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Shloka 1
ॐ तथा प्राणाः ॐ ॥ २.४.१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tatha pranah oṃ || 2.4.1||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 2
ॐ गौण्यसम्भवात् ॐ ॥ २.४.२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ gaunyasambhavat oṃ || 2.4.2||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 3
ॐ प्रतिज्ञानुपरोधाच्च ॐ ॥ २.४.३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pratijñanuparodhacca oṃ || 2.4.3||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 4
ॐ तत्प्राक्श्रुतेश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tatpraksrutesca oṃ || 2.4.4||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 5
ॐ तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्वाचः ॐ ॥ २.४.५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tatpurvakatvadvacah oṃ || 2.4.5||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 6
ॐ सप्त गतेर्विशेषितत्वाच्च ॐ ॥ २.४.६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ sapta gatervisesitatvacca oṃ || 2.4.6||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 7
ॐ हस्तादयस्तु स्थितेऽतो नैवम् ॐ ॥ २.४.७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ hastadayastu sthite'to naivam oṃ || 2.4.7||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 8
ॐ अणवश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anavasca oṃ || 2.4.8||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 9
ॐ श्रेष्ठश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ sresthasca oṃ || 2.4.9||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 10
ॐ न वायुक्रिये पृथगुपदेशात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ na vayukriye prthagupadesat oṃ || 2.4.10||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 11
ॐ चक्षुरादिवत्तु तत्सहशिष्ट्यादिभ्यः ॐ ॥ २.४.११॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ caksuradivattu tatsahasistyadibhyah oṃ || 2.4.11||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 12
ॐ अकरणत्वाच्च न दोषस्तथा हि दर्शयति ॐ ॥ २.४.१२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ akaranatvacca na dosastatha hi darsayati oṃ || 2.4.12||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 13
ॐ पञ्चवृत्तिर्मनोवद्व्यपदिश्यते ॐ ॥ २.४.१३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pañcavrttirmanovadvyapadisyate oṃ || 2.4.13||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 14
ॐ अणुश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.१४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anusca oṃ || 2.4.14||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 15
ॐ ज्योतिराद्यधिष्ठानं तु तदामननात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jyotiradyadhisthanam tu tadamananat oṃ || 2.4.15||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 16
ॐ प्राणवता शब्दात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pranavata sabdat oṃ || 2.4.16||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 17
ॐ तस्य च नितयत्वात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tasya ca nitayatvat oṃ || 2.4.17||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 18
ॐ त इन्द्रियाणि तद्व्यपदेशादन्यत्र श्रेष्ठात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ ta indriyani tadvyapadesadanyatra sresthat oṃ || 2.4.18||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 19
ॐ भेदश्रुतेः ॐ ॥ २.४.१९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ bhedasruteh oṃ || 2.4.19||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 20
ॐ वैलक्षण्याच्च ॐ ॥ २.४.२०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vailaksanyacca oṃ || 2.4.20||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 21
ॐ संज्ञामूर्तिक्लृप्तिस्तु त्रिवृत्कुर्वत उपदेशात् ॐ ॥ २.४.२१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ samjñamurtiklrptistu trivrtkurvata upadesat oṃ || 2.4.21||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 22
ॐ मांसादि भौमं यथाशब्दमितरयोश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.२२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ mamsadi bhaumam yathasabdamitarayosca oṃ || 2.4.22||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 23
ॐ वैशेष्यात्तु तद्वादस्तद्वादः ॐ ॥ २.४.२३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vaisesyattu tadvadastadvadah oṃ || 2.4.23||

ENGLISH MEANING

Adhyaya Begins
द्वितीयाध्यायस्य चतुर्थः पादः समाप्तः

TRANSLITERATION

dvitiyadhyayasya caturthah padah samaptah

ENGLISH MEANING

Adhyaya Begins
॥ इति द्वितीयोऽध्यायः॥

TRANSLITERATION

|| iti dvitiyo'dhyayah||

ENGLISH MEANING

Shloka 1
ॐ तथा प्राणाः ॐ ॥ २.४.१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tatha pranah oṃ || 2.4.1||

ENGLISH MEANING

That is Prana.
Shloka 2
ॐ गौण्यसम्भवात् ॐ ॥ २.४.२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ gaunyasambhavat oṃ || 2.4.2||

ENGLISH MEANING

Similarly the organs (are produced from the supreme Self).
Shloka 3
ॐ प्रतिज्ञानुपरोधाच्च ॐ ॥ २.४.३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pratijñanuparodhacca oṃ || 2.4.3||

ENGLISH MEANING

(Origin of the organs has to be accepted) because of the impossibility of (the text about origin having) the secondary sense.
Shloka 4
ॐ तत्प्राक्श्रुतेश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tatpraksrutesca oṃ || 2.4.4||

ENGLISH MEANING

Also because that term, ("is born"), is used earlier (in the primary sense) in the Upanishad (in connection with Prana).
Shloka 5
ॐ तत्पूर्वकत्वाद्वाचः ॐ ॥ २.४.५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tatpurvakatvadvacah oṃ || 2.4.5||

ENGLISH MEANING

(Pranas must have originated from Brahman) since speech is preceded by them.
Shloka 6
ॐ सप्त गतेर्विशेषितत्वाच्च ॐ ॥ २.४.६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ sapta gatervisesitatvacca oṃ || 2.4.6||

