asya lokasya kā gatir iti | ākāśa iti hovāca | sarvāṇi ha vā imāni bhūtāny ākāśād eva samutpadyante | ākāśaṃ praty astaṃ yanti | ākāśo hy evaibhyo jyāyān | ākāśaḥ parāyaṇam
'What is the origin of this world?' 'Ether,' he replied. For all these beings take their rise from the ether, and return into the ether. Ether is older than these, ether is their rest.
स एष परोवरीयान् उद्गीथः । स एषो ऽनन्तः । परोवरीयो हास्य भवति परोवरीयसो ह लोकाञ् जयति य एतद् एवं विद्वान् परोवरीयांसम् उद्गीथम् उपास्ते
sa eṣa parovarīyān udgīthaḥ | sa eṣo 'nantaḥ | parovarīyo hāsya bhavati parovarīyaso ha lokāñ jayati ya etad evaṃ vidvān parovarīyāṃsam udgītham upāste
He is indeed the udîttha (Om=Brahman), greater than great (parovarîyas), he is without end. He who knowing this meditates on the udgîtha, the greater than great, obtains what is greater than great, he conquers the worlds which are greater than great.
Atidhanvan Saunaka, having taught this udgîtha to Udara-sândilya, said: 'As long as they will know in your family this udgîtha, their life in this world will be greater than great.