लवणम् एतद् उदके ऽवधायाथ मा प्रातर् उपसीदथा इति । स ह तथा चकार । तं होवाच । यद् दोषा लवणम् उदके ऽवाधा अङ्ग तद् आहरेति । तद् धावमृश्य न विवेद
lavaṇam etad udake 'vadhāyātha mā prātar upasīdathā iti | sa ha tathā cakāra | taṃ hovāca | yad doṣā lavaṇam udake 'vādhā aṅga tad āhareti | tad dhāvamṛśya na viveda
'Place this salt in water, and then wait on me in the morning.' The son did as he was commanded. The father said to him: 'Bring me the salt, which you placed in the water last night.' The son having looked for it, found it not, for, of course, it was melted.
yathā vilīnam eva | an;gāsyāntād ācāmeti | katham iti | lavaṇam iti | madhyād ācāmeti | katham iti | lavaṇam iti | antād ācāmeti | katham iti | lavaṇam iti | abhiprāsyaitad atha mopasīdathā iti | tad dha tathā cakāra | tac chaśvat saṃvartate | taṃ hovācātra vāva kila tat somya na nibhālayase 'traiva kileti
The father said: 'Taste it from the surface of the water. How is it?' The son replied: 'It is salt.' 'Taste it from the middle. How is it?' The son replied: "It is salt.' 'Taste it from the bottom. How is it?' The son replied: 'It is salt.' The father said: 'Throw it away and then wait on me.' He did so; but salt exists for ever. Then the father said: 'Here also, in this body, forsooth, you do not perceive the True (Sat), my son; but there indeed it is.
स य एषो ऽणिमैतद् आत्म्यम् इदं सर्वम् । तत् सत्यम् । स आत्मा । तत् त्वम् असि श्वेतकेतो इति । भूय एव मा भगवान् विज्ञापयत्व् इति । तथा सोम्येति होवाच
sa ya eṣo 'ṇimaitad ātmyam idaṃ sarvam | tat satyam | sa ātmā | tat tvam asi śvetaketo iti | bhūya eva mā bhagavān vijñāpayatv iti | tathā somyeti hovāca
'That which is the subtile essence, in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it.' 'Please, Sir, inform me still more,' said the son. 'Be it so, my child,' the father replied.