Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (Mādhyandina) 4.2.4.2

यद्वा अस्यावाचीनं नाभेः । तदस्यैष आत्मनः सो ऽस्यैष आयुरेव तस्मादनया गृह्णात्यस्यै हि स्थाली भवति स्थाल्या ह्येनं गृह्णात्यजरा हीयममृताजरं ह्यमृतमायुस्तस्मादनया गृह्णाति

yadvā asyāvācīnaṃ nābheḥ | tadasyaiṣa ātmanaḥ so 'syaiṣa āyureva tasmādanayā gṛhṇātyasyai hi sthālī bhavati sthālyā hyenaṃ gṛhṇātyajarā hīyamamṛtājaraṃ hyamṛtamāyustasmādanayā gṛhṇāti

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.