याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच -- कतिभिर् अयम् अद्यर्ग्भिर् होतास्मिन् यज्ञे करिष्यतीति । तिसृभिर् इति । कतमास् तास् तिस्र इति । पुरोनुवाक्या च याज्या च शस्यैव तृतीया । किं ताभिर् जयतीति । यत् किञ्चेदं प्राणभृद् इति
yājñavalkyeti hovāca -- katibhir ayam adyargbhir hotāsmin yajñe kariṣyatīti | tisṛbhir iti | katamās tās tisra iti | puronuvākyā ca yājyā ca śasyaiva tṛtīyā | kiṃ tābhir jayatīti | yat kiñcedaṃ prāṇabhṛd iti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
‘ Yi^avalkya,’ he said, ‘how many Rik verses will the Hotrf priest employ to-day at this sacrifice?’ ‘ Three,’ replied Yi^avalkya. ‘ And what are these three?’ ‘ Those which are called Puronuvctkyd, Yatfya, and, thirdly, Yasya V ‘ What does he gain by them?’ ‘ All whatsoever has breath.’
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.