Chapter 2 Section 4 Adhikarana 8
Adhikarana 8 of Chapter 2, Section 4. The organs are independent principles and not modes of the chief Prana
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+ Add ShlokaBrahma Sutra 2.4.17
WisdomLib.org (Swami Vireshwarananda, 1936) · Chapter Brahma Sutras 2.4 · Verse 2.4.17
त इन्द्रियाणि, तद्व्यपदेशादन्यत्र श्रेष्ठात् ॥ १७ ॥
They (the other Pranas ) except the chief ( Prana ) are organs (and so different from the chief Prana), on account of (their) being so designated (by the scriptures).
Brahma Sutra 2.4.18
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भेदश्रुतेः ॥ १८ ॥
On account of differentiating scriptural texts.
Brahma Sutra 2.4.21
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मांसादि भौमं यथाशब्दमितरयोश् च ॥ २१ ॥
Flesh etc. result from earth, according to the scriptures. So also as regards the other two (viz. fire and water).
Brahma Sutra 2.4.22
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वैशेष्यात्तु तद्वादस्तद्वादः ॥ २२ ॥
But on account of the preponderance (of a particular element in them the gross elements), are so named (after it).