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The first sutra addresses the view that the Sankhya concept of Pradhana is mentioned in some recensions of the Vedas by inferring it from terms like Avyaktam. The sutra refutes this by explaining that Avyaktam in the Katha Upanishad refers to the physical body through a simile of a chariot, and the Upanishad itself clarifies this meaning. Similarities between Sankhya and Vedanta led to the misconception that their core principles are the same, but the sutra aims to distinguish the Vedantic view of Brahman f

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