III. 9.11.] PRASNOPANISAAD-BHASHYA 31 COMMENTARY: Then the reply to the question "How does he exist with out ?" is given Cakşuşam prānam: The organ that lies within the eye-ball anugrhņānah : vitalizing through furnishing the co. operative cause called the rays (aloka) pranah: The breath adityaḥ bähyah udayati : outside rises with the form of the Sun. Though Breath cannot be the Sun on account of difference between them, yet it can be seen that external Sun (Aditya) and others are stated to be breath etc., because of the assumption of non-difference due to the breath.element pervad- ing everywhere, or else for the sake of meditation. prthivyām...... That god who being of the form of breath-element on the earth exists vitalising the organs of excretion and procreation which are controlled by apāna-breath of the man. This is the meaning. Antarā.......: It can be seen that the mention of akasa (ether) as the same as Breath controlling the ether is due to secondary significance. This is the case with the following passage also. Samana indeed was spoken of as existing bet ween the abodes of Prana and Apana. Smilarly in the case of the outer ether also the quality of being samāna can be spoken of since that is also between the outer Aditya of the form of the outer breath (Prana) and the earth of the form of outer apāna This is the intention. Vāyur vyānah : The external wind is of the form of vyana op account of its vitalising the touch-organ etc., (because it pervades everywhere the entire universe). III. 9. 10, 11. Tejo ha va udānas tasmād upaśāntatejāh Punarbhavam indriyair manasi sampadyamanaih
