Sanskrit: अथ हैनं कौशल्यश्चाश्वलायनः पप्रच्छ । गवन् कुतएष प्राणो जायते कथमायात्यस्मिञ्शरीर आत्मानं  वाप्रविभज्य कथं प्रतिष्ठते केनोत्क्रमते कथं बाह्यमभिधत्तेकथमध्यात्ममिति  
English:  1  Then Kausalya, the son of Asvala, asked Pippalada: Sir, whence is this prana born? How does it come into this body? How does it abide in the body after it has divided itself? How does it depart? How does it support the external and how the internal? 