Shloka 31
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
देहकृद् देहभद् देही देहभुगदेहिनां गति: । प्राणकृत् प्राणभृत् प्राणी प्राणद: प्राणिनां गति:
dehakṛd dehabhṛd dehī dehabhug dehināṃ gatiḥ | prāṇakṛd prāṇabhṛt prāṇī prāṇadaḥ prāṇināṃ gatiḥ ||
ヴァーユ神は言った。「あなたは身体を造り、身体を支える者。ゆえに“身を帯びた自己”と呼ばれる。あなたは身体を享受する者であり、あらゆる有身の者の至上の帰趣である。あなたはプラーナ（生命の息）を生み、生命を担い、生命原理そのものであり、命を授け、すべての生きとし生けるものの最後の依り処であり究竟の目的である。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the supreme principle as the source, sustainer, and goal of embodied existence: it fashions and upholds the body, animates it through prāṇa, enables experience, and ultimately serves as the highest refuge (gati) for all beings.
Vāyu-deva is offering a hymn of praise, describing the addressed deity/principle in comprehensive terms—body, life-breath, living beings, and their final destination—thereby affirming divine immanence (within life) and transcendence (as the ultimate goal).