यथा सोम्यैकेन मृत्पिण्डेन सर्वं मृन्मयं विज्ञातं स्यात् । वाचारम्भणं विकारो नामधेयं मृत्तिकेत्य् एव सत्यम्
yathā somyaikena mṛtpiṇḍena sarvaṃ mṛnmayaṃ vijñātaṃ syāt | vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ mṛttikety eva satyam
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'What is that instruction, Sir?' he asked. The father replied: 'My dear, as by one clod of clay all that is made of clay is known, the difference being only a name, arising from speech, but the truth being that all is clay;
Translated by F. Max Müller