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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.2.2
'Prana (breath) is one Graha, and that is seized by Apana (down-breathing) as the Atigraha, for one smells with the Apana.'
In plain words: Yagnavalkya says the breath is a grasper. It is held in turn by the down-breath, because we smell with the down-breath.