याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच -- कत्य् अयम् अद्योद्गातास्मिन् यज्ञे स्तोत्रियाः स्तोष्यतीति । तिस्र इति । कतमास् तास् तिस्र इति । पुरोनुवाक्या च याज्या च शस्यैव तृतीया । कतमास् ताः । या अध्यात्मम् इति । प्राण एव पुरोनुवाक्यापानो याज्या व्यानः शस्या । किं ताभिर् जयतीति । पृथिवीलोकम् एव पुरोनुवाक्यया जयत्य् अन्तरिक्षलोकं याज्यया द्युलोकं शस्यया । ततो ह होताश्वल उपरराम
yājñavalkyeti hovāca -- katy ayam adyodgātāsmin yajñe stotriyāḥ stoṣyatīti | tisra iti | katamās tās tisra iti | puronuvākyā ca yājyā ca śasyaiva tṛtīyā | katamās tāḥ | yā adhyātmam iti | prāṇa eva puronuvākyāpāno yājyā vyānaḥ śasyā | kiṃ tābhir jayatīti | pṛthivīlokam eva puronuvākyayā jayaty antarikṣalokaṃ yājyayā dyulokaṃ śasyayā | tato ha hotāśvala upararāma
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
‘ Ycyfwavalkya,’ he said, ‘how many Stotriya hymns will the Udgitrf priest employ to-day at this sacrifice? ’ ‘Three,’ replied Ya^avalkya. ‘ And what are these three?’ ‘ Those which are called Puronuvakyi, Y&fya, and, thirdly, Yasya.’ ‘ And what are these with regard to the body (adhyatmam)?’ ‘ The Puronuvikyi is Pri«a (up-breathing), the Y&^yi the Apana (down-breathing), the Yasya the Vyana (back-breathing),’ fire, flame up. The second, when thrown on the fire, make a loud hissing noise. The third, consisting of milk, Soma, &c., sink down into the earth. ‘ What does he gain by them?’ ‘ He gains the earth by the PuronuvAkyfi, the sky by the YA^yA, heaven by the YasyA.’ After that Ajvala held his peace.
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.