Names andBodies of the Great Lord1 - Verse 42

It is his body called earth with which he sustains all people with a stable mind. It is the body called Sand which sustains the subjects. ‘Rudra1 in Bd. P. 1.2.10.66 is a better reading. 180 Vayu Purdna As long as the gaseous body of isana is stationed in the bodies of living beings along with the functions of the vital breath, it is the vital breath of beings.