सुकेशा च भारद्वाजः शैब्यश् च सत्यकामः सौर्यायणी च गार्ग्यः कौसल्यश् चाश्वलायनो भार्गवो वैदर्भिः कबन्धी कात्यायनस् ते हैते ब्रह्मपरा ब्रह्मनिष्ठा परं ब्रह्मान्वेषमाणा एष ह वै तत्सर्वं वक्ष्यतीति ते ह समित्पाणयो भगवन्तं पिप्पलादम् उपसन्नाः
sukeśā ca bhāradvājaḥ śaibyaś ca satyakāmaḥ sauryāyaṇī ca gārgyaḥ kausalyaś cāśvalāyano bhārgavo vaidarbhiḥ kabandhī kātyāyanas te haite brahmaparā brahmaniṣṭhā paraṃ brahmānveṣamāṇā eṣa ha vai tatsarvaṃ vakṣyatīti te ha samitpāṇayo bhagavantaṃ pippalādam upasannāḥ
Sukesas Bhâradvâga, and Saivya Satyakâma, and Sauryâyanin Gârgya, and Kausalya Âsvalâyana, and Bhârgava Vaidarbhi, and Kabandhin Kâtyâyana, these were devoted to Brahman, firm in Brahman, seeking for the Highest Brahman. They thought that the venerable Pippalâda could tell them all that, and they therefore took fuel in their hands (like pupils), and approached him.
tān ha sa ṛṣir uvāca | bhūya eva tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā saṃvatsaraṃ saṃvatsyatha | yathākāmaṃ praśnān pṛcchata | yadi vijñāsyāmaḥ sarvaṃ ha vo vakṣyāma iti
That Rishi said to them: "Stay here a year longer, with penance, abstinence, and faith; then you may ask questions according to your pleasure, and if we know them, we shall tell you all."
तस्मै स होवाच । प्रजाकामो वै प्रजापतिः । स तपो ऽतप्यत । स तपस् तप्त्वा स मिथुनम् उत्पादयते रयिं च प्राणं चेति । एतौ मे बहुधाः प्रजाः करिष्यत इति
tasmai sa hovāca | prajākāmo vai prajāpatiḥ | sa tapo 'tapyata | sa tapas taptvā sa mithunam utpādayate rayiṃ ca prāṇaṃ ceti | etau me bahudhāḥ prajāḥ kariṣyata iti
He replied: "Pragâpati (the lord of creatures) was desirous of creatures (pragâh). He performed penance, and having performed penance, he produces a pair, matter (rayi) and spirit (prâna), thinking that they together should produce creatures for him in many ways.
athāditya udayan yatprācīṃ diśaṃ praviśati tena prācyān prāṇān raśmiṣu saṃnidhatte | yad dakṣiṇaṃ yat pratīcīṃ yad udīcīṃ yad adho yad ūrdhvaṃ yad antarā diśo yat sarvaṃ prakāśayati tena sarvān prāṇān raśmiṣu saṃnidhatte
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
(They knew) him who assumes all forms, the golden, who knows all things, who ascends highest, alone in his splendour, and warms us; the thousand-rayed, who abides in a hundred places, the spirit of all creatures, the Sun, rises.
saṃvatsaro vai prajāpatiḥ | tasyāyane dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ ca | tad ye ha vai tadiṣṭāpūrte kṛtim ity upāsate te cāndramasam eva lokam abhijayante | ta eva punar āvartante | tasmād eta ṛṣayaḥ prajākāmā dakṣiṇaṃ pratipadyante | eṣa ha vai rayir yaḥ pitṛyāṇaḥ
The year indeed is Pragâpati, and there are two paths thereof, the Southern and the Northern. Now those who here believe in sacrifices and pious gifts as work done, gain the moon only as their (future) world, and return again. Therefore the Rishis who desire offspring, go to the South, and that path of the Fathers is matter (rayi).
athottareṇa tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā vidyayātmānam anviṣyādityam abhijayante | etad vai prāṇānām āyatanam etad amṛtam ayam etat parāyaṇam | etasmān na punarāvartanta iti | eṣa nirodhaḥ | tad eṣa ślokaḥ
But those who have sought the Self by penance, abstinence, faith, and knowledge, gain by the Northern path Âditya, the sun. This is the home of the spirits, the immortal, free from danger, the highest. From thence they do not return, for it is the end. Thus says the Sloka:
pañcapādaṃ pitaraṃ dvādaśakṛtiṃ diva āhuḥ pare ardhe purīṣiṇam / atheme anya u pare vicakṣaṇaṃ saptacakre ṣaḍara āhurarpitamiti
Some call him the father with five feet (the five seasons), and with twelve shapes (the twelve months), the giver of rain in the highest half of heaven; others again say that the sage is placed in the lower half, in the chariot with seven wheels and six spokes.
māso vai prajāpatiḥ | tasya kṛṣṇapakṣa eva rayiḥ śuklaḥ prāṇaḥ | tasmād eta ṛṣayaḥ śukla iṣṭaṃ kurvantītara itarasmin
The month is Pragâpati; its dark half is matter, its bright half spirit. Therefore some Rishis perform sacrifice in the bright half, others in the other half.
Day and Night are Pragâpati; its day is spirit, its night matter. Those who unite in love by day waste their spirit, but to unite in love by night is right.
tad ye ha vai tatprajāpativrataṃ caranti | te mithunam utpādayante | teṣāmevaiṣa brahmalokaḥ | yeṣāṃ tapo brahmacaryaṃ | yeṣu satyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
Those therefore who observe this rule of Pragâpati (as laid down in §13), produce a pair, and to them belongs this Brahma-world here. But those in whom dwell penance, abstinence, and truth,