When an animal dies, that which is called its life is never seen to depart. Only the vital air relinquishes it, and the internal heat is put out.
जन्तोः प्रमीयमाणस्य जीवो नैवोपलभ्यते। वायुरेव जहात्येनमूष्मभावश्च नश्यति॥