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English of translation of Brahmasutra 3.3.63 by Roma Bose:

鈥淥r not, on account of Scripture not declaring (their) accompanying (sacrifices).鈥�

Nimb膩rka鈥檚 commentary (Ved膩nta-p膩rij膩ta-saurabha):

There is no fixed rule that the meditations on the subsidiary parts of sacrifices are to be included always in those sacrifices, just like the subsidiary parts themselves, since Scripture does not declare them to be subsidiary parts of sacrifices.

艢r墨niv膩sa鈥檚 commentary (Ved膩nta-kaustubha)

Now (the author) refutes it.

The statement that there is a regular inclusion, in sacrificial acts, of the meditations based on the subsidiary parts of sacrificial acts, such as the 耻诲驳墨迟丑补, like those subsidiary parts themselves, is not tenable. Why? 鈥淥n account of Scripture not declaring (their) accompanying.鈥� That is, Scripture declares that the subsidiary parts of sacrifices should always accompany the sacrifices themselves. Compare the text: 鈥淗aving taken the graha^[1], having raised the camas^[2], he should begin the stotra^[3] (罢补颈迟迟颈谤墨测补-蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 3.1.2, 4^[4]). But there is no such declaration about the meditations (on the subsidiary parts).

Comparative views of Baladeva:

This is 蝉奴迟谤补 67 in his commentary. Here he refutes the prima facie view, mentioned in the previous 蝉奴迟谤补, thus: 鈥淥r not, (i.e. every limb of the Lord is to be meditated on as possessed of its peculiar attributes only), because there is no scriptural text (to the effect that it is to be meditated on) as accompanied by (the attributes of other limbs)鈥�.^[5]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

A graha is a vessel used for taking out a portion of fluid from a larger vessel, especially a vessel used for taking up the soma-juice.

[2]:

A camasa is a vessel used at sacrifices for drinking the soma-juice.

[3]:

A hymn of praise.

[4]:

P. 247, lines 14-15.

[5]:

Govinda-产丑腻峁�y补 3.3.67, p. 232, Chap. 3.