ते ह प्राणाः प्रजापतिं पितरम् एत्योचुः भगवन् को नः श्रेष्ठ इति । तान् होवाच । यस्मिन् व उत्क्रान्ते शरीरं पापिष्ठतरम् इव दृश्येत स वः श्रेष्ठ इति
te ha prāṇāḥ prajāpatiṃ pitaram etyocuḥ bhagavan ko naḥ śreṣṭha iti | tān hovāca | yasmin va utkrānte śarīraṃ pāpiṣṭhataram iva dṛśyeta sa vaḥ śreṣṭha iti
They went to their father Pragâpati and said: 'Sir, who is the best of us?' He replied: 'He by whose departure the body seems worse than worst, he is the best of you.'
The tongue (speech) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like mute people, not speaking, but breathing with the breath, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then speech went back.
cakṣur hoccakrāma | tat saṃvatsaraṃ proṣya paryetyovāca | katham aśakatarte maj jīvitum iti | yathāndhā apaśyantaḥ prāṇantaḥ prāṇena vadanto vācā śṛṇvantaḥ śrotreṇa dhyāyanto manasaivam iti | praviveśa ha cakṣuḥ
The eye (sight) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like blind people, not seeing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then the eye went back.
śrotraṃ hoccakrāma | tat saṃvatsaraṃ proṣya paryetyovāca katham aśakatarte maj jīvitum iti | yathā badhirā aśṛṇvantaḥ prāṇantaḥ prāṇena vadanto vācā paśyantaś cakṣuṣā dhyāyanto manasaivam iti | praviveśa ha śrotram
The ear (hearing) departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like deaf people, not hearing, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, thinking with the mind. Thus we lived.' Then the ear went back.
mano hoccakrāma | tat saṃvatsaraṃ proṣya paryetyovāca | katham aśakatarte maj jīvitum iti | yathā bālā amanasaḥ prāṇantaḥ prāṇena vadanto vācā paśyantaś cakṣuṣā śṛṇvantaḥ śrotreṇaivam iti | praviveśa ha manaḥ
The mind departed, and having been absent for a year, it came round and said: 'How have you been able to live without me?' They replied: 'Like children whose mind is not yet formed, but breathing with the breath, speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear. Thus we lived.' Then the mind went back.
The breath, when on the point of departing, tore up the other senses, as a horse, going to start, might tear up the pegs to which he is tethered. They came to him and said: 'Sir, be thou (our lord); thou art the best among us. Do not depart from us!'
स होवाच किं मे ऽन्नं भविष्यतीति । यत् किंचिद् इदम् आ श्वभ्य आ शकुनिभ्य इति होचुः । तद् वा एतद् अनस्यान्नम् । अनो ह वै नाम प्रत्यक्षम् । न ह वा एवंविदि किंचनानन्नं भवतीति
sa hovāca kiṃ me 'nnaṃ bhaviṣyatīti | yat kiṃcid idam ā śvabhya ā śakunibhya iti hocuḥ | tad vā etad anasyānnam | ano ha vai nāma pratyakṣam | na ha vā evaṃvidi kiṃcanānannaṃ bhavatīti
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अथ प्रतिसृप्याञ्जलौ मन्थम् आधाय जपति । अमो नामासि । अमा हि ते सर्वम् इदम् । स हि ज्येष्ठः श्रेष्ठो राजाधिपतिः । स मा ज्यैष्ठ्यं श्रैष्ठ्यं राज्यम् आधिपत्यं गमयतु । अहम् एवेदं सर्वम् असानीति
atha pratisṛpyāñjalau mantham ādhāya japati | amo nāmāsi | amā hi te sarvam idam | sa hi jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭho rājādhipatiḥ | sa mā jyaiṣṭhyaṃ śraiṣṭhyaṃ rājyam ādhipatyaṃ gamayatu | aham evedaṃ sarvam asānīti
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
वेत्थ यद् इतो ऽधि प्रजाः प्रयन्तीति । न भगव इति । वेत्थ यथा पुनर् आवर्तन्त ३ इति । न भगव इति । वेत्थ पथोर् देवयानस्य पितृयाणस्य च व्यावर्तना ३ इति । न भगव इति
vettha yad ito 'dhi prajāḥ prayantīti | na bhagava iti | vettha yathā punar āvartanta 3 iti | na bhagava iti | vettha pathor devayānasya pitṛyāṇasya ca vyāvartanā 3 iti | na bhagava iti
'Do you know to what place men go from here?' 'No, Sir,' he replied. 'Do you know how they return again?' 'No Sir,' he replied. 'Do you know where the path of Devas and the path of the fathers diverge?' 'No, Sir,' he replied.
