स्वालक्षण्यं वृत्तिस्त्रयस्य सैषा भवत्यसामान्या ।
सामान्यकरणवृत्तिः प्राणाद्या वायवः पञ्च ॥ २९ ॥

svālakṣaṇyaṁ vṛttistrayasya saiṣā bhavatyasāmānyā ।
sāmānyakaraṇavṛttiḥ prāṇādyā vāyavaḥ pañca ॥ 29 ॥

svālakṣaṇyaṁ=their own characteristics; vṛttiḥ=its respective function; trayasya=of the three (mind, ego, intellect); sā=that (vritti); eṣā=that (pointing to the same vritti); bhavati=is; asāmānyā=peculiar (to each); sāmānyā=common; karaṇa=of the instruments; vṛttiḥ=function; prāṇādyā=prana etc.; vāyavaḥ=airs (pranas) pañca=five

Of the three (internal instruments – mind, ego, intellect) the functions are their respective characteristics; these are peculiar to each. The common functions of the three instruments are “prana” and the rest of the five vital airs.

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