Brahma Sūtra 2.4.5

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

सप्त गतेर्विशेषितत्वाच्च

sapta gaterviśeṣitatvācca

Sūtra translation

(The pra;^as are) seven, on account of this being understood (from scriptural passages) and of the specification (of those seven).

So far we have shown that there is in reality no conflict of scriptural passages regarding the origin of the pra«as. It will now

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.4 in this text

Sūtra

सप्त गतेर्विशेषितत्वाच्च

sapta gaterviśeṣitatvācca

Sūtra translation

(They are seven) on account of the going of the seven and of specification.

The question here arises whether those organs are seven only, or eleven—the doubt on this point being due to the conflicting nature of scriptural

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.6 in this text

Sūtra

सप्तगतेर्विशेषितत्वाच्च

saptagaterviśeṣitatvācca

Sūtra translation

Seven are the organs (with reference to the production) of knowledge, also from the specification (later on in that text).

The number * seven * is stated with reference to the intellectual organs, as it is so qualified in the text, “ In every