Sanskrit Corpus
1764 verses · verified Sanskrit text · IAST · English translation
ahṃ vr̥kṣasya rerivā kīrtiḥ pr̥ṣṭhṃ gireriva | ūrdhvapavitro vājinīva svamr̥tamasmi | draviṇm̐savarcasam | sumedha amr̥tokṣitḥ | iti triśaṅkorvedānuvacanam ||
“'I am the mover of the tree of life; my fame rises like a mountain peak. Pure above, like the sun I am the bright immortal; rich in radiance, wise, deathless.' So runs Triśaṅku's utterance of Vedic wisdom.”
vidyāṃ cāvidyāṃ ca yastadvedobhaym̐ saha | avidyayā mr̥tyuṃ tīrtvā vidyayā'mr̥tamaśnute ||
“Knowing knowledge and ignorance both together: crossing death by ignorance (rites), one attains immortality by knowledge.”
vedamanūcyācāryontevāsinamanuśāsti | satyṃ vada | dharmṃ cara | svādhyāyānmā pramadḥ | ācāryāya priyṃ dhanamāhr̥tya prajātantuṃ mā vyavacchetsīḥ | satyānna pramaditavyam| dharmānna pramaditavyam | kuśalānna pramaditavyam | bhūtyai na pramaditavyam | svādhyāyapravacanābhyāṃ na pramaditavyam || devapitr̥kāryābhyāṃ na pramaditavyam | mātr̥devo bhava | pitr̥devo bhava | ācāryadevo bhava | atithidevo bhava | yānyanavadyāni karmāṇi tāni sevitavyāni | no itarāṇi | yānyasmāka sucaritāni tāni tvayopāsyāni || no itarāṇi | ye ke cāsmacchreyām̐so brāhmaṇāḥ teṣāṃ tvayā''sanena praśvasitavyam | śraddhayā deyam | aśraddhayā'deyam | śriyā deyam | hriyā deyam | bhiyā deyam | sṃvidā deyam | atha yadi te karmavicikitsā vā vr̥ttavicikitsā vā syāt || ye tatra brāhmaṇāḥ sṃmarśinḥ | yuktā āyuktāḥ | alūkṣā dharmakāmāḥ syuḥ | yathā te tatra varteran | tathā tatra vartethāḥ | athābhyākhyāteṣu | ye tatra brāhmaṇāḥ sṃmarśinḥ | yuktā āyuktāḥ | alūkṣā dharmakāmāḥ syuḥ | yathā te teṣu varteran | tathā teṣu vartethāḥ | eṣa ādeśḥ | eṣa upadeśḥ | eṣā vedopaniṣat | etadanuśāsanam | evamupāsitavyam | evamu caitadupāsyam ||
“Having taught the Veda, the teacher instructs the pupil: speak truth, do duty, neglect not study; honour mother, father, teacher and guest as gods; practise only blameless deeds; give with faith and humility; in doubt, conduct thyself as the virtuous learned do. This is the ordinance, the teaching, the secret of the Veda.”
andhṃ tamḥ praviśanti ye'sambhūtimupāsate | tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u sambhūtyām̐ ratāḥ ||
“Into blind darkness enter those who worship the unmanifest; into still greater darkness, those devoted to the manifest.”
śṃ no mitrḥ śṃ varuṇḥ | śṃ no bhavatvaryamā | śṃ na indro br̥haspatiḥ | śṃ no viṣṇururukramḥ | namo brahmaṇe | namaste vāyo | tvameva pratyakṣṃ brahmāsi | tvāmeva pratyakṣṃ brahmāvādiṣam | r̥tamavādiṣam | satyamavādiṣam | tanmāmāvīt | tadvaktāramāvīt | āvīnmām | āvīdvaktāram | ॐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||
“The closing peace-chant: may the gods grant weal; homage to Brahman and Vāyu. 'I have spoken thee as the visible Brahman; I have spoken right and truth; that has protected me and the teacher.' Om, peace, peace, peace.”
anyadevāhuḥ sambhavādanyadāhurasambhavāt | iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nastadvicacakṣire ||
“One thing, they say, comes from manifestation, another from non-manifestation — so we have heard from the wise who taught us this.”
sambhūtiṃ ca vināśṃ ca yastadvedobhaym̐ saha | vināśena mr̥tyuṃ tīrtvā sambhūtyā'mr̥tamaśnute ||
“Knowing the manifest and the perishable both together: crossing death by the perishable, one attains immortality by the imperishable.”
hiraṇmayena pātreṇa satyasyāpihitṃ mukham | tattvṃ pūṣannapāvr̥ṇu satyadharmāya dr̥ṣṭaye ||
“The face of truth is veiled by a golden vessel. O Pūṣan, uncover it for me, the observer of truth, that I may see.”
pūṣannekarṣe yama sūrya prājāpatya vyūha raśmīn samūha tejḥ | yatte rūpṃ kalyāṇatamṃ tatte paśyāmi yo'sāvasau puruṣḥ so'hamasmi ||
“O Pūṣan, sole seer, Yama, Sūrya, son of Prajāpati — withdraw thy rays and gather thy light. May I behold thy fairest form; the Person yonder — that am I.”
vāyuranilamamr̥tamathedṃ bhasmāntm̐ śarīram | ॐ krato smara kr̥tm̐ smara krato smara kr̥tm̐ smara ||
“Now breath merges into the immortal air, and this body ends in ashes. O mind, remember; remember the deed done.”
agne naya supathā rāye asmān viśvāni deva vayunāni vidvān | yuyodhyasmajjuhurāṇameno bhūyiṣṭhāṃ te namauktiṃ vidhema ||
“O Agni, lead us by the good path to felicity, thou who knowest, O god, all our deeds. Remove from us deceitful sin; we shall offer thee our fullest homage.”
ॐ keneṣitṃ patati preṣitṃ manḥ kena prāṇḥ prathamḥ praiti yuktḥ | keneṣitāṃ vācamimāṃ vadanti cakṣuḥ śrotrṃ ka u devo yunakti ||
“Willed by whom does the mind speed on its mission, by whom does the first breath move forth yoked? By whom is this speech uttered, and which god directs eye and ear?”
ॐ brahmavidāpnoti param | tadeṣā'bhyuktā | satyṃ jñānamanantṃ brahma | yo veda nihitṃ guhāyāṃ parame vyoman | so'śnute sarvān kāmān saha brahmaṇā vipaściteti || tasmādvā etasmādātmana ākāśḥ sṃbhūtḥ | ākāśādvāyuḥ | vāyoragniḥ | agnerāpḥ | adbhyḥ pr̥thivī | pr̥thivyā oṣadhayḥ | oṣadhībhyonnam | annātpuruṣḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣo'nnarasamayḥ | tasyedameva śirḥ | ayṃ dakṣiṇḥ pakṣḥ | ayamuttarḥ pakṣḥ | ayamātmā | idṃ pucchṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“The knower of Brahman attains the supreme; 'Brahman is truth, knowledge, infinite' — who knows it hidden in the cave, in the highest sky, enjoys all desires together with the wise Brahman. From that Self came space, then wind, fire, waters, earth, plants, food, and man — the food-made person with head, sides, self and tail of support.”
śrotrasya śrotrṃ manaso mano yadvāco ha vācṃ sa u prāṇasya prāṇḥ cakṣuṣaścakṣuḥ | atimucya dhīrāḥ pretyāsmāllokādamr̥tā bhavanti ||
“It is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the breath of breath, the eye of the eye. Released from these, the wise, departing this world, become immortal.”
annādvai prajāḥ prajāyante | yāḥ kāśca pