जानश्रुतिर् ह पौत्रायणः श्रद्धादेयो बहुदायी बहुपाक्य आस । स ह सर्वत आवसथान् मापयां चक्रे सर्वत एव मे ऽन्नम् अत्स्यन्तीति
jānaśrutir ha pautrāyaṇaḥ śraddhādeyo bahudāyī bahupākya āsa | sa ha sarvata āvasathān māpayāṃ cakre sarvata eva me 'nnam atsyantīti
There lived once upon a time Gânasruti Pautrâyana (the great-grandson of Ganasruta), who was a pious giver, bestowing much wealth upon the people, and always keeping open house. He built places of refuge everywhere, wishing that people should everywhere eat of his food.
अथ ह हंसा निशायाम् अतिपेतुः । तद् धैवं हंसो हंसम् अभ्युवाद । हो हो ऽयि भल्लाक्ष भल्लाक्ष जानश्रुतेः पौत्रायणस्य समं दिवा ज्योतिर् आततं तन् मा प्रसाङ्क्षीस् तत् त्वां मा प्रधाक्षीर् इति
atha ha haṃsā niśāyām atipetuḥ | tad dhaivaṃ haṃso haṃsam abhyuvāda | ho ho 'yi bhallākṣa bhallākṣa jānaśruteḥ pautrāyaṇasya samaṃ divā jyotir ātataṃ tan mā prasāṅkṣīs tat tvāṃ mā pradhākṣīr iti
Once in the night some Hamsas (flamingoes) flew over his house, and one flamingo said to another: 'Hey, Bhallâksha, Bhallâksha (short-sighted friend). The light (glory) of Gânasruti Pautrâyana has spread like the sky. Do not go near, that it may not burn thee.'
तद् उ ह जानश्रुतिः पौत्रायण उपशुश्राव । स ह संजिहान एव क्षत्तारम् उवाचाङ्गारे ह सयुग्वानम् इव रैक्वम् आत्थेति । यो नु कथं सयुग्वा रैक्व इति
tad u ha jānaśrutiḥ pautrāyaṇa upaśuśrāva | sa ha saṃjihāna eva kṣattāram uvācāṅgāre ha sayugvānam iva raikvam āttheti | yo nu kathaṃ sayugvā raikva iti
Gânasruti Pautrâyana overheard this conversation, and as soon as he had risen in the morning, he said to his door keeper (kshattri): 'Friend, dost thou speak of (me, as if I were) Raikva with the car?' He replied: 'How is it with this Raikva with the car?'
sa ha kṣattānviṣya nāvidam iti pratyeyāya | taṃ hovāca yatrāre brāhmaṇasyānveṣaṇā tad enam arccheti
The door-keeper went to look for Raikva, but returned saying, 'I found him not.' Then the king said: 'Alas! where a Brâhmana should be searched for (in the solitude of the forest), there go for him.'
सो ऽधस्ताच् छकटस्य पामानं कषमाणम् उपोपविवेश । तं हाभ्युवाद त्वं नु भगवः सयुग्वा रैक्व इति । अहं ह्य् अरा ३ इति ह प्रतिजज्ञे । स ह क्षत्ताविदम् इति प्रत्येयाय
so 'dhastāc chakaṭasya pāmānaṃ kaṣamāṇam upopaviveśa | taṃ hābhyuvāda tvaṃ nu bhagavaḥ sayugvā raikva iti | ahaṃ hy arā 3 iti ha pratijajñe | sa ha kṣattāvidam iti pratyeyāya
The door-keeper came to a man who was lying beneath a car and scratching his sores. He addressed him, and said: 'Sir, are you Raikva with the car?' He answered: 'Here I am.' Then the door-keeper returned, and said: I have found him.'
tam u ha paraḥ pratyuvācāha hāretvā śūdra tavaiva saha gobhir astv iti | tad u ha punar eva jānaśrutiḥ pautrāyaṇaḥ sahasraṃ gavāṃ niṣkam aśvatarīrathaṃ duhitaraṃ tad ādāya praticakrame
The other replied: 'Fie, necklace and carriage be thine, O Sûdra, together with the cows.' Then Gânasruti Pautrâyana took again a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, and his own daughter, and went to him.
He said to him: 'Raikva, there are a thousand cows, a necklace, a carriage with mules, this wife, and this village in which thou dwellest. Sir, teach me!'
तस्या ह मुखम् उपोद्गृह्णन्न् उवाचाजहारेमाः शूद्रानेनैव मुखेनालापयिष्यथा इति । ते हैते रैक्वपर्णा नाम महावृषेषु यत्रास्मा उवास । तस्मै होवाच
tasyā ha mukham upodgṛhṇann uvācājahāremāḥ śūdrānenaiva mukhenālāpayiṣyathā iti | te haite raikvaparṇā nāma mahāvṛṣeṣu yatrāsmā uvāsa | tasmai hovāca
He, opening her mouth, said: 'You have brought these (cows and other presents), O Sûdra, but only by that mouth did you make me speak.' These are the Raikva-parana villages in the country of the Mahâvrishas (mahâpunyas) where Raikva dwelt under him. And he said to him:
'Air (vâyu) is indeed the end of all. For when fire goes out, it goes into air. When the sun goes down, it goes into air. When the moon goes down, it goes into air.
athādhyātmam | prāṇo vāva samvargaḥ | sa yadā svapiti prāṇam eva vāg apy eti | prāṇaṃ cakṣuḥ | prāṇaṃ śrotram | prāṇaṃ manaḥ | prāṇo hy evaitān sarvān saṃvṛṅkta iti
'Now with reference to the body. Breath (prâna) is indeed the end of all. When a man sleeps, speech goes into breath, so do sight, hearing, and mind. Breath indeed consumes them all.
स होवाच । महात्मनश् चतुरो देव एकः कः स जगार भुवनस्य गोपाः । तं कापेय नाभिपश्यन्ति मर्त्या अभिप्रतारिन् बहुधा वसन्तम् । यस्मै वा एतद् अन्नं तस्मा एतन् न दत्तम् इति
sa hovāca | mahātmanaś caturo deva ekaḥ kaḥ sa jagāra bhuvanasya gopāḥ | taṃ kāpeya nābhipaśyanti martyā abhipratārin bahudhā vasantam | yasmai vā etad annaṃ tasmā etan na dattam iti
He said; 'One god— who is he?— swallowed the four great ones, he, the guardian of the world. O Kâpeya, mortals see him not, O Abhipratârin, though he dwells in many places. He to whom this food belongs, to him it has not been given.'
tad u ha śaunakaḥ kāpeyaḥ pratimanvānaḥ pratyeyāya | ātmā devānāṃ janitā prajānāṃ hiraṅyadaṃṣṭro babhaso 'nasūriḥ | mahāntam asya mahimānam āhur anadyamāno yad anannam atti | iti vai vayam brahmacārin nedam upāsmahe dattāsmai bhikṣām iti
Saunaka Kâpeya, pondering on that speech, went to the student and said: 'He is the self of the Devas, the creator of all beings, with golden tusks, the eater, not without intelligence. His greatness is said to be great indeed, because, without being eaten, he eats even what is not food. Thus do we, O Brahmakârin, meditate on that Being.' Then he said: 'Give him food.'
तस्मै उ ह ददुः । ते वा एते पञ्चान्ये पञ्चान्ये दश सन्तस् तत् कृतम् । तस्मात् सर्वासु दिक्ष्व् अन्नम् एव दश कृतम् । सैषा विराड् अन्नादी । तयेदं सर्वं दृष्टम् । सर्वम् अस्य इदं दृष्टं भवत्य् अन्नादो भवति य एवं वेद य एवं वेद
tasmai u ha daduḥ | te vā ete pañcānye pañcānye daśa santas tat kṛtam | tasmāt sarvāsu dikṣv annam eva daśa kṛtam | saiṣā virāḍ annādī | tayedaṃ sarvaṃ dṛṣṭam | sarvam asya idaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ bhavaty annādo bhavati ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda
They gave him food. Now these five (the eater Vâyu (air), and his food, Agni (fire), Âditya (sun), Kandramas (moon), Ap (water)) and the other five (the eater Prâna (breath), and his food, speech, sight, hearing, mind) make ten, and that is the Krita. (the highest) cast (representing the ten, the eaters and the food). Therefore in all quarters those ten are food (and) Krita. (the highest cast). These are again the Virâg (of ten syllables) which eats the food. Through this all this becomes seen. He who knows this sees all this and becomes an eater of food, yea, he becomes an eater of food.
sā hainam uvāca | nāham etad veda tāta yadgotras tvam asi | bahv aham carantī paricāriṇī yauvane tvām alabhe | sāham etan na veda yadgotras tvam asi | jabālā tu nāmāham asmi | satyakāmo nāma tvam asi | sa satyakāma eva jābālo bruvīthā iti
She said to him: 'I do not know, my child, of what family thou art. In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant (waiting on the guests in my father's house), I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am Gabâlâ by name, thou art Satyakâma (Philalethes). Say that thou art Satyakâma Gabâlâ.'
taṃ hovāca kiṃgotro nu somyāsīti | sa hovāca | nāham etad veda bho yadgotro 'ham asmi | apṛcchaṃ mātaram | sā mā pratyabravīd bahv aham carantī paricariṇī yauvane tvām alabhe | sāham etan na veda yadgotras tvam asi | jabālā tu nāmāham asmi | satyakāmo nāma tvam asīti | so 'haṃ satyakāmo jābālo 'smi bho iti
He said to him: 'Of what family are you, my friend?' He replied: 'I do not know, Sir, of what family I am. I asked my mother, and she answered: 'In my youth when I had to move about much as a servant, I conceived thee. I do not know of what family thou art. I am Gabâlâ by name, thou art Satyakâma,' I am therefore Satyakâma Gabâlâ, Sir.'
taṃ hovāca | naitad abrahmaṇo vivaktum arhati | samidhaṃ somyāhara | upa tvā neṣye na satyād agā iti | tam upanīya kṛśānām abalānāṃ catuḥśatā gā nirākṛtya uvācemāḥ somyānusaṃvrajeti | tā abhiprasthāpayann uvāca | nāsahasreṇāvarteyeti | sa ha varṣagaṇaṃ provāsa | tā yadā sahasraṃ sampeduḥ
He said to him: 'No one but a true Brâhmana would thus speak out. Go and fetch fuel, friend, I shall initiate you. You have not swerved from the truth. Having initiated him, he chose four hundred lean and weak cows, and said: 'Tend these, friend.' He drove them out and said to himself, 'I shall not return unless I bring back a thousand.' He dwelt a number of years (in the forest), and when the cows had become a thousand,
The bull of the herd (meant for Vâyu) said to him: 'Satyakâma!' He replied: 'Sir!' The bull said: 'We have become a thousand, lead us to the house of the teacher;
ब्रह्मणश् च ते पादं ब्रवाणि इति । ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति । तस्मै होवाच । प्राची दिक् कला । प्रतिची दिक् कला । दक्षिणा दिक् कला । उदीची दिक् कला । एष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवान् नाम
brahmaṇaś ca te pādaṃ bravāṇi iti | bravītu me bhagavān iti | tasmai hovāca | prācī dik kalā | praticī dik kalā | dakṣiṇā dik kalā | udīcī dik kalā | eṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇaḥ prakāśavān nāma
'And I will declare to you one foot of Brahman.' 'Declare it, Sir,' he replied. He said to him; 'The eastern region is one quarter, the western region is one quarter, the southern region is one quarter, the northern region is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of the four quarters, and called Prakâsavat (endowed with splendour).'
स य एतम् एवं विद्वांश् चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवान् इत्य् उपास्ते प्रकाशवान् अस्मिंल् लोके भवति । प्रकाशवतो ह लोकाञ् जयति य एतम् एवं विद्वांश् चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणः प्रकाशवान् इत्य् उपास्ते
sa ya etam evaṃ vidvāṃś catuṣkalaṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prakāśavān ity upāste prakāśavān asmiṃl loke bhavati | prakāśavato ha lokāñ jayati ya etam evaṃ vidvāṃś catuṣkalaṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇaḥ prakāśavān ity upāste
'He who knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name of Prakâsavat, becomes endowed with splendour in this world. He conquers the resplendent worlds, whoever knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of the four quarters, by the name of Prakâsavat.
ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति । ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति । तस्मै ह उवाच । पृथिवी कला । अन्तरिक्षं कला । द्यौः कला । समुद्रः कला । एष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणो ऽनन्तवान् नाम
brahmaṇaḥ somya te pādaṃ bravāṇīti | bravītu me bhagavān iti | tasmai ha uvāca | pṛthivī kalā | antarikṣaṃ kalā | dyauḥ kalā | samudraḥ kalā | eṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇo 'nantavān nāma
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
स य एतम् एवं विद्वांश् चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणो ऽनन्तवान् इत्य् उपास्ते ऽनन्तवान् अस्मिंल् लोके भवति । अनन्तवतो ह लोकाञ् जयति य एतम् एवं विद्वांश् चतुष्कलं पादं ब्रह्मणो ऽनन्तवान् इत्य् उपास्ते
sa ya etam evaṃ vidvāṃś catuṣkalaṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇo 'nantavān ity upāste 'nantavān asmiṃl loke bhavati | anantavato ha lokāñ jayati ya etam evaṃ vidvāṃś catuṣkalaṃ pādaṃ brahmaṇo 'nantavān ity upāste
'He who knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name of Anantavat, becomes endless in this world. He conquers the endless worlds, whoever knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name of Anantavat.
ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति । ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति । तस्मै होवाच । अग्निः कला । सूर्यः कला । चन्द्रः कला । विद्युत् कला । एष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मणो ज्योतिष्मान् नाम
ब्रह्मणः सोम्य ते पादं ब्रवाणीति । ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति । तस्मै होवाच । प्राणः कला । चक्षुः कला । श्रोत्रं कला । मनः कला । एष वै सोम्य चतुष्कलः पादो ब्रह्मण आयतनवान् नाम
ब्रह्मविद् इव वै सोम्य भासि । को नु त्वानुशशासेति । अन्ये मनुष्येभ्य इति ह प्रतिजज्ञे । भगवांस् त्व् एव मे कामे ब्रूयात्
brahmavid iva vai somya bhāsi | ko nu tvānuśaśāseti | anye manuṣyebhya iti ha pratijajñe | bhagavāṃs tv eva me kāme brūyāt
The teacher said: 'Friend, you shine like one who knows Brahman. Who then has taught you?' He replied: 'Not men. But you only, Sir, I wish, should teach me;
śrutaṃ hy eva me bhagavaddṛśebhya ācāryād dhaiva vidyā viditā sādhiṣṭhaṃ prāpatīti | tasmai ha etad eva uvāca | atra ha na kiṃcana vīyāyeti vīyāyeti
'For I have heard from men like you, Sir, that only knowledge which is learnt from a teacher (Âkârya), leads to real good.' Then he taught him the same knowledge. Nothing was left out, yea, nothing was left out.
upakosalo ha vai kāmalāyanaḥ satyakāme jābāle brahmacāryam uvāsa | tasya ha dvādaśa vārṣāny agnīn paricacāra | sa ha smānyān antevāsinaḥ samāvartayaṃs taṃ ha smaiva na samāvartayati
Upakosala Kâmalâyana dwelt as a Brahmakârin (religious student) in the house of Satyakâma Gâbâla. He tended his fires for twelve years. But the teacher, though he allowed other pupils (after they had learnt the sacred books) to depart to their own homes, did not allow Upakosala to depart.
Then his wife said to him: 'This student, who is quite exhausted (with austerities), has carefully tended your fires. Let not the fires themselves blame you, but teach him.' The teacher, however, went away on a journey without having taught him.
स ह व्याधिना अनशितुं दध्रे । तम् आचार्यजाया उवाच ब्रह्मचारिन्न् अशान । किं नु न अश्नासि इति । स ह उवाच बहव इमे ऽस्मिन् पुरुषे कामा नानात्यायाः । व्याधीभीः प्रतिपूर्णो ऽस्मि । न अस्।इष्यामि इति
sa ha vyādhinā anaśituṃ dadhre | tam ācāryajāyā uvāca brahmacārinn aśāna | kiṃ nu na aśnāsi iti | sa ha uvāca bahava ime 'smin puruṣe kāmā nānātyāyāḥ | vyādhībhīḥ pratipūrṇo 'smi | na as/iṣyāmi iti
The student from sorrow was not able to eat. Then the wife of the teacher said to him: 'Student, eat! Why do you not eat?' He said: 'There are many desires in this man here, which lose themselves in different directions. I am full of sorrows, and shall take no food.'
