Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya)
by Swami Vireshwarananda | 1936 | 124,571 words | ISBN-10: 8175050063
This is the English translation of the Brahma-sutras including the commentary (Bhashya) of Shankara. The Brahma-sutra (or, Vedanta-sutra) is one of the three canonical texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy and represents an early exposition the Vedantic interpretation of the Upanishads. This edition has the original Sanskrit text, the r...
Chapter II, Section IV, Adhikarana VI
Adhikarana summary: The minuteness of the vital force
Brahma-Sutra 2.4.13: Sanskrit text and English translation.
अणुश्च ॥ १३ ॥
aṇuśca || 13 ||
aṇuḥ—Minute; ca—and.
13. And it is minute.
The vital force (Prana) is also minute, subtle, and limited like the senses. It may be objected that it is all-pervading according to the text: “Because he is equal to a gnat, equal to a mosquito, equal to an elephant, equal to these three worlds, equal to this universe” (Brih. 1. 3. 22). But the all-pervading-ness spoken of here is with respect to Hiranyagarbha, the cosmic Prana. In its universal aspect it is all-pervading ; but in relation to beings in the world, in its individual aspect with which we are concerned here, it is limited. Hence the vital force is also limited.