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sides by an immortal one, and thereby that part of him becomes immortal. He then scatters loose soil thereon,--this, doubtless, is his bones, and it is a mortal (element), for the bone is mortal: he establishes it on that immortal (element), and thereby this part of him becomes immortal.
4. He lays down the third layer,—this, doubtless, is his through-breathing ?, and it is an immortal (element), for the through-breathing is something immortal: this, then, is an immortal layer. He thus encompasses that mortal (element) on both sides by an immortal one, and thereby that part of him becomes immortal. He then scatters loose soil thereon,—this, doubtless, is his sinews, and it is a mortal (element), for the sinew is mortal: he establishes it on that immortal (element), and thereby this part of him becomes immortal.
5. He lays down the fourth layer,—this, doubtless, is his upward breathing, and it is an immortal (element), for the upward breathing is something immortal: this, then, is an immortal layer. He thus encompasses that mortal (element) on both sides by an immortal one, and thereby that part of him becomes immortal. He then scatters loose soil thereon,—this, doubtless, is his flesh, and it is a mortal (element), for flesh is mortal: he establishes it on that immortal (element), and thereby this part of him becomes immortal.
6. He lays down the fifth layer,—this, doubtless,
1 The Vyâna, through-breathing, or circulating air, is the vital air which serves the upward air (or out- and in-breathing, prâna) and downward air (apâna). Maitryup II, 6 (Cowell).
? Or, outward breathing,—That which belches forth or keeps downwards the food eaten or drunken, this is the udâna ;' Cowell, ib.
