Verse 1.219
ईश्वर उवाच । प्राण एव परं मित्रं प्राण एव परः सखा । प्राणतुल्यो परो बन्धुर्नास्ति नास्ति वरानने
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The Lord said: The life-breath alone is the supreme friend, the life-breath alone is the highest companion. There is no other relative equal to the breath, there is none, O fair-faced one. This verse establishes the primacy of prana, the…
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