अथ हैनं कौशल्यश्चाश्वलायनः पप्रच्छ । भगवन् कुत
एष प्राणो जायते कथमायात्यस्मिञ्शरीर आत्मानं वा
प्रविभज्य कथं प्रतिष्ठते केनोत्क्रमते कथं बाह्यमभिधत्ते
कथमध्यात्ममिति ॥ ३.१॥
atha hainaṃ kauśalyaścāśvalāyanaḥ papraccha . bhagavan kuta
eṣa prāṇo jāyate kathamāyātyasmiñśarīra ātmānaṃ vā
pravibhajya kathaṃ pratiṣṭhate kenotkramate kathaṃ bāhyamabhidhatte
kathamadhyātmamiti .. 3.1..
Then Kausalya, the son of Asvala, asked Pippalada: Sir, whence is this prana born? How does it come into this body? How does it abide in the body after it has divided itself? How does it depart? How does it support the external and how the internal?