The Bhagavadgîtâ, with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ — SBE Vol. 8 (trans. K. T. Telang, 1882)
The translator’s English as printed (K. T. Telang). The original-language text is not held; names are romanised as the translator printed them.
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Then the Prâṇa became extinct, and again moved about. Then the Samana and Udana also*, O beautiful one* spoke these words, ‘ You do not pervade all this here as we do. You are not the greatest among us, O Prâṇa, because the Apâna is subject to you?” The Prâṇa again moved about’, and the Apana* said to him.
The Apâna said:
When I am extinct, all the life-winds in the body of living creatures become extinct; and on my moving about, they again move about. I am the greatest. See I am extinct!
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Then the Vyâna and the Udana addressed him who was speaking (thus): ‘You are not the greatest, O Apâna! because the Prâṇa is subject to you.’ Then the Apâna moved about, and the Vyâna spoke to him: ‘I am the greatest among (you) all. Hear the reason why. When I am extinct, all the lifewinds in the body of living creatures become extinct.
* Arguna Misra says, Vyâna and Apâna also by force of the two ‘ands’ which occur in the original; and so in other places too.
* Arguna Misra says on this, ‘ The Prâṇa moves upwards through the help of the Apâna. If it moved downwards, it would be simply absorbed into the Apana.’
* Le. recommenced its proper operation in its proper place.
* And the other life-winds also, Arguna Misra says, the name Prana being merely ‘indicative,’ as the phrase is, of the class to which it belongs.
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Then the Prâṇa became extinct, and again moved about. Then the Samana and Udana also, O beautiful one, spoke these words: "You do not pervade all this here as we do. You are not the greatest among us, O Prâṇa, because the Apâna is subject to you." The Prâṇa again moved about, and the Apâna said to him.
The Apâna said:
When I am extinct, all the life-winds in the body of living creatures become extinct; and when I move about, they move about again. I am the greatest. See—I am extinct!
The Brâhmaṇa said:
Then Vyâna and Udana spoke to him as he was saying this: 'You are not the greatest, O Apâna! because Prâṇa is subject to you.' Then Apâna stirred, and Vyâna said to him: 'I am the greatest among you all. Hear why. When I am extinguished, all the lifewinds in the body of living creatures are extinguished.
* Arjuna Misra says that Vyâna and Apâna are also included, by force of the two 'ands' that occur in the original; and the same applies in other places too.
* Arjuna Misra says on this, 'The Prâṇa moves upwards with the help of the Apâna. If it moved downwards, it would simply be absorbed into the Apâna.'
* That is, recommenced its proper operation in its proper place.
* And the other life-winds as well, Arjuna Misra says, the name Prana being merely 'indicative,' as the term goes, of the class to which they belong.