स होवाच । विजानाम्य् अहं यत् प्राणो ब्रह्म । कं च तु खं च न विजानामीति । ते होचुः । यद् वाव कं तद् एव खम् । यद् एव खं तद् एव कम् इति । प्राणं च हास्मै तद् आकाशं चोचुः
sa hovāca | vijānāmy ahaṃ yat prāṇo brahma | kaṃ ca tu khaṃ ca na vijānāmīti | te hocuḥ | yad vāva kaṃ tad eva kham | yad eva khaṃ tad eva kam iti | prāṇaṃ ca hāsmai tad ākāśaṃ cocuḥ
'Breath is Brahman, Ka (pleasure) is Brahman, Kha (ether) is Brahman.' He said: 'I understand that breath is Brahman, but I do not understand Ka or Kha.' They said: 'What is Ka is Kha, what is Kha is Ka.' They therefore taught him Brahman as breath, and as the ether (in the heart).
atha hainaṃ gārhapatyo 'nuśaśāsa pṛthivy agnir annam āditya iti | ya eṣa āditye puruṣo dṛśyate so 'ham asmi sa eva aham asmi iti
After that the Gârhapatya fire taught him: 'Earth, fire, food, and the sun (these are my forms, or forms of Brahman). The person that is seen in the sun, I am he, I am he indeed.
स य एतम् एवं विद्वान् उपास्ते । अपहते पापकृत्याम् । लोकी भवति । सर्वम् आयुर् एति । ज्योग् जीवति । न अस्य अवरपुरुषाः क्षीयन्ते । उप वयं तं भुञ्जामो ऽस्मिंश् च लोके ऽमुष्मिंश् च । य एतम् एवं विद्वान् उपास्ते
sa ya etam evaṃ vidvān upāste | apahate pāpakṛtyām | lokī bhavati | sarvam āyur eti | jyog jīvati | na asya avarapuruṣāḥ kṣīyante | upa vayaṃ taṃ bhuñjāmo 'smiṃś ca loke 'muṣmiṃś ca | ya etam evaṃ vidvān upāste
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
atha ha enam anvāhāryapacano 'nuśaśāsa āpo diśo nakṣatrāṇi candramā iti | ya eṣa candramasi puruṣo dṛṣyate so 'ham asmi sa eva aham asmi iti
Then the Anvâhârya fire taught him: 'Water, the quarters, the stars, the moon (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the moon, I am he, I am he indeed.
स य एतम् एवं विद्वान् उपास्ते । अपहते पापकृत्याम् । लोकी भवति । सर्वम् आयुर् एति । ज्योग् जीवति । न अस्य अवरपुरुषाः क्षीयन्ते । उप वयं तं भुञ्जामो ऽस्मिंश् च लोके ऽमुष्मिंश् च । य एतम् एवं विद्वान् उपास्ते
sa ya etam evaṃ vidvān upāste | apahate pāpakṛtyām | lokī bhavati | sarvam āyur eti | jyog jīvati | na asya avarapuruṣāḥ kṣīyante | upa vayaṃ taṃ bhuñjāmo 'smiṃś ca loke 'muṣmiṃś ca | ya etam evaṃ vidvān upāste
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अथ हैनम् आहवनीयो ऽनुशशास प्राण आकाशो द्यौर् विद्युद् इति । य एष विद्युति पुरुषो दृश्यते सो ऽहम् अस्मि स एवाहम् अस्मीति
atha hainam āhavanīyo 'nuśaśāsa prāṇa ākāśo dyaur vidyud iti | ya eṣa vidyuti puruṣo dṛśyate so 'ham asmi sa evāham asmīti
Then the Âhavanîya fire taught him: 'Breath, ether, heaven, and lightning (these are my forms). The person that is seen in the lightning, I am he, I am he indeed.
