याज्ञवल्क्येति होवाच -- कतिभिर् अयम् अद्य ब्रह्मा यज्ञं दक्षिणतो देवताभिर् गोपायतीति । एकयेति । कतमा सैकेति । मन एवेति । अनन्तं वै मनो ऽनन्ता विश्वे देवाः । अनन्तम् एव स तेन लोकं जयति
yājñavalkyeti hovāca -- katibhir ayam adya brahmā yajñaṃ dakṣiṇato devatābhir gopāyatīti | ekayeti | katamā saiketi | mana eveti | anantaṃ vai mano 'nantā viśve devāḥ | anantam eva sa tena lokaṃ jayati
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
‘ Y ^«avalkya,’ he said, ‘with how many deities does the Brahman priest on the right protect to-day this sacrifice? ’ ‘ By one,’ replied Yi^wavalkya. ‘And which is it?’ ‘ The mind alone; for the mind is endless, and the Visvedevas are endless, and he thereby gains the endless world.’
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.