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The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c6.s5.t2.8

The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c6.s5.t2.8

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c6.s5.t2.8

Further on, the five gates of the gods in the heart, or, as they later appear personified, "the five warriors of Brahman and doorkeepers of the heaven-world" are described, as which, corresponding to the triplicity running through the whole passage, appear five vital spirits, five sense-organs, and five nature-gods, of which one vital spirit, sense organ and nature-god are always put as identical.⁷⁹ Then it is said further: