prāṇá vai visve devʰáḥPrana is all “gods”[controlling breath is to control the “god” forces](Taittiriya Samhita 5.4.6) brahmaṇas patir etā saṃ karmāra ivādhamat “Brahmaṇaspati filled these gods with breath as a blacksmith (with his bellows); in the first age of the gods the existent was born of the non-existent.”(Rig Veda 10.72.2) prāṇá evá paśubandʰáḥ  Prana indeed is…