वेत्थ यथासौ लोको न संपूर्यत ३ इति । न भगव इति । वेत्थ यथा पञ्चम्याम् आहुताव् आपः पुरुषवचसो भवन्तीति । नैव भगव इति
vettha yathāsau loko na saṃpūryata 3 iti | na bhagava iti | vettha yathā pañcamyām āhutāv āpaḥ puruṣavacaso bhavantīti | naiva bhagava iti
"Do you know why that world never becomes full?' 'No, Sir," he replied. 'Do you know why in the fifth libation water is called Man?' 'No, Sir,' he replied.
अथानु किम् अनु शिष्ठो ऽवोचथा यो हीमानि न विद्यात् । कथं सो ऽनुशिष्टो ब्रुवीतेति । स हायस्तः पितुर् अर्धम् एयाय । तं होवाचाननुशिष्य वाव किल मा भगवान् अब्रवीद् अनु त्वाशिषम् इति
athānu kim anu śiṣṭho 'vocathā yo hīmāni na vidyāt | kathaṃ so 'nuśiṣṭo bruvīteti | sa hāyastaḥ pitur ardham eyāya | taṃ hovācānanuśiṣya vāva kila mā bhagavān abravīd anu tvāśiṣam iti
'Then why did you say (you had been) instructed? How could anybody who did not know these things say that he had been instructed?' Then the boy went back sorrowful to the place of his father, and said: 'Though you had not instructed me, Sir, you said you had instructed me.
'That fellow of a Râganya asked me five questions, and I could not answer one of them.' The father said: 'As you have told me these questions of his, I do not know any one of them. If I knew these questions, how should I not have told you?
स ह गौतमो राज्ञो ऽर्धम् एयाय । तस्मै ह प्राप्तायार्हां चकार । स ह प्रातः सभाग उदेयाय । तं होवाच । मानुषस्य भगवन् गौतम वित्तस्य वरं वृणीथा इति । स होवाच । तवैव राजन् मानुषं वित्तम् । याम् एव कुमारस्यान्ते वाचम् अभाषथास् ताम् एव मे ब्रूहीति । स ह कृच्छ्री बभूव
sa ha gautamo rājño 'rdham eyāya | tasmai ha prāptāyārhāṃ cakāra | sa ha prātaḥ sabhāga udeyāya | taṃ hovāca | mānuṣasya bhagavan gautama vittasya varaṃ vṛṇīthā iti | sa hovāca | tavaiva rājan mānuṣaṃ vittam | yām eva kumārasyānte vācam abhāṣathās tām eva me brūhīti | sa ha kṛcchrī babhūva
Then Gautama went to the kings place, and when he had come to him, the king offered him proper respect. In the morning the king went out on his way to the assembly. The king said to him: 'Sir, Gautama, ask a boon of such things as men possess.' He replied: 'Such things as men possess may remain with you. Tell me the speech which you addressed to the boy.'
The king was perplexed, and commanded him, saying: 'Stay with me some time.' Then he said: 'As (to what) you have said to me, Gautama, this knowledge did not go to any Brâhmana before you, and therefore this teaching belonged in all the worlds to the Kshatra class alone. Then he began:
asau vāva loko gautamāgniḥ | tasyāditya eva samit | raśmayo dhūmaḥ | ahar arciḥ | candramā aṅgārāḥ | nakṣatrāṇi visphuliṅgāḥ
'The altar (on which the sacrifice is supposed to be offered) is that world (heaven), O Gautama; its fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars.