ते होचुः । उपकोसलैषा सोम्य ते ऽस्मद्विद्यात्मविद्या च । आचार्यस् तु ते गतिं वक्तेति । आजगाम हास्याचार्यः । तम् आचार्यो ऽभ्युवादोपकोसल ३ इति
te hocuḥ | upakosalaiṣā somya te 'smadvidyātmavidyā ca | ācāryas tu te gatiṃ vakteti | ājagāma hāsyācāryaḥ | tam ācāryo 'bhyuvādopakosala 3 iti
Then they all said: 'Upakosala, this is our knowledge, our friend, and the knowledge of the Self, but the teacher will tell you the way (to another life).'
bhagava iti ha pratiśuśrāva | brahmavida iva somya mukhaṃ bhāti | ko nu tvānuśaśāseti | ko nu mānuśiśyād bho itīhāpeva nihnute | ime nūnam īdṛśā anyādṛśā itīhāgnīn abhyūde | kiṃ nu somya kila te 'vocann iti
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
इदम् इति ह प्रतिजज्ञे । लोकान् वाव किल सोम्य ते ऽवोचन् । अहं तु ते तद् वक्ष्यामि यथा पुष्करपलाश आपो न श्लिष्यन्त एवम् एवंविदि पापं कर्म न श्लिष्यत इति । ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति । तस्मै होवाच
idam iti ha pratijajñe | lokān vāva kila somya te 'vocan | ahaṃ tu te tad vakṣyāmi yathā puṣkarapalāśa āpo na śliṣyanta evam evaṃvidi pāpaṃ karma na śliṣyata iti | bravītu me bhagavān iti | tasmai hovāca
He answered: 'This' (repeating some of what they had told him). The teacher said: 'My friend, they have taught you about the worlds, but I shall tell you this; and as water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so no evil deed clings to one who knows it.' He said: 'Sir, tell it me.'
eṣa ha vai yajño yo 'yaṃ pavate | eṣa ha yann idaṃ sarvaṃ punāti | yad eṣa yann idaṃ sarvaṃ punāti | tasmād eṣa eva yajñaḥ | tasya manaś ca vāk ca vartanī
Verily, he who purifies (Vâyu) is the sacrifice, for he (the air) moving along, purifies everything. Because moving along he purifies everything, therefore he is the sacrifice. Of that sacrifice there are two ways, by mind and by speech.
The Brahman priest performs one of them in his mind, the Hotri, Adhvaryu, and Udgâtri priests perform the other by words. When the Brahman priest, after the Prâtaranuvâka ceremony has begun, but before the recitation of the Paridhânîyâ hymn, has (to break his silence and) to speak,
anyatarām eva vartanīṃ saṃskaroti | hīyate 'nyatarā | sa yathaikapād vrajan ratho vaikena cakreṇa vartamāno riṣyaty evam asya yajño riṣyati | yajñaṃ riṣyantaṃ yajamāno 'nu riṣyati | sa iṣṭvā pāpīyān bhavati
He performs perfectly the one way only (that by words), but the other is injured. As a man walking on one foot, or a carriage going on one wheel, is injured, his sacrifice is injured, and with the injured sacrifice the sacrificer is injured; yes, having sacrificed, he becomes worse.
अथ यत्र उपाकृते प्रातरनुवाके न पुरा परिधानीयाया ब्रह्मा व्यववदत्य् उभे एव वर्तनी संस्कुर्वन्ति । न हीयते ऽन्यतरा
atha yatra upākṛte prātaranuvāke na purā paridhānīyāyā brahmā vyavavadaty ubhe eva vartanī saṃskurvanti | na hīyate 'nyatarā
But when after the Prâtaranuvâka ceremony has begun and before the recitation of the Paridhânlyâ hymn, the Brahman priest has not (to break his silence and) to speak, they perform both ways perfectly, and neither of them is injured.
sa yathobhayapād vrajan ratho vobhābhyāṃ cakrābhyāṃ vartamānaḥ pratitiṣṭhaty evam asya yajñaḥ pratitiṣṭhati yajñaṃ pratitiṣṭhantaṃ yajamāno 'nu pratitiṣṭhati | sa iṣṭvā śreyān bhavati
As a man walking on two legs and a carriage going on two wheels gets on, so his sacrifice gets on, and with the successful sacrifice the sacrificer gets on; yes, having sacrificed, he becomes better.