Brahma Sūtra 4.2.3

Śaṅkara

Advaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तन्मनः प्राण उत्तरात्

tanmanaḥ prāṇa uttarāt

Sūtra translation

That mind (is merged) in breath, owing to the subsequent clause.

It has been shown that the passage, ‘ Speech is merged in mind,’ means a merging of the function only.—A doubt here arises whether

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Rāmānuja

Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तन्मनः प्राण उत्तरात्

tanmanaḥ prāṇa uttarāt

Sūtra translation

That mind in breath, owing to the subsequent clause.

That mind, i.e. mind united with all the organs unites itself with breath; not merely the function of mind. This appears from the clause

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Madhva

Dvaita Vedānta

Sūtra

तन्मनः प्राण उत्तरात्

tanmanaḥ prāṇa uttarāt

Sūtra translation

That Manas (Mind) enters into Prana, from the subsequent (passage).

From the subsequent statement which says : “ Manas (is withdrawn) into Prana ’’ the breath (Ch. VI. 15. 1), Rudra presiding over Mind

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