'On that altar the Devas (or prânas, represented by Agni, &c.) offer the sraddhâ libation (consisting of water). From that oblation rises Soma, the king (the moon).
The altar is Parganya (the god of rain), O Gautama; its fuel is the air itself, the smoke the cloud, the light the lightning, the coals the thunderbolt, the sparks the thunderings.
'The altar is the earth, O Gautama; its fuel is the year itself, the smoke the ether, the light the night, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters.
स जातो यावदायुषं जीवति । तं प्रेतं दिष्टम् इतो ऽग्नय एव हरन्ति यत एवेतो यतः संभूतो भवति
sa jāto yāvadāyuṣaṃ jīvati | taṃ pretaṃ diṣṭam ito 'gnaya eva haranti yata eveto yataḥ saṃbhūto bhavati
'When born, he lives whatever the length of his life may be. When he has departed, his friends carry him, as appointed, to the fire (of the funeral pile) from whence he came, from whence he sprang.
tad ya itthaṃ viduḥ | ye ceme 'raṇye śraddhā tapa ity upāsate | te 'rciṣam abhisaṃbhavanti | arciṣo 'haḥ | ahna āpūryamāṇapakṣam | āpūryamāṇapakṣād yān ṣaḍ udaṅṅ eti māsāṃs tān
'Those who know this (even though they still be grihasthas, householders) and those who in the forest follow faith and austerities (the vânaprasthas, and of the parivrâgakas those who do not yet know the Highest Brahman) go to light (arkis), from light to day, from day to the light half of the moon, from the light half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to the north, from the six months when the sun goes to the north to the year, from the year to the sun, from the sun to the moon, from the moon to the lightning. There is a person not human,—
atha ya ime grāma iṣṭāpūrte dattam ity upāsate | te dhūmam abhisaṃbhavanti | dhūmād rātrim | rātrer aparapakṣam | aparapakṣād yān ṣaḍ dakṣiṇaiti māsāṃs tān | naite saṃvatsaram abhiprāpnuvanti
'But they who living in a village practise (a life of) sacrifices, works of public utility, and alms, they go to the smoke, from smoke to night, from night to the dark half of the moon, from the dark half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to the south. But they do not reach the year.
'From the months they go to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to the ether, from the ether to the moon. That is Soma, the king. Here they are loved (eaten) by the Devas, yes, the Devas love (eat) them.
'Having dwelt there, till their (good) works are consumed, they return again that way as they came, to the ether, from the ether to the air. Then the sacrificer, having become air, becomes smoke, having become smoke, he becomes mist,
अभ्रं भूत्वा मेघो भवति । मेघो भूत्वा प्रवर्षति । त इह व्रीहियवा ओषधिवनस्पतयस् तिलमासा इति जायन्ते ऽतो वै खलु दुर्निष्प्रपतरम् । यो यो ह्य् अन्नम् अत्ति यो रेतः सिञ्चति तद् भूय एव भवति
abhraṃ bhūtvā megho bhavati | megho bhūtvā pravarṣati | ta iha vrīhiyavā oṣadhivanaspatayas tilamāsā iti jāyante 'to vai khalu durniṣprapataram | yo yo hy annam atti yo retaḥ siñcati tad bhūya eva bhavati
'Having become mist, he becomes a cloud, having become a cloud, he rains down. Then he is born as rice and corn, herbs and trees, sesamum and beans. From thence the escape is beset with most difficulties. For whoever the persons may be that eat the food, and beget offspring, he henceforth becomes like unto them.
