Then Vyana became extinct and once more began to move about. At this, Prana and Apana and Udana and Samana Addressed him, saying. You are not the foremost among us, O Vyana! (Only) Samana is under your dominion. Vyana then began to move about and Saman said to him, I am the foremost of you all! Listen, for what reason. When I become extinct, all the vital airs become extinct in the bodies of living creatures. When I begin to move about, they once more move about. Hence, I am the forcmost. See, I become extinct.
ब्राह्मण उवाच प्रालीयत ततो व्यान: पुनश्च प्रचचार ह। प्राणापानावुदानश्च समानश्च तमब्रुवन्। न त्वं श्रेष्ठोऽसि नो व्यान समानस्तु वशे तव॥ प्रचचार पुनर्व्यानः समानः पुनरब्रवीत्। श्रेष्ठोऽहमस्मि सर्वेषां श्रूयतां येन हेतुना॥ मयि प्रलीने प्रलयं व्रजन्ति सर्वे प्राणाः प्राणभृतां शरीरे। मयि प्रचीर्णे च पुनश्चरन्ति श्रेष्ठो ह्यहं पश्यत मां प्रलीनम्॥