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and, ultimately at the time of death, all of them cease. For easy comprehension of the average reader we can recommend him to consider these five together, constituting the physiological systems in the physical body.
The Prāna layer of personality is that which holds the gross physical-body and the inner subtler-body together. The sense-organs must be in contact with the Winner-equipment' (antahkarana) and it is the Prāna that maintains this vital connection. Since thus the Prāna holds the gross and the subtle bodies together, some commentators consider the Prāna along with the gross-body and others along with the subtle-body. Both are not wrong since one aspect of Prana has got intimate connection swith the gross while at the same time another aspect of it has got an equally ardent relationship with the subtle. The simile used here is very appropriate. One and the same Life in us expresses itself in its diversified functions different in their activities, and therefore, they have different names just as the same gold is called bangles or chains or ear-rings according to their functions and the seat of their use.
वागादि पञ्च श्रवणादि पञ्च
प्राणादि पश्चाभ्रमुखानि पञ्च । बुद्धयाद्यविद्यापि च कामकर्मणि
पुर्यष्टकं सूक्ष्मशरीरमाहुः ॥ ९६॥ vāgādi panca śravaņādi panca
prāņādi pancabhramukhāņi panca budhyādhyavidhyāpi ca kāmakarmani
puryastakam sūksmasariramāhuh 96.
वागादि - Speech, etc; पञ्च - five, श्रवणादि - ears, etc, पञ्च - five, Tonife - Prana, etc., tayarlat - the space, and other elements, wafive, बुद्धयादि - the intellect, etc., अविद्या - Ignorance, अपि - also, चand, कामकर्मणि - desire and action, पूर्यष्टकम् - the eight cities, सूक्ष्मTRÍCH - as subtle body, 31TE: - (the wise ) say.