तद् य इह रमणीयचरणा अभ्याशो ह यत् ते रमणीयां योनिम् आपद्येरन् ब्राह्मणयोनिं वा क्षत्रिययोनिं वा वैश्ययोनिं वा । अथ य इह कपूयचरणा अभ्याशो ह यत् ते कपूयां योनिम् आपद्येरञ् श्वयोनिम् वा सूकरयोनिं वा चण्डालयोनिं वा
tad ya iha ramaṇīyacaraṇā abhyāśo ha yat te ramaṇīyāṃ yonim āpadyeran brāhmaṇayoniṃ vā kṣatriyayoniṃ vā vaiśyayoniṃ vā | atha ya iha kapūyacaraṇā abhyāśo ha yat te kapūyāṃ yonim āpadyerañ śvayonim vā sūkarayoniṃ vā caṇḍālayoniṃ vā
'Those whose conduct has been good, will quickly attain some good birth, the birth of a Brâhmana, or a Kshatriya, or a Vaisya. But those whose conduct has been evil, will quickly attain an evil birth, the birth of a dog, or a hog, or a Kandâla.
athaitayoḥ pathor na katareṇacana tānīmāni kṣudrāṇy asakṛdāvartīni bhūtāni bhavanti jāyasva mriyasveti | etat tṛtīyaṃ sthānam | tenāsau loko na saṃpūryate | tasmāj jugupseta | tad eṣa ślokaḥ
'On neither of these two ways those small creatures (flies, worms, &c.) are continually returning of whom it may be said, Live and die. Theirs is a third place. 'Therefore that world never becomes full (cf. V,,). 'Hence let a man take care to himself! And thus it is said in the following Sloka:—
स्तेनो हिरण्यस्य सुरां पिबंश् च । गुरोस् तल्पम् आवसन् ब्रह्महा च । एते पतन्ति चत्वारः पञ्चमश् चाचरंस् तैर् इति
steno hiraṇyasya surāṃ pibaṃś ca | guros talpam āvasan brahmahā ca | ete patanti catvāraḥ pañcamaś cācaraṃs tair iti
'A man who steals gold, who drinks spirits, who dishonours his Guru's bed, who kills a Brahman, these four fall, and as a fifth he who associates with them.
अथ ह य एतान् एवं पञ्चाग्नीन् वेद न सह तैर् अप्य् आचरन् पाप्मना लिप्यते । शुद्धः पूतः पुण्यलोको भवति य एवं वेद य एवं वेद
atha ha ya etān evaṃ pañcāgnīn veda na saha tair apy ācaran pāpmanā lipyate | śuddhaḥ pūtaḥ puṇyaloko bhavati ya evaṃ veda ya evaṃ veda
'But he who thus knows the five fires is not defiled by sin even though he associates with them. He who knows this, is pure, clean, and obtains the world of the blessed, yea, he obtains the world of the blessed.'
प्राचीनशाल औपमन्यवः सत्ययज्ञः पौलुषिर् इन्द्रद्युम्नो भाल्लवेयो जनः शार्कराक्ष्यो बुडिल आश्वतराश्विस् ते हैते महाशाला महाश्रोत्रियाः समेत्य मीमांसां चक्रुः । को न आत्मा किं ब्रह्मेति
prācīnaśāla aupamanyavaḥ satyayajñaḥ pauluṣir indradyumno bhāllaveyo janaḥ śārkarākṣyo buḍila āśvatarāśvis te haite mahāśālā mahāśrotriyāḥ sametya mīmāṃsāṃ cakruḥ | ko na ātmā kiṃ brahmeti
Prâkînasâla Aupamanyava, Satyayagña Paulushi, Indradyumna Bhâllaveya, Gana Sârkarâkshya, and Budila Âsvatarasvi, these five great householders and great theologians came once together and held a discussion as to What is our Self, and what is Brahman.
te ha saṃpādayāṃ cakruḥ | uddālako vai bhagavanto 'yam āruṇiḥ saṃpratīmam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram adhyeti | taṃ hantābhyāgacchāmeti | taṃ hābhyājagmuḥ
They reflected and said: 'Sirs, there is that Uddâlaka Âruni, who knows at present that Self, called Vaisvânara. Well, let us go to him.' They went to him.
स ह संपादयां चकार । प्रक्ष्यन्ति माम् इमे महाशाला महाश्रोत्रियाः । तेभ्यो न सर्वम् इव प्रतिपत्स्ये । हन्ताहम् अन्यम् अभ्यनुशासानीति
sa ha saṃpādayāṃ cakāra | prakṣyanti mām ime mahāśālā mahāśrotriyāḥ | tebhyo na sarvam iva pratipatsye | hantāham anyam abhyanuśāsānīti
But he reflected: 'Those great householders and great theologians will examine me, and I shall not be able to tell them all; therefore I shall recommend another teacher to them.'
