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Prana gives energy to all our faculties, without which they cannot function. Prana takes the first place and without it there is no energy to do anything. The moral of this story is that to control all our faculties the key is the control of prana. Prana is the master. Without the sanction of prana nothing can be done either at a voluntary or involuntary level in body and mind.<ref name=":0" />
Prana gives energy to all our faculties, without which they cannot function. Prana takes the first place and without it there is no energy to do anything. The moral of this story is that to control all our faculties the key is the control of prana. Prana is the master. Without the sanction of prana nothing can be done either at a voluntary or involuntary level in body and mind.<ref name=":0" />
Prana is indeed inherent to a being. We are born with a certain quantum of prana, and we maintain it, increase or decrease it through the air we breathe, the food we eat, the thoughts we think, the actions we perform and the kind of life we lead. When we die, the accumulated prana leaves the body.<ref name=":1">Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati (2009), [https://sriyogaashram.com/ebook/Prana_and_Pranayama_Swami_Niranjananda.pdf Prana and Pranayama], Bihar: Yoga Publications Trust.</ref>
== अर्थव्याप्तिः ॥ Meaning ==
== अर्थव्याप्तिः ॥ Meaning ==
Prana has many levels of meaning from the breath to the energy of consciousness itself. Prana is not only the basic lifeforce, it is the master form of all energy working on the levels of mind, life and body. Indeed the entire universe is a manifestation of prana, which is the original creative power. Even kundalini shakti or inner force that transforms consciousness, develops from the awakened prana.
Prana exists in sentient beings as the energy that drives every action, voluntary and involuntary, every thought, every level of the mind and body. Scientific research describes prana as a complex multidimensional energy: a combination of electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, photonic, ocular, thermal and mental energies. Prana also exists in the insentient world, causing motion, growth and decay at this level.<ref name=":1" />
Prana has many levels of meaning from the breath to the energy of consciousness itself. Prana is not only the basic lifeforce, it is the master form of all energy working on the levels of mind, life and body. Indeed the entire universe is a manifestation of prana, which is the original creative power. Even kundalini shakti or inner force that transforms consciousness, develops from the awakened prana.<ref name=":0" />
=== Prana and Creation ===
=== Prana and Creation ===
Prana is, indeed, the basis of manifested creation. It is the force that emerged out of the 'original willing' of the primal consciousness to bring about creation.<ref name=":1" /> The Chhandogya Upanishad (1:11:5) says,
सर्वाणि ह वा इमानि भूतानि प्राणमेवाभिसंविशन्ति प्राणमभ्युज्जिहते... ॥ ५ ॥<ref>Chandogya Upanishad, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7 Adhyaya 1], Khanda 11. </ref>
Meaning: In prana all moveable and immoveable beings merge (during dissolution) and rise out of prana (during creation).<ref name=":1" />
On a cosmic level there are two basic aspects of prana. The first is the unmanifest aspect of prana, which is the energy of pure consciousness that transcends all creation. The second or manifest prana is the force of creation itself.
On a cosmic level there are two basic aspects of prana. The first is the unmanifest aspect of prana, which is the energy of pure consciousness that transcends all creation. The second or manifest prana is the force of creation itself.
== Pranamaya Kosha ==
== Pranamaya Kosha ==
In the individual being, prana pervades the entire being, projecting itself in what the yogis called pranamaya kosha -a level of existence subtler than the physical.<ref name=":1" />
Human existence is conceived in the form of five sheaths or Koshas viz. annamaya kosha, prāṇamaya kośha, manomaya kosha, vijnānamaya kosha and Anandamaya kosha.<ref>Pandey A. (2022), [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362889666_Chapter_2_Human_Self_Work_and_of_Human_Being_Indian_Worldview_and_Implications_for_Management_Practices_and_Scholarship Human Self, Work and of Human Being: Indian Worldview and Implications for Management Practices and Scholarship], Indigenous Indian Management, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.</ref>
Human existence is conceived in the form of five sheaths or Koshas viz. annamaya kosha, prāṇamaya kośha, manomaya kosha, vijnānamaya kosha and Anandamaya kosha.<ref>Pandey A. (2022), [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362889666_Chapter_2_Human_Self_Work_and_of_Human_Being_Indian_Worldview_and_Implications_for_Management_Practices_and_Scholarship Human Self, Work and of Human Being: Indian Worldview and Implications for Management Practices and Scholarship], Indigenous Indian Management, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.</ref>