ENGLISH MEANING

The pranas are seven in number because of being so known and because of such a specification.
Shloka 7
ॐ हस्तादयस्तु स्थितेऽतो नैवम् ॐ ॥ २.४.७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ hastadayastu sthite'to naivam oṃ || 2.4.7||

ENGLISH MEANING

But the hands, are there; since (an excess is) established thus, therefore it is not so.
Shloka 8
ॐ अणवश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anavasca oṃ || 2.4.8||

ENGLISH MEANING

And the organs are atomic (ie., subtle and limited in size).
Shloka 9
ॐ श्रेष्ठश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ sresthasca oṃ || 2.4.9||

ENGLISH MEANING

So also the foremost (Prana is a product of Brahman).
Shloka 10
ॐ न वायुक्रिये पृथगुपदेशात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ na vayukriye prthagupadesat oṃ || 2.4.10||

ENGLISH MEANING

Prana is neither air nor a function, because it is taught separately.
Shloka 11
ॐ चक्षुरादिवत्तु तत्सहशिष्ट्यादिभ्यः ॐ ॥ २.४.११॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ caksuradivattu tatsahasistyadibhyah oṃ || 2.4.11||

ENGLISH MEANING

But Prana is not independent just like the organs of vision, because instruction is impared along with them and because of other reasons.
Shloka 12
ॐ अकरणत्वाच्च न दोषस्तथा हि दर्शयति ॐ ॥ २.४.१२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ akaranatvacca na dosastatha hi darsayati oṃ || 2.4.12||

ENGLISH MEANING

No fault accrues, because Prana is not a sense-organ. For thus it is shown in the Upanishads.
Shloka 13
ॐ पञ्चवृत्तिर्मनोवद्व्यपदिश्यते ॐ ॥ २.४.१३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pañcavrttirmanovadvyapadisyate oṃ || 2.4.13||

ENGLISH MEANING

It is taught that Prana has five states like the mind.
Shloka 14
ॐ अणुश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.१४॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ anusca oṃ || 2.4.14||

ENGLISH MEANING

And the chief Prana is atomic (ie., subtle and limited in size).
Shloka 15
ॐ ज्योतिराद्यधिष्ठानं तु तदामननात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१५॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ jyotiradyadhisthanam tu tadamananat oṃ || 2.4.15||

ENGLISH MEANING

But there is the (fact of) presiding over by (the deities) Fire and others, for so it is taught in the scriptures.
Shloka 16
ॐ प्राणवता शब्दात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१६॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ pranavata sabdat oṃ || 2.4.16||

ENGLISH MEANING

The organs are) connected with the possessor of the organs, as is known from the Vedic texts.
Shloka 17
ॐ तस्य च नितयत्वात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१७॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ tasya ca nitayatvat oṃ || 2.4.17||

ENGLISH MEANING

And on account of that soul's constant relation (with the body).
Shloka 18
ॐ त इन्द्रियाणि तद्व्यपदेशादन्यत्र श्रेष्ठात् ॐ ॥ २.४.१८॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ ta indriyani tadvyapadesadanyatra sresthat oṃ || 2.4.18||

ENGLISH MEANING

As distinguished from the chief Prana, the other pranas (eleven in number) are the organs, for they are so designated.
Shloka 19
ॐ भेदश्रुतेः ॐ ॥ २.४.१९॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ bhedasruteh oṃ || 2.4.19||

ENGLISH MEANING

Because of the (mention of) difference in the Upanishads.
Shloka 20
ॐ वैलक्षण्याच्च ॐ ॥ २.४.२०॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vailaksanyacca oṃ || 2.4.20||

ENGLISH MEANING

And (the organs are different from Prana) because of the dissimilarity in characteristics.
Shloka 21
ॐ संज्ञामूर्तिक्लृप्तिस्तु त्रिवृत्कुर्वत उपदेशात् ॐ ॥ २.४.२१॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ samjñamurtiklrptistu trivrtkurvata upadesat oṃ || 2.4.21||

ENGLISH MEANING

The arrangement of designation and shape, however, is by Him who made the elements tripartite, for it is taught (in the Upanishad).
Shloka 22
ॐ मांसादि भौमं यथाशब्दमितरयोश्च ॐ ॥ २.४.२२॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ mamsadi bhaumam yathasabdamitarayosca oṃ || 2.4.22||

ENGLISH MEANING

Flesh are produced from earth as it is shown in the Upanishads. From the other two as well (evolve other things).
Shloka 23
ॐ वैशेष्यात्तु तद्वादस्तद्वादः ॐ ॥ २.४.२३॥

TRANSLITERATION

oṃ vaisesyattu tadvadastadvadah oṃ || 2.4.23||

ENGLISH MEANING

But owing to the preponderance (of any one) occurs the corresponding designation, occurs the corresponding designation.
Adhyaya Begins
द्वितीयाध्यायस्य चतुर्थः पादः समाप्तः

TRANSLITERATION

dvitiyadhyayasya caturthah padah samaptah

ENGLISH MEANING

Thus ends the 4th padaha of the 2 adhyaya of the brahma sutras.
Adhyaya Begins
॥ इति द्वितीयोऽध्यायः॥

TRANSLITERATION

|| iti dvitiyo'dhyayah||

ENGLISH MEANING

Thus ends the second adhyaya.

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