The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c7.s3.t5.3
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c7.s3.t5.3
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c7.s3.t5.3
By embodied souls, we are to understand all living beings (bhûtâni, more precisely [in contradistinction to the mahâ-bhûtâni or elements p. 140, 13] prâṇinaḥ p. 300, 5. 303, 4), therefore not only all gods, men, and animals, but also plants (therefore the expressions: brahmâdi-sthâvarânta p. 61, 11; brahmâdi-stambaparyanta p. 604, 2). Therefore plants (sthâvara) are also, as on p. 774, 5 it is expressly acknowledged, places of enjoyment (or suffering), they also have a living soul (kshetrajña p. 772, 5; jîva p. 773, 3), which has entered into