Brahma-Sūtra 4.2.3

English of translation of Brahmasutra 4.2.3 by Roma Bose:

“That mind in the vital-breath, on account of what is subsequent.”

Nimbārka’s commentary (Vedānta-pārijāta-saurabha):

And that is united with the vital-breath.

Śrīnivāsa’s commentary (Vedānta-kaustubha)

Now the author points out that that is united with the vital-breath.

To the enquiry: In what does mind, connected, with speech and the rest, merge?—we reply: “That”, i.e. the mind, connected with speech and the rest, merges in the vital-breath. Why? “On account of what is subsequent,” i.e. on account of the subsequent text: “The mind in the vital-breath” (Chāndogya-upaniṣad 6.8.6). Thus, it is established that the mind, connected with all the sense-organs, is united with the vital-breath.

Here ends the section entitled “The Mind” (2).

Comparative views of Śaṅkara and Bhāskara:

As before, they hold that the function of the mind is merged in the vital-breath. They add a “ca” after “ata eva”.^[1]

Comparative views of Śrīkaṇṭha:

Śrīkaṇṭha holds, as before, that the function of the mind merges in the breath.^[2]

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Brahma-sūtras (Śaṅkara’s commentary) 4.2.3, p. 931; Brahma-sūtras (Bhāskara’s Commentary) 4.2.3, p. 227.

[2]:

Brahma-sūtras (Śrīkaṇṭha’s commentary) 4.2.3, p. 452.