तस्य प्राची दिक् प्राञ्चः प्राणाः । दक्षिणा दिग् दक्षिणे प्राणाः । प्रतीची दिक् प्रत्यञ्चः प्राणाः । उदीची दिग् उदञ्चः प्राणाः । ऊर्ध्वा दिग् ऊर्ध्वाः प्राणाः । अवाची दिग् अवाञ्चः प्राणाः । सर्वा दिशः सर्वे प्राणाः । स एष नेति नेत्य् आत्मा । अगृह्यो न हि गृह्यते । अशीर्यो न हि शीर्यते । असङ्गो न हि सज्यते । असितो न व्यथते । न रिष्यति । अभयं वै जनक प्राप्तो ऽसीति होवाच याज्ञवल्क्यः । स होवाच जनको वैदेहो ऽभयं त्वा गच्छताद् याज्ञवल्क्य यो नो भगवन्न् अभयं वेदयसे । नमस् ते ऽस्तु । इमे विदेहा अयम् अहम् अस्मीति
tasya prācī dik prāñcaḥ prāṇāḥ | dakṣiṇā dig dakṣiṇe prāṇāḥ | pratīcī dik pratyañcaḥ prāṇāḥ | udīcī dig udañcaḥ prāṇāḥ | ūrdhvā dig ūrdhvāḥ prāṇāḥ | avācī dig avāñcaḥ prāṇāḥ | sarvā diśaḥ sarve prāṇāḥ | sa eṣa neti nety ātmā | agṛhyo na hi gṛhyate | aśīryo na hi śīryate | asaṅgo na hi sajyate | asito na vyathate | na riṣyati | abhayaṃ vai janaka prāpto 'sīti hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ | sa hovāca janako vaideho 'bhayaṃ tvā gacchatād yājñavalkya yo no bhagavann abhayaṃ vedayase | namas te 'stu | ime videhā ayam aham asmīti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
‘His (the Taifasa’s) Eastern quarter are the pranas (breath) which go to the East; ‘ His Southern quarter are the pranas which go to the South; ‘ His Western quarter are the pranas which go to the West; ‘His Northern quarter are the pri#as which go to the North; ‘ His Upper (Zenith) quarter are the pri^as which go upward; ‘ His Lower (Nadir) quarter are the pranas which go downward; ‘ All the quarters are all the pranas. And he (the Atman in that state) can only be described by No, no! He is incomprehensible, for he cannot be comprehended; he is undecaying, for he cannot decay; he is not attached, for he does not attach himself; he is unbound, he does not suffer, he does not perish. O tranaka, you have indeed reached fearlessness,’— thus said Ya^avalkya. Then'anaka said: ‘ May that fearlessness come to you also who teachest us fearlessness. I bow to you. Here are the Videhas, and here am I (thy slave).’ l6l
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.