Brahma Sūtra 1.1.31
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
जीवमुख्यप्राणलिङ्गान्नेति चेन्नोपासात्रैविध्यादाश्रितत्वादिह तद्योगात्
jīvamukhyaprāṇaliṅgānneti cennopāsātraividhyādāśritatvādiha tadyogāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said (that Brahman is) not (meant), on account of characteristic marks of the individual soul and the chief vital air (being mentioned); we say no, on account of the threefoldness of devout meditation (which would result from your interpretation); on account of (the meaning advocated by us) being accepted (elsewhere); and on account of (characteristic marks of Brahman) being connected (with the passage under discussion).
Although we admit, the pûrvapakshin resumes, that the chapter about the prâna does not furnish any instruction regarding some outward deity, since it contains
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 1.1.32 in this text
Sūtra
जीवमुख्यप्राणलिङ्गान्नेति चेन्नोपासात्रैविध्यादाश्रितत्वादिह तद्योगात्
jīvamukhyaprāṇaliṅgānneti cennopāsātraividhyādāśritatvādiha tadyogāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said (that Brahman is not meant) on account of characteristic marks of the individual soul and the chief vital air; we say no, on account of the threefoldness of meditation; on account of (such threefold meditation) being met (in other texts also); and on account of (such threefold meditation) being appropriate here (also).
An objection is raised. 'Let none try to find out what speech is, let him know the speaker'; 'I slew the three-headed son of
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Sūtra
जीवमुख्यप्राणलिङ्गान्नेति चेन्नोपासात्रैविध्यादाश्रितत्वादिहतद्योगात्
jīvamukhyaprāṇaliṅgānneti cennopāsātraividhyādāśritatvādihatadyogāt
Sūtra translation
If it be said that (by the word ‘ Breath ’ Brahman) is not meant, on account of the characteristic marls of the individual soul and the Chief of breaths (being apparently mentioned) ; we say ‘.No,’ on account of the three-foldness of devout meditation being taught, the same being taken up as the subject of this context ; and an account of their fitness-
The characteristic marks of the individual soul are contained in the text, “ so many thousands of days in the period of hundred years”