Brahma Sūtra 2.4.15

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

प्राणवता शब्दात्

prāṇavatā śabdāt

Sūtra translation

(It is not so) (because the pranas are con- nected) with that to which the pra;^as belong (i.e. the individual soul), (a thing we know) from scrip- ture.

Although there are divinities guiding the prAwas, yet we learn from scripture that those prdwas are connected with the embodied soul which is the

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.16 in this text

Sūtra

प्राणवता शब्दात्

prāṇavatā śabdāt

Sūtra translation

(As Brahman causes things to he seen, etc.) by the soul (1with the organs) which are His own inst/rumerds, (there is no conflict between the text, as may be seen) from the Word.

The Supreme Lord causes everything to be done by the soul furnished with what are His own instruments (i.e., organs); hence no conflict arises

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In Rāmānuja’s text the words of this sūtra fall within the sūtra numbered 2.4.13 there. Shown at Sūtra 2.4.14 →