20 PRASNOPANISHAD-BHASHYA [it. 3-4 II. 3, 4. Tan varisthah prāna uvāca ma moham apa- dyothahan evaitat pañcadkātmānam pravi. bhajyaitad bānam avastabhya vidharayamiti. Te'sraddhadhanāk. So 'bhimanäd ürdhuam utkramata iva tasmin- nutkrāmatyathetare sarva cvolkrämante tas- mirśca prtiaşthamāne sarva eva pratişthante. Tad yathā makşikā madhukararājānam utkrämantom sarvã e otkrāmante, lasmirisca pratisthamāne sarva eva pratişthanta evam vănmanaścakṣuḥ śrotram ca te pritāḥ pranam stunvanti : To them, Prāņa, the chiefest breath, said 'Do not get deluded. I alone differentiating myself five-fold uphold and support this arrow, They were distrustful. He, being proud, went up as it were. When he begins going out, then all the rest begin to go out. When he settles down then all of them settle down, even as all the honey-bees go out when their leader (king bee) goes out and settle down when be settles down. So also speech, mind, eye and ear. They (being) pleased praised breath." COMMENTAKY: Tan varistnah: The meaning is the chiefest breath said to this effect, Ma mohamn ápadyatha: Do not get deluded. Oether and others, do uot get this perverse view. I alone diffirentiating myself into the five forms of prāna, apāna, vyāna, sumāna and dana support (this ajrow). What is meant by the chiefest briath in saying thus is" O ether etc., you are capable of, yielding such particular effects as space and others”; but I am capable of doing your activities because of beiug the cause of (all) your actions. But in respect of the action of keeping alive (any creature) which I perform uone among you is capable. 1. cf. BG. XV, 8. BANA translated as 'arrow' means sariram. 2. Ananda ed. and Nagari ms: add na tu sarvakäryaksamāh.
