वायुः प्राणः सुखं वायुर्वायुः सर्वमिदं जगत्॥ वायुना संपरित्यक्तं न सुखं विन्दते जगत्। अद्यैव च परित्यक्तं वायुना जगदायुषा॥ अद्यैव ते निरुच्छ्वासाः काष्ठकुड्योपमाः स्थिताः।
vāyuḥ prāṇaḥ sukhaṃ vāyurvāyuḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat|| vāyunā saṃparityaktaṃ na sukhaṃ vindate jagat| adyaiva ca parityaktaṃ vāyunā jagadāyuṣā|| adyaiva te nirucchvāsāḥ kāṣṭhakuḍyopamāḥ sthitāḥ|
English Meaning
Therefore the wind constitutes the life, the happiness and the whole universe. Renouncing the wind the world cannot attain to happiness. Being cast off by the wind and having their breaths obstructed, behold, the world, today appear like dried wood.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)