The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣadbhāṣyam

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‘त एते सर्व एव समाः सर्वेऽनन्ताः’ इत्यविशेषेणवाङ्मनःप्राणानामुपासनमुक्तम् , न अन्यतमगतो विशेषउक्तः; किमेवमेव प्रतिपत्तव्यम्, किं वा विचार्यमाणेकश्चिद्विशेषो व्रतमुपासनं प्रति प्रतिपत्तुं शक्यत इत्यु-च्यते--

In plain words

The text states: 'All these are equal, all are infinite,' teaching the meditation on speech, mind, and breath without drawing any distinctions between them; no specific rule peculiar to any single one has been declared. Now, the question arises: should the meditation and its vow be understood strictly in this undifferentiated light, or can careful inquiry reveal some specific distinction?

Close to the Sanskrit

"Those these all indeed equal, all infinite," thus without distinction of speech, mind, and breaths meditation has been stated, not any single-residing distinction is stated; whether thus indeed it is to be understood, or when being investigated some distinction regarding the vow and meditation can be understood, is said--