Devamata said What, indeed, comes first into existence, of a creature that takes birth? Is it Prana, or Apana, or Samana, or Vyana, or Udana?
देवमत उवाच जन्तोः संजायमानर्थं किं नु पूर्वं प्रवर्तते। प्राणोऽपान: समानो वा व्यानो वोदान एव च।॥