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.'