PRAŚNA UPANISHAD · 3.4

यथा सम्राडेवाधिकृतान् विनियुङ्क्ते । एतान् ग्रामानेतान्
ग्रामानधितिष्ठस्वेत्येवमेवैष प्राण इतरान् प्राणान् पृथक्
पृथगेव सन्निधत्ते ॥ ३.४॥

yathā samrāḍevādhikṛtān viniyuṅkte । etān grāmānetān
grāmānadhitiṣṭhasvetyevamevaiṣa prāṇa itarān prāṇān pṛthak
pṛthageva sannidhatte ॥ 3.4॥

“As an Emperor commandeth his officers, and he sayeth to one ‘Govern for me these villages’, and to another ‘Govern for me these others’, so this breath, the Life, appointeth the other breaths each in his province.

Sri Aurobindo · CWSA 18, p. 182