Brahma Sūtra 2.4.17

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

त इन्द्रियाणि तद्व्यपदेशादन्यत्र श्रेष्ठात्

ta indriyāṇi tadvyapadeśādanyatra śreṣṭhāt

Sūtra translation

They (the pra;^as) are senses, on account of being so designated, with the exception of the best (the mukhya prA/^a).

We have treated of the mukhya prd;/a and the other eleven pr^iwas in due order.—Now there arises another doubt, viz. whether the other pr£l;/as

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.15 in this text

Sūtra

त इन्द्रियाणि तद्व्यपदेशादन्यत्र श्रेष्ठात्

ta indriyāṇi tadvyapadeśādanyatra śreṣṭhāt

Sūtra translation

They, with the exception of the best, are organs, on account of being so designated.

Are all principles called prânas to be considered as 'organs' (indriyâni), or is the 'best,' i.e. the chief prâna, to be excepted?—All of them,

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.18 in this text

Sūtra

त इन्द्रियाणि तद्व्यपदेशादन्यत्र श्रेष्ठात्

ta indriyāṇi tadvyapadeśādanyatra śreṣṭhāt

Sūtra translation

They (the breaths) other than the Chief are the organs, from the scriptural statement to that effect.

The Chief Prana being excepted, they only (the remaining twelve breaths are the organs; for the Pautra- yana Sruti says, “ Only twelve are