SVS 73

67. OM PRANAYA NAMA: ॐ प्राणाय नम:
Life of all.

We should remember that by chanting His Divine names, our mind gets purified. After getting up, remembering the Lord as the Protector of Gajendra the elephant from the clutches of crocodile, will make our activities in that day smooth and successful. He is called prana: as without Him or separated from Him is unthinkable for great souls. Gopis and Gopikas enjoyed the company of Sri Krishna. They were not learned and did not know shastras. When Kamsa sent Akrura as an emissary to bring Sri Krishna from Brindavan to Mathura, Akrura told the gopikas the purpose of his visit. On hearing all the gopikas fainted and fell down. They accused Akrura for separating Sri Krishna from them; and they praised the rakshasas who never indulged in separating Sri Krishna. They further blamed that Akrura was more a demon in the guise of a Bhakta! They considered Sri Krishna as their soul, life or prana. We in spite of our learning do not have this feeling when we see the Lord in temples. Sages of Dandakaranya say to Sri Rama that He was their prana. When His Avatar was over Sri Rama returned to Vaikuntam. At that time all - life full and life less , objects and creatures- in Ayodhya cried in sorrow and so Sri Rama carried all of them to Vaikuntam, says Alwar.