MukHyaPraAna the vAyurdEvadEvo visHishHtaH
vAyurbhImo bhImanAdo mahaujAH sarveshhAM cha prANinAM prANabhUtaH | anAvR^ittirdehinAM dehapAte tasmAd vAyurdevadevo vishishhTaH || ವಾಯುರ್ಭೀಮೋ ಭೀಮನಾದೋ ಮಹೌಜಾಃ ಸರ್ವೇಷಾಂ ಚ ಪ್ರಾಣಿನಾಂ ಪ್ರಾಣಭೂತಃ ಅನಾವೃತ್ತಿರ್ದೇಹಿನಾಂ ದೇಹಪಾತೇ ತಸ್ಮಾದ್ವಾಯುರ್ದೇವದೇವೋ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟಃ Above sloka establishing VaAyu JeEvottaMatva is from three sacred texts viz. > Maha Bharata (Shanti Parva); > Mahabharata Tatparya Nirnaya(2.161) and > Khila Vaayu Stuthi; Vayudevaru is mighty, terrible, and very powerful (mAhaujA). He makes terrible (BheEmanAdo) sound (to frighten enemies); He is the giver of life to all sentient beings, when the body of these embodied beings falls (on death/dEhapAta), he does not return to it (anAvrutti); Therefore VaAyu is superior to all other Devatas and regarded as the highest of the gods (distinguished); > VaAyu is JeEvottama; VaAyu is Mukhya PraAna the vital air for life (PraAna); Because of whom we all are breathing. When all ...