Topic 2 - Particulars of identical Vidyās mentioned in different places or Śākhās are to be combined into one meditation Sutra 3,3.5 उपसंहारोऽर्थाभेदाद्विधिशेषवत्समाने च ॥ ५ ॥ upasaṃhāro’rthābhedādvidhiśeṣavatsamāne ca || 5 || upasaṃhāraḥ —Combination; arthābhedāt —since there is no difference in the object of meditation; vidhiśeṣavat —like the subsidiary rites of a main sacrifice; samāne ca —and in the Upāsanās

Topic 3 - Vidyās having really different subject-matter are separate, though in other respects there are similarities Sutra 3,3.6 अन्यथात्वं शब्दादिति चेत्, न, अविशेषात् ॥ ६ ॥ anyathātvaṃ śabdāditi cet, na, aviśeṣāt || 6 || anyathātvaṃ—There is difference; śabdāt —on account of (difference in) texts; iti cet —if it be said; na —not so; aviśeṣāt —on account of non-difference (as

Topic 4 - Specializing the ‘Om’ of the Udgītha Vidyā is apt, as ‘Om’ is common to all the Vedas Sutra 3,3.9 व्याप्तेश्च समञ्जसम् ॥ ९ ॥ vyāpteśca samañjasam || 9 || vyāpteḥ —Because (Om) extends (over the whole of the Vedas); ca —and; samañjasam —is appropriate. 9. And because (Om) extends (over the whole of the Vedas) , (to

Topic 6 - In all the meditations on Brahman qualities like ‘Bliss’ etc., which describe Its nature, are to be combined into one meditation, and not others Sutra 3,3.11 आनन्दादयः प्रधानस्य ॥ ११ ॥ ānandādayaḥ pradhānasya || 11 || ānandādayaḥ—Bliss and other attributes; pradhānasya —of the subject ( i.e. Brahman). 11. Bliss and other attributes (which depict the true nature)

Topic 7 - Kath. 1.3.10-11 simply aims at teaching that the Self is higher than everything else Sutra 3,3.14 आध्यानाय प्रयोजनाभावात् ॥ १४ ॥ ādhyānāya prayojanābhāvāt || 14 || ādhyānāya —For the sake of meditation; prayojana-abhāvāt —as there is no use. 14. (Kāṭhaka 1. 3. 10-11 tells about the Self only as the highest) for the sake of meditation, (and

Topic 8 - The self referred to in Ait. 1.1 is the Supreme Self and consequently the attributes of the Self given in other places are to be included in this Aitareya meditation Sutra 3,3.16 आत्मगृहीतिरितरवत्, उत्तरात् ॥ १६ ॥ ātmagṛhītiritaravat, uttarāt || 16 || ātmagṛhīti —The Supreme Self is meant; itaravat —as in other texts (dealing with creation); uttarāt

Topic 9 - Rinsing the mouth is not enjoined in the Prāṇa Vidyā, but only thinking the water as the dress of Prāṇa Sutra 3,3.18 कार्याख्यानादपूर्वम् ॥ १८ ॥ kāryākhyānādapūrvam || 18 || kāryākhyānāt —On account, of being a restatement of an act (already enjoined by the Smriti); apūrvam —what has not been so enjoined elsewhere. 18. On account of

Topic 11 - The names ‘Ahar’ and ‘Aham’ of the Supreme Brahman as abiding in the sun and in the right eye respectively, given in Brih . 5. 5.1-2, cannot be combined, as these are two separate Vidyās Sutra 3,3.20 संबन्धादेवमन्यत्रापि ॥ २० ॥ saṃbandhādevamanyatrāpi || 20 || saṃbandhāt —On account of the connection; evam —like this; anyatra —in other

Topic 13 - The Purusha Vidyā in the Chāṇḍogya and the Taittirīya are not one Sutra 3,3.24 पुरुषविद्यायामिव चेतरेषामनाम्नानात् ॥ २४ ॥ puruṣavidyāyāmiva cetareṣāmanāmnānāt || 24 || puruṣavidyāyām-iva —As in the Purusha Vidyā (of the Chāṇḍogya); ca —and; itareṣām —of the others; anāmnānāt —not being mentioned (in the Taittirīya). 24. And (since the qualities) as (mentioned) in the Purusha Vidyā