गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

The pañca-janas here are five things beginning with prāṇa (breath), as is clear from the words immediately following the mention of pañca-jana. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The five things beginning with prāṇa are described in the following words (Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.18): prāṇasya prāṇam uta cakṣuṣaś cakṣur uta śrotrasya śrotram annasyānnaṁ manaso ye mano viduḥ "They know the breath of breath, the eye of the eye, the ear of the ear, the food of food, the mind of the mind." The objection may be raised: The word annam (food) here is included in the Mādhyandina recension of the Upaniṣad but not in the Kāṇva recension. In the Kāṇva recension, then, there are only four items and not five. To answer this doubt he says: Sūtra 13 jyotiṣaikeṣām asaty anne jyotiṣā-by light; ekeṣām -of some; asaty -in the absence; anne-of food. In some versions (the Kāṇva recension) the word "jyotiḥ" (light) replaces the word "anna" (food). Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa In the version of some (the Kāṇvas), even though the word anna is missing, the addition of the word jyotiḥ brings the number up to five. This word jyotiḥ is found in Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 4.4.6 in the words tad devā jyotiṣāṁ jyotiḥ (The demigods worship Him, the light of lights). The word jyotiḥ appears here in both recensions and it should be counted among the five or not as is appropriate.