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Chapter 12.179 - Verse 4

Sanskrit Text

यदि वातोपमो जीवः संश्लेषो यदि वायुना वायुमण्डलवद्दृश्यो गच्छेत्सह मरुद्गणैः

English Translation

If life were nothing else than air, or if life depended only on the air, then it could have been seen like the outward sea of air, and when passing out it would have been mixed with that air.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यदि | वात + उपम | जीवः | संश्लेषो | यदि | वायुना
वायु + मण्डल + वत् | दृश्यो | गच्छेत् | सह | मरुत् + गण