Brahma Sūtra 2.4.4
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्वाचः
tatpūrvakatvādvācaḥ
Sūtra translation
Because speech is preceded by that (viz. fire and the other elements).
Although in the chapter, ‘ That sent forth fire,’ &c., the origin of the prd;/as is not mentioned, the origin of the three elements,
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.4.3 in this text
Sūtra
तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्वाचः
tatpūrvakatvādvācaḥ
Sūtra translation
On account of speech having for its antecedent that.
For the following reason also the word 'prâna,' in the text quoted, can denote Brahman only. Speech, i.e. the names which have for their
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.4.5 in this text
Sūtra
तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्वाचः
tatpūrvakatvādvācaḥ
Sūtra translation
Speech is born, for it is preceded by that (its cause the mind), (as declared by Sruti).
From the text, “ Therefore the mind is the earlier form, Speech is the later form” (A. A. III. i. i), as in the