Brahma Sūtra 2.1.20

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

यथा च प्राणादि

yathā ca prāṇādi

Sūtra translation

And as in the case of the different vital airs.

It is a matter of observation that when the operations of the different kinds of vital air—such as prâna the ascending vital air, apâna

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

यथा च प्राणादिः

yathā ca prāṇādiḥ

Sūtra translation

And as the different vital airs.

As the one air, according as it undergoes in the body different modifications, acquires a new name, new characteristics, and new functions, being then

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.1.21 in this text

Sūtra

यथा प्राणादिः

yathā prāṇādiḥ

Sūtra translation

And the means are of no independent existence as the vital airs etc. (i.e„ the body and the organs are).

For all the means (and materials) are always imbued with the Lord's presence as their guiding principle, just as the body the senses, the

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