The element called wind, which has terrible energy and mighty prowess and dealening roars, acts as the life in all living creatures. When the bodies of living creatures are destroyed, that wind, passing from the old performs various functions in various new bodies. Therefore the wind is called the lord of senses and is superior to all other elements forming the gross body.
वायुीमो भीमनादो महौजा: स सर्वेषां प्राणिनां प्राणभूतः। नानावृत्तिर्देहिनां देहभेदे तस्माद्वायुर्देवदेवो विशिष्टः॥