Shloka 139

Devanagari script

विषमस्थ: शरीरेषु समश्न प्राणिनामिह । स वायुर्विषमस्थेषु प्राणोडपान: शरीरिषु,वे प्राणियोंके शरीरोंमें विषम संख्यावाले पाँच प्राणोंके साथ निवास करते हुए सदा समभावसे स्थित रहते हैं। विषम परिस्थितियोंमें पड़े हुए समस्त देहधारियोंके भीतर वे ही प्राणवायु और अपानवायुके रूपमें विराजमान हैं

Transliteration

viṣamasthaḥ śarīreṣu samaśn prāṇinām iha | sa vāyur viṣamasthēṣu prāṇo 'pānaḥ śarīriṣu ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: In the bodies of living beings, though situated amid unequal and varied conditions, that vital Wind remains evenly poised. In all embodied creatures who find themselves in adverse or irregular states, it is that same force that shines forth as prāṇa and apāna—sustaining life through balanced inner functioning even when outer circumstances are unbalanced.

Word by Word

विषमस्थःsituated in unequal/irregular (places/conditions)

शरीरेषुin bodies

समश्नeats/consumes equally; partakes evenly

प्राणिनाम्of living beings

इहhere

सःhe/that (one)

वायुःwind; vital air

विषमस्थेषुin those situated in unequal/irregular conditions

प्राणःprāṇa (in-breath; vital air)

अपानःapāna (down-breath; vital air)

शरीरिषुin embodied beings

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

vāyu (vital wind)

prāṇa

apāna

śarīra (body)

prāṇin (living beings)

Sandhi Notes