श्रुतिरेव देहेन्द्रियाद्यशैथिल्यकरणं दर्शयति, प्राणोत्क्रमणे देहेन्द्रियादि- शैथिल्याभिधानात् ॥
पञ्चवृत्तिर्मनोवद्व्यपदिश्यते ॥ ११ ॥
प्राण एक एव स्ववृत्तिभिः पञ्चभिः प्राणापानादिनामभाग्भवति ; कामादिभिर्यथैकमेव मनः ' काम: संकल्प: ' इत्यारभ्य ' एतत्सर्वे मन एव ' इति ॥
श्रेष्ठाणुत्वाधिकरणम् ५
अणुश्च ॥ १२ ॥
' प्राणोऽनूत्क्रामति ' इत्युत्क्रान्तेरणु: ॥
and the sense-organs may not be nullified; because, it is said that when the Prana leaves the body, the body and the sense-organs become nullified or invalidated.
11. Pancavrttirmanovadvyapadis'yate
It is designated as possessing five-fold function like the Manas (mind).
The Prana alone due to its five functions has different titles as Prana, Apana, etc. This is similar to the division of Manas (mind), that is only one, into a number of varieties, such as desire, etc. This is stated in the scriptural text beginning with 'Desire, will,' and ending with 'All this is truly mind' (Brh.I-5-3).
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12. Anusca
And it is atomic in size.
The Prana is atomic in size because of its going out. This is stated in the text, ' The Prana goes out behind him' (Brh. IV-4-2).
