prāṇṃ devā anu prāṇanti | manuṣyāḥ paśavaśca ye | prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ | tasmāt sarvāyuṣamucyate | sarvameva ta āyuryanti | ye prāṇṃ brahmopāsate | prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ | tasmāt sarvāyuṣamucyata iti | tasyaiṣa eva śārīra ātmā | yḥ pūrvasya | tasmādvā etasmāt prāṇamayāt | anyo'ntara ātmā manomayḥ | tenaiṣa pūrṇḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva | tasya puruṣavidhatām | anvayṃ puruṣavidhḥ | tasya yajureva śirḥ | r̥gdakṣiṇḥ pakṣḥ | sāmottarḥ pakṣḥ | ādeśa ātmā | atharvāṅgirasḥ pucchṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“Gods, men and beasts breathe after breath; breath is the life of beings, the all-life. Who worships breath as Brahman reaches full life. Within the breath-made self lies the mind-made self, person-shaped, with the Vedas as its limbs.”