याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच यत्रायं पुरुषो म्रियत उदस्मात्प्राणाः क्रामन्त्याहो नेति ।नेति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः ।अत्रैव समवनीयन्ते ।स उच्छ्वयति ।आध्मायति ।आध्मातो मृतः शेते ॥बृह. ३,२.११ ॥
In plain words
"Yājñavalkya," he said, "when a man dies, do his breaths go out of him or not?" "No," said Yājñavalkya. "They are gathered in him there. He swells, he is puffed up; and being puffed up the dead man lies."