न प्राणेन नापानेन मर्त्यो जीवति कश्चन । इतरेण तु जीवन्ति यस्मिन्नेतावुपाश्रितौ ॥ ५॥

na prāṇena nāpānena martyo jīvati kaścana । itareṇa tu jīvanti yasminnetāvupāśritau ॥ 5॥

na prāṇena na apāṇena = neither through the function of exhaling nor inhaling; kaḥ cana martyaḥ = [does] any mortal being; jīvati = live; tu = but; itareṇa = by another (something else); jīvanti = [do] they live; yasmin = that upon which; etāu = these two (inspiration and expiration); upāśritau = are dependant.