Madhvaon Brahma Sūtra 2.4.4

From the text, “ Therefore the mind is the earlier form, Speech is the later form” (A. A. III. i. i), as in the order of creation Speech is preceded by the mind, it (Speech) cannot be said to be unborn ; and it is said in the Vayuprokta thus, “ The permanency of the organ of speech arises from its aptitude for being related to Sruti (i.e., being the organ of uttering the Vedas). When the mind has an origin. Speech cannot possibly be absolutely eternal.” The Sruti says, * From Him (the Supreme Being) seven (breaths), the organs of sense, originate” (Ath. II. i. 8); and it is said in the Skandapurana, “ Seven only are the winds without; likewise seven are the breaths (senses) within (i.e., in the body). The wise understand that the same number obtains of the presiding deities without as well as of the principles entering into the composition of the body/' On the other hand, in the Kaundinya Sruti there are twelve breaths (organs of sense) found declared, thus, “ Twelve indeed are these Pranas (breaths), twelve are the months (of the year), twelve are the suns, twelve are the signs of the zodiac, twelve are the vessels (for holding soma juice).” Hence the Sutrakara says: