ते ह प्राणाः प्रजापतिं पितरमेत्योचुर्भगवन्को नः श्रेष्ठ इति तान्होवाच यस्मिन्व उत्क्रान्ते शरीरं पापिष्ठतरमिव दृश्येत स वः श्रेष्ठ इति ॥ ५.१.७ ॥
In plain words
These breaths went to Prajāpati their father and said, "Sir, which of us is the best?" He said to them, "That one on whose going out the body seems the worse — he is the best among you."