तेभ्यो ह प्राप्तेभ्यः पृथग् अर्हाणि कारयां चकार । स ह प्रातः संजिहान उवाच । न मे स्तेनो जनपदे न कदर्यो न मद्यपः । नानाहिताग्निर् नाविद्वान् न स्वैरी स्वैरिणी कुतः । यक्ष्यमाणो वै भगवन्तो ऽहम् अस्मि । यावद् एकैकस्मा ऋत्विजे धनं दास्यामि तावद् भगवद्भ्यो दास्यामि । वसन्तु भगवन्त इति
tebhyo ha prāptebhyaḥ pṛthag arhāṇi kārayāṃ cakāra | sa ha prātaḥ saṃjihāna uvāca | na me steno janapade na kadaryo na madyapaḥ | nānāhitāgnir nāvidvān na svairī svairiṇī kutaḥ | yakṣyamāṇo vai bhagavanto 'ham asmi | yāvad ekaikasmā ṛtvije dhanaṃ dāsyāmi tāvad bhagavadbhyo dāsyāmi | vasantu bhagavanta iti
When they arrived (the king) ordered proper presents to be made separately to each of them. And rising the next morning he said: 'In my kingdom there is no thief, no miser, no drunkard, no man without an altar in his house, no ignorant person, no adulterer, much less an adulteress. I am going to perform a sacrifice, Sirs, and as much wealth as I give to each Ritvig priest, I shall give to you, Sirs. Please to stay here.'
tān hovāca | prātar vaḥ prativaktāsmīti | te ha samitpāṇayaḥ pūrvāhṇe praticakramire | tān hānupanīyaivaitad uvāca
He said: 'To-morrow I shall give you an answer.' Therefore on the next morning they approached him, carrying fuel in their hands (like students), and he, without first demanding any preparatory rites, said to them:
'Aupamanyava, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Heaven only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Sutegas (having good light). Therefore every kind of Soma libation is seen in your house.
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam | atty annaṃ paśyati priyam bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ye etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste | mūdhā tv eṣa ātmana iti hovāca | mūrdhā te vyapatiṣyad yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti
'You eat food, and see your desire (a son, &c), and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food, sees his desire, and has Vedic glory (arising from study and sacrifice) in his house. That, however, is but the head of the Self, and thus your head would have fallen (in a discussion), if you had not come to me.'
Then he said to Satyayagña Paulushi: 'O Prâkînayogya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'The sun only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Visvarûpa (multiform). Therefore much and manifold wealth is seen in your house.
'There is a car with mules, full of slaves and jewels. You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food and sees his desire, and has Vedic glory in his house. 'That, however, is but the eye of the Self, and you would have become blind, if you had not come to me.'
Then he said to Indradyumna Bhâllaveya: 'O Vaiyâghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Air only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Prithagvartman (having various courses). Therefore offerings come to you in various ways, and rows of cars follow you in various ways.
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam | atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste | prāṇas tv eṣa ātmana iti hovāca | prāṇas ta udakramiṣyad yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti
'You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food and sees his desire, and has Vedic glory in his house. 'That, however, is but the breath of the Self, and your breath would have left you, if you had not come to me.'
atha hovāca janaṃ śārkarākṣyam | śārkarākṣya kaṃ tvam ātmānam upāssa iti | ākāśam eva bhagavo rājann iti hovāca | eṣa vai bahula ātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvam ātmānam upasse | tasmāt tvaṃ bahulo 'si prajayā ca dhanena ca
Then he said to Gana Sârkarâkshya: 'Whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Ether only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Bahula (full). Therefore you are full of offspring and wealth.
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam | atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste | saṃdehas tv eṣa ātmana iti hovāca | saṃdehas te vyaśīryad yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti
'You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food and sees his desire, and has Vedic glory in his house. That, however, is but the trunk of the Self, and your trunk would have perished, if you had not come to me.'
atha hovāca buḍilam āśvatarāśvim | vaiyāghrapadya kaṃ tvam ātmānam upāssa iti | apa eva bhagavo rājann iti hovāca | eṣa vai rayir ātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvam ātmānam upāsse | tasmāt tvaṃ rayimān puṣṭimān asi
Then he said to Budila Âsvatarâsvi, 'O Vaiyâghrapadya, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'Water only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Rayi (wealth). Therefore are you wealthy and flourishing.
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam | atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste | bastis tv eṣa ātmana iti hovāca | bastis te vyabhetsyad yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti
'You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food and sees his desire, and has Vedic glory in his house. 'That, however, is but the bladder of the Self, and your bladder would have burst, if you had not come to me.'
atha hovācoddālakam āruṇim | gautama kaṃ tvam ātmānam upassa iti | pṛthivīm eva bhagavo rājann iti hovāca | eṣa vai pratiṣṭhātmā vaiśvānaro yaṃ tvam ātmānam upāsse | tasmāt tvaṃ pratiṣṭhito 'si prajayā ca paśubhiś ca
Then he said to Auddâlaka Âruni: 'O Gautama, whom do you meditate on as the Self?' He replied: 'The earth only, venerable king.' He said: 'The Self which you meditate on is the Vaisvânara Self, called Pratishthâ (firm rest). Therefore you stand firm with offspring and cattle.
atsy annaṃ paśyasi priyam | atty annaṃ paśyati priyaṃ bhavaty asya brahmavarcasaṃ kule ya etam evam ātmānaṃ vaiśvānaram upāste | pādau tv etāv ātmana iti hovāca | pādau te vyamlāsyetāṃ yan māṃ nāgamiṣya iti
'You eat food and see your desire, and whoever thus meditates on that Vaisvânara Self, eats food and sees his desire, and has Vedic glory in his house. 'That, however, are but the feet of the Self, and your feet would have given way, if you had not come to me.'
Then he said to them all: 'You eat your food, knowing that Vaisvânara Self as if it were many. But he who worships the Vaisvânara Self as a span long, and as identical with himself, he eats food in all worlds, in all beings, in all Selfs.
tasya ha vā etasyātmano vaiśvānarasya mūrdhaiva sutejāś cakṣur viśvarūpaḥ prāṇaḥ pṛthagvartmātmā saṃdeho bahulo bastir eva rayiḥ pṛthivy eva pādāv ura eva vedir lomāṇi barhir hṛdayaṃ gārhapatyo mano 'nvāhāryapacana āsyam āhavanīyaḥ
'Of that Vaisvânara Self the head is Sutegas (having good light), the eye Visvarûpa (multiform), the breath Prithagvartman (having various courses), the trunk Bahula (full), the bladder Rayi (wealth), the feet the earth, the chest the altar, the hairs the grass on the altar, the heart the Gârhapatya fire, the mind the Anvâhârya fire, the mouth the Âhavanîya fire.
tad yad bhaktaṃ prathamam āgacchet tad dhomīyam | sa yāṃ prathamām āhutiṃ juhuyāt tāṃ juhuyāt prāṇāya svāheti | prāṇas tṛpyati
'Therefore the first food which a man may take, is in the place of Homa. And he who offers that first oblation, should offer it to Prâna (up-breathing), saying Svâhâ. Then Prâna (up-breathing) is satisfied,
'And he who offers the third oblation, should offer it to Apâna (down-breathing), saying Svâhâ. Then Apâna is satisfied. If Apâna is satisfied, the tongue is satisfied, if the tongue is satisfied, Agni (fire) is satisfied, if Agni is satisfied, the earth is satisfied, if the earth is satisfied, whatever is under the earth and under fire is satisfied.
'If Samâna is satisfied, the mind is satisfied, if the mind is satisfied, Parganya (god of rain) is satisfied, if Parganya is satisfied, lightning is satisfied, if lightning is satisfied, whatever is under Parganya and under lightning is satisfied. And through their satisfaction he (the sacrificer or eater) himself is satisfied with offspring, cattle, health, brightness, and Vedic splendour.