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नैवात्मापि प्राणमयो वायुविकारो
गन्तागन्ता वायुवदन्तर्बहिरेषः ।
यस्मात्किञ्चित्क्वापि न वेत्तीष्टमनिष्टं
स्वं वान्यं वा किञ्चन नित्यं परतन्त्रः ॥ १६८ ॥

naivātmāpi prāṇamayo vāyuvikāro
gantāgantā vāyuvadantarbahireṣaḥ ;
yasmātkiñcitkvāpi na vettīṣṭamaniṣṭaṃ
svaṃ vānyaṃ vā kiñcana nityaṃ paratantraḥ . 168 .

Anvaya

प्राणमयःprāṇamayaḥ
The vital sheath
वायु विकारःvāyu vikāraḥ
which is an evolute of the cosmic prāṇa
गन्ता आगन्ताgantā āgantā
that which goes and comes
वायु–वत्vāyu–vat
like air
अन्तर्–बहिःantar–bahiḥ
in and out
एषःeṣaḥ
this
न–एव अयम् आत्माna–eva ayam ātmā
is never the Atman
यस्मात्yasmāt
because of this
किञ्चित् क्वापि न वेत्तिkiñcit kvāpi na vetti
cannot know whatever and wherever
इष्टम् अनिष्टंiṣṭam aniṣṭaṃ
dear or detested
स्वं वा अन्यं वाsvaṃ vā anyaṃ vā
one’s self or another
किञ्चनkiñcana
even a bit
नित्यंnityaṃ
always
पर–तन्त्रःpara–tantraḥ
dependent on another

Translation

Even the vital sheath, which is an evolute of the cosmic prāṇa, which moves in and out like air, is never the Atman. It is also because it cannot know anything whatever and wherever, dear or detested, one’s own self or another and it is always dependent (on the mental sheath).

Annotation

The qualities of being an evolute, having activities such as coming and going and being insentient imply that it is delimited and not the infinite Atman which is all–pervading and actionless. Even in deep sleep when prāṇa is present, it cannot know anything as it is insentient (Jagadguru).

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