'Spirit (prâna) is better than hope. As the spokes of a wheel hold to the nave, so does all this (beginning with names and ending in hope) hold to spirit. That spirit moves by the spirit, it gives spirit to the spirit. Father means spirit, mother is spirit, brother is spirit, sister is spirit, tutor is spirit, Brâhmana is spirit.
स यदि पितरं वा मातरं वा भ्रातरं वा स्वसारं वाचार्यं वा ब्राह्मणं वा किंचिद् भृशम् इव प्रत्याह । धिक् त्वास्त्व् इत्य् एवैनम् आहुः । पितृहा वै त्वम् असि मातृहा वै त्वम् असि भ्रातृहा वै त्वम् असि स्वसृहा वै त्वम् अस्य् आचार्यहा वै त्वम् असि ब्राह्मणहा वै त्वम् असीति
sa yadi pitaraṃ vā mātaraṃ vā bhrātaraṃ vā svasāraṃ vācāryaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā kiṃcid bhṛśam iva pratyāha | dhik tvāstv ity evainam āhuḥ | pitṛhā vai tvam asi mātṛhā vai tvam asi bhrātṛhā vai tvam asi svasṛhā vai tvam asy ācāryahā vai tvam asi brāhmaṇahā vai tvam asīti
'For if one says anything unbecoming to a father, mother, brother, sister, tutor or Brâhmana, then people say, Shame on thee! thou hast offended thy father, mother, brother, sister, tutor, or a Brâhmana.
अथ यद्य् अप्य् एनान् उत्क्रान्तप्राणाञ् छूलेन समासं व्यतिषंदहेत् । नैवैनं ब्रूयुः पितृहासीति न मातृहासीति न भ्रातृहासीति न स्वसृहासीति नाचार्यहासीति न ब्राह्मणहासीति
atha yady apy enān utkrāntaprāṇāñ chūlena samāsaṃ vyatiṣaṃdahet | naivainaṃ brūyuḥ pitṛhāsīti na mātṛhāsīti na bhrātṛhāsīti na svasṛhāsīti nācāryahāsīti na brāhmaṇahāsīti
'But, if after the spirit has departed from them, one shoves them together with a poker, and burns them to pieces, no one would say, Thou offendest thy father, mother, brother, sister, tutor or a Brâhmana.
'Spirit then is all this. He who sees this, perceives this, and understands this, becomes an ativâdin. If people say to such a man, Thou art an ativâdin, he may say, I am an ativâdin; he need not deny it.'