KAṬHA UPANISHAD · 2.2.3
ऊर्ध्वं प्राणमुन्नयत्यपानं प्रत्यगस्यति ।
मध्ये वामनमासीनं विश्वे देवा उपासते ॥ ३॥
ūrdhvaṃ prāṇamunnayatyapānaṃ pratyagasyati ।
madhye vāmanamāsīnaṃ viśve devā upāsate ॥ 3॥
This is He that draweth the main breath upward and casteth the lower breath downward. The Dwarf that sitteth in the centre, to Him all the Gods do homage.
Sri Aurobindo · CWSA 18, p. 120