२] द्वितीयाध्याये चतुर्थः पादः २१५
तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्वाचः ॥ ३ ॥
परमात्मनः सृष्टिपूर्वकत्वादितरेषां नामयोगस्य तदानीं प्राणशब्दो नेन्द्रियविषयः ॥
सप्तगत्यधिकरणम् २
सप्त गतेर्विशेषितत्वाच्च ॥ ४ ॥
सप्तैवेन्द्रियाणि, ' सप्त प्राणाः ' ' यदा पञ्चावतिष्ठन्ते ज्ञानानि मनसा सह । बुद्भिश्च ' इति सप्तानामेव सह गतेः, तेषामेव योगे विशेषितत्वाच ॥
3. Tatpurvakatvadvacah
On account of the speech having for its antecedent the creation.
The objects, other than the Highest Self, could be designated by names, only after the creation of the fire etc, by the Highest Self. Therefore at that time, the word, Prana cannot refer to the sense-organs.
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4. Sapta gaterviseitatvacca
They are seven on account of the mentioning of movement and of specification.
The sense-organs are only seven in number. ' The seven Pranas come forth from Him' (Mund. II-1-8). ' When the five senses of knowledge stand still together with the mind and when the Buddhi does not move ' (Kath. II-3-10). From the above mentioned scriptural texts it is understood that only the seven senses move with the individual selves and
