तेजो वावाद्भ्यो भूयः । तद् वा एतद् वायुम् आगृह्याकाशम् अभितपति तदाहुर् निशोचति नितपति वर्षिष्यति वा इति । तेज एव तत्पूर्वं दर्शयित्वाथापः सृजते । तद् एतद् ऊर्ध्वाभिश् च तिरश्चीभिश् च विद्युद्भिर् आह्रादाश् चरन्ति तस्माद् आहुर् विद्योतते स्तनयति वर्षिष्यति वा इति । तेज एव तत्पूर्वं दर्शयित्वाथापः सृजते । तेज उपास्स्वेति
tejo vāvādbhyo bhūyaḥ | tad vā etad vāyum āgṛhyākāśam abhitapati tadāhur niśocati nitapati varṣiṣyati vā iti | teja eva tatpūrvaṃ darśayitvāthāpaḥ sṛjate | tad etad ūrdhvābhiś ca tiraścībhiś ca vidyudbhir āhrādāś caranti tasmād āhur vidyotate stanayati varṣiṣyati vā iti | teja eva tatpūrvaṃ darśayitvāthāpaḥ sṛjate | teja upāssveti
'Fire (tegas) is better than water. For fire united with air, warms the ether. Then people say, It is hot, it burns, it will rain. Thus does fire, after showing this sign (itself) first, create water. And thus again thunderclaps come with lightnings, flashing upwards and across the sky. Then people say, There is lightning and thunder, it will rain. Then also does fire, after showing this sign first, create water. Meditate on fire.
sa yas tejo brahmety upāste | tejasvī vai sa tejasvato lokān bhāsvato 'pahatatamaskān abhisidhyati | yāvat tejaso gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati yas tejo brahmety upāste | asti bhagavas tejaso bhūya iti | tejaso vāva bhūyo 'stīti | tan me bhagavān bravītv iti
'He who meditates on fire as Brahman, obtains, resplendent himself, resplendent worlds, full of light and free of darkness; he is, as it were, lord and master as far as fire reaches—he who meditates on fire as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than fire?' 'Yes, there is something better than fire.' 'Sir, tell it me.'