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

Adhikaraṇa 7 The Principal Prāṇa (Life-Force) is the Primary Instrument of the Soul Introduction by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa Here someone may object: Is it not so that if it is to be counted among the senses, the principal prāṇa must have a function to perform where it assists the soul? The principal prāṇa has no such function. Also, if the principal prāṇa is one of the senses, then the senses, beginning with the eyes, would be twelve in number. In the following words the author of the sūtras answers this objection. Sūtra 11 akaraṇatvāc ca na doṣas tathā hi darśayati akaraṇatvāt—because of not having a sepcific function; ca—and; na—no; doṣaḥ—fault; tathā—so; hi—indeed; darśayati—shows. Also, there is no fault in not having a function, for the scriptures show it. Purport by Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa The word "ca" (also) is used to answer the previous objection. The word "karaṇa" here means “activity". It is not a defect on the part of the prāṇa that is has no specific function to assist the soul, for it does have an important function in that it is the support and the resting place of the physical senses. That is the meaning here. In the following passage, the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (5.1.1) shows this: atha ha prāṇā aham śreyasi vyūdire. . . .