मनो वाव वाचो भूयः । यथा वै द्वे वामलके द्वे वा कोले द्वौ वाक्षौ मुष्टिर् अनुभवत्य् एवं वाचं च नाम च मनो ऽनुभवति । स यदा मनसा मनस्यति मन्त्रान् अधीयीयेत्य् अथाधीते । कर्माणि कुर्वीयेत्य् अथ कुरुते । पुत्रांश् च पशूंश् चेच्छेयेत्य् अथेच्छते । इमं च लोकम् अमुं चेच्छेयेत्य् अथेच्छते । मनो ह्य् आत्मा । मनो हि लोकः । मनो हि ब्रह्म । मन उपास्स्वेति
mano vāva vāco bhūyaḥ | yathā vai dve vāmalake dve vā kole dvau vākṣau muṣṭir anubhavaty evaṃ vācaṃ ca nāma ca mano 'nubhavati | sa yadā manasā manasyati mantrān adhīyīyety athādhīte | karmāṇi kurvīyety atha kurute | putrāṃś ca paśūṃś ceccheyety athecchate | imaṃ ca lokam amuṃ ceccheyety athecchate | mano hy ātmā | mano hi lokaḥ | mano hi brahma | mana upāssveti
'Mind (manas) is better than speech. For as the closed fist holds two amalaka or two kola or two aksha fruits, thus does mind hold speech and name. For if a man is minded in his mind to read the sacred hymns, he reads them; if he is minded in his mind to perform any actions, he performs them; if he is minded to wish for sons and cattle, he wishes for them; if he is minded to wish for this world and the other, he wishes for them. For mind is indeed the self, mind is the world, mind is Brahman. Meditate on the mind.
Translated by F. Max Müller