Brahma Sūtra 2.4.9

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

न वायुक्रिये पृथगुपदेशात्

na vāyukriye pṛthagupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

(The chief prA/^a is) neither air nor function, on account of its being mentioned separately.

An inquiry is now started concerning the nature of that chief prA;/a. The purvapakshin maintains that the prdwa is, according to S'ruti, nothing but

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.8 in this text

Sūtra

न वायुक्रिये पृथगुपदेशात्

na vāyukriye pṛthagupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

Neither air nor function, on account of its being stated separately.

Is this main vital breath nothing else but air, the second of the elements? Or is it a certain motion of the air? Or

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Numbered 2.4.10 in this text

Sūtra

न वायुक्रिये पृथगुपदेशात्

na vāyukriye pṛthagupadeśāt

Sūtra translation

Neither the element air nor the function is (spoken of in the Sruti in question), as their origin is separately declared; (hence the Sruti only declares the origin of the Chief of breaths).

From the statement “The word ‘ Prana ’ (breath) if used to denote the function (of motion or moving), the external element of air

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