लोकज्ञान-वर्णन (Lokajñāna-varṇana) — Description of World-Knowledge / Cosmogonic Classification
असुः प्राणः स्मृतो विज्ञैस्तज्जन्मानस्ततो ऽसुराः / सृष्टा यया सुरास्तन्वा तां तनुं स व्यपोहत
asuḥ prāṇaḥ smṛto vijñaistajjanmānastato 'surāḥ / sṛṣṭā yayā surāstanvā tāṃ tanuṃ sa vyapohata
The wise declare ‘asu’ to be prāṇa, the vital breath; therefore those born of it were called Asuras. The very body by which the Devas were fashioned, Prajāpati cast aside.