याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच -- कत्य् अयम् अद्याध्वर्युर् अस्मिन् यज्ञ आहुतीर् होष्यतीति । तिस्र इति । कतमास् तास् तिस्र इति । या हुता उज्ज्वलन्ति या हुता अतिनेदन्ति या हुता अधिशेरते । किं ताभिर् जयतीति । या हुता उज्ज्वलन्ति देवलोकम् एव ताभिर् जयति । दीप्यत इव हि देवलोको । या हुता अतिनेदन्ते पितृलोकम् एव ताभिर् जयति । अतीव हि पितृलोकः । या हुता अधिशेरते मनुष्यलोकम् एव ताभिर् जयत्यि । अध इव हि मनुष्यलोकः
yājñavalkyeti hovāca -- katy ayam adyādhvaryur asmin yajña āhutīr hoṣyatīti | tisra iti | katamās tās tisra iti | yā hutā ujjvalanti yā hutā atinedanti yā hutā adhiśerate | kiṃ tābhir jayatīti | yā hutā ujjvalanti devalokam eva tābhir jayati | dīpyata iva hi devaloko | yā hutā atinedante pitṛlokam eva tābhir jayati | atīva hi pitṛlokaḥ | yā hutā adhiśerate manuṣyalokam eva tābhir jayatyi | adha iva hi manuṣyalokaḥ
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
‘ Yi^avalkya,’ he said, ‘how many oblations (ahuti) will the Adhvaryu priest employ to-day at this sacrifice?’ ‘ Three,’ replied Yi^wavalkya. ‘ And what are these three? ’ ‘Those which,when offered, flame up; those which, when offered, make an excessive noise; and those which, when offered, sink down ‘ What does he gain by them?’ ‘ By those which, when offered, flame up, he gains the Deva (god) world, for the Deva world flames up, as it were. By those which, when offered, make an excessive noise, he gains the Yitri (father) world, for the Yitri world is excessively (noisy) l. By those which, when offered, sink down, he gains the Manu- shya (man) world, for the Manushya world is, as it were, down below.’
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.