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Verse 1.148

एवमष्टविधं प्राणं विषुवन्तं चराचरम्। स्वरात्परतरं देवि नान्यथा त्वम्बुजेक्षणे

Thus, O Goddess, O Lotus-Eyed One, there is nothing higher than the breath that moves equally through all moving and unmoving beings; know this eightfold life force as supreme. The verse establishes the breath not merely as a biological…

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