The Pranas also originate in the same way as ether and so on. — 270.

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SUTRA II. 4. 1.

तथा प्राणाः॥२.४.१॥

tathā prāṇāḥ ..2.4.1..

..Tatha, thus, for the same reason. … Pranah, the Pranas.

1. The Pranas also originate in the same way as ether and so on. — 270.

COMMENTARY

As ether and other elements originate from the Supreme Brahman in the same way do the Pranas or the senses also originate from Him. This we say because before creation it is declared that everything was one, and direct texts also show that from the Supreme Lord come out the Pranas, Manas and all the senses. The text of the Mundaka Upanishad, II., 3. 1, already quoted above clearly shows this. The origin of the Prana is not to be taken in a metaphorical sense, like the origination of the soul. For the Jivas have intelligence as their essential nature, and are free from all those six modifications, which we find with regard to material objects Therefore, the origin of the Jivas mentioned in some texts have rightly been explained a metaphorical way, while the origin of the senses ought not to be so explained, because the senses are modifications of Prakritic matter and with regard to them the origin is to be taken in its primary sense. This being so, the word Rishi or Prana mentioned in the text quoted by the Purvapakshin is to be interpreted as meaning Brahman, and the Prana here means the Omniscient Lord, the Great Rishi or the Seer.

But in the above text the word Prana is in the plural number, how can it refer to the Supreme Brahman? The word Rishi also is in the plural number therein. The plural number is to be taken in a secondary sense, as we find in the next Sutra.

SUTRA II. 4. 2.

गौण्यसम्भवात्॥२.४.२॥

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