Then Sukesas Bhâradvâga asked him, saying: "Sir, Hiranyanâbha, the prince of Kosalâ, came to me and asked this question: Do you know the person of sixteen parts, O Bhâradvâga? I said to the prince: I do not know him; if I knew him, how should I not tell you? Surely, he who speaks what is untrue withers away to the very root; therefore I will not say what is untrue. Then he mounted his chariot and went away silently. Now I ask you, where is that person?"
स प्राणमसृजत । प्राणाच् छद्वां खं वायुर् ज्योतिर् आपः पृथिवीन्द्रियं मनो ऽन्नम् अन्नाद् वीर्यं तपो मन्त्राः कर्म लोका लोकेषु नाम च
sa prāṇamasṛjata | prāṇāc chadvāṃ khaṃ vāyur jyotir āpaḥ pṛthivīndriyaṃ mano 'nnam annād vīryaṃ tapo mantrāḥ karma lokā lokeṣu nāma ca
He sent forth (created) Prâna (spirit); from Prâna Sraddhâ (faith), ether, air, light, water, earth, sense, mind, food; from food came vigour, penance, hymns, sacrifice, the worlds, and in the worlds the name also.
As these flowing rivers that go towards the ocean, when they have reached the ocean, sink into it, their name and form are broken, and people speak of the ocean only, exactly thus these sixteen parts of the spectator that go towards the person (purusha), when they have reached the person, sink into him, their name and form are broken, and people speak of the person only, and he becomes without parts and immortal. On this there is this verse:
ते तम् अर्चयन्तस् त्वं हि नः पिता यो ऽस्माकम् अविद्यायाः परं पारं तारयसीति नमः । परमऋषिभ्यो नमः परमऋषिभ्यः
te tam arcayantas tvaṃ hi naḥ pitā yo 'smākam avidyāyāḥ paraṃ pāraṃ tārayasīti namaḥ | paramaṛṣibhyo namaḥ paramaṛṣibhyaḥ
And they praising him, said: "You, indeed, are our father, you who carry us from our ignorance to the other shore." Adoration to the highest Rishis! Adoration to the highest Rishis! Tat sat. Harih, Om!