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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 1.3.19

Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad 1.3.19

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Sanskrit

1.3.19

so'yāsya āṅgiraso'ṅgānām̐ hi rasaḥ prāṇo vā aṅgānām̐ rasaḥ prāṇo hi vā aṅgānām̐ rasastasmādyasmātkasmāccāṅgātprāṇa utkrāmati tadeva tacchuṣyatyeṣa hi vā aṅgānām̐ rasaḥ

He was called Ayâsya Âṅgirasa, for he is the sap (rasa) of the limbs (aṅga). Verily, breath is the sap of the limbs. Yes, breath is the sap of the limbs. Therefore from whatever limb breath goes away, that limb withers, for breath verily is the sap of the limbs.

Friedrich Max Müller 1884, The Upanishads, Part II (SBE 15)

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