asadvā idamagra āsīt | tato vai sadajāyata | tadātmānm̐ svayamakuruta | tasmāttatsukr̥tamucyata iti | yadvai tat sukr̥tam | raso vai sḥ | rasm̐ hyevāyṃ labdhvā''nandī bhavati | ko hyevānyātkḥ prāṇyāt | yadeṣa ākāśa ānando na syāt | eṣa hyevānandayāti | yadā hyevaiṣa etasminnadr̥śye'nātmye'nirukte'nilayane'bhayṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ vindate | atha so'bhayṃ gato bhavati | yadā hyevaiṣa etasminnudaramantarṃ kurute | atha tasya bhayṃ bhavati | tattveva bhayṃ viduṣo'manvānasya | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||

“In the beginning this was non-being; thence being was born, and it made itself — hence called the well-made. That is essence, the savour; tasting it one is blissful. Who could breathe if this bliss were not in space? It alone gives bliss. Finding fearlessness in the unseen, bodiless, undefined, supportless Brahman, one is fearless; making a hollow of division in it, one fears.”