Brahma Sūtra 2.4.8
Śaṅkara
Advaita Vedānta
Sūtra
श्रेष्ठश्च
śreṣṭhaśca
Sūtra translation
And the best (i.e. the chief vital air).
The Sutra extends to the chief vital air (mukhya pra;/a) a quality already asserted of the other pra«as, viz. being an effect of Brahman.—But,
Rāmānuja
Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.4.7 in this text
Sūtra
श्रेष्ठश्च
śreṣṭhaśca
Sūtra translation
And the best.
By 'the best' we have to understand the chief vital air (mukhya prâna), which, in the colloquy of the prânas, is determined to be
Madhva
Dvaita Vedānta
Numbered 2.4.9 in this text
Sūtra
श्रेष्ठश्च
śreṣṭhaśca
Sūtra translation
Also the Chief (of breaths) is (born from Brahman).
For the Gaupavana Sruti says : “ In his subtle essen- tial form, he indeed remains permanent; sometimes he originates in gross forms; hence