Avatarika
फलमुपसंहृत्याधुनाख्यायिकारूपमेवाश्रित्याह ।कस्माच्चहेतोर्वागादीन्मुक्त्वा मुख्य एव प्राण आत्मत्वेनाश्रयितव्यइति तदुपपत्तिनिरूपणाय, यस्मादयं वागादीनां पिण्डादीनांच साधारण आत्मा-- इत्येतमर्थमाख्यायिकया दर्शयन्त्याहश्रुतिः--
In plain words
Having summarized the result, the commentary now adopts the narrative style itself and asks: For what reason, abandoning speech and the other organs, should the chief breath alone be embraced as our true Self? To set forth the logic behind this—since this breath is the common Self underlying speech, bodies, and all else—the scripture reveals this very truth through an illustrative story:
Close to the Sanskrit
Having concluded the fruit, now relying on the narrative form itself, he speaks. For what reason, leaving aside speech and the rest, should the chief breath alone be resorted to as the Self? In order to establish the reasoning thereof: because this one is the common Self of speech, bodies, and the rest -- showing this very meaning through a story, the Sruti declares: