rest of Brahman,
then to whom can the injunctions and prohibitions refer? Listen!
In spite of their sameness, injunctions and prohibitions like: ‘One
¹ Śrī. B. 2.3.46, p. 162, Part 2; Śk. B. 2.3.46, p. 160, Parts 7 and 8.
² G.B. 2.3.45.
³ P. 208, line 27, vol. 2. Not quoted by others.
⁴ P. 241, line 21, vol. 2. Not quoted by others
⁵ A Brāhmaṇa versed in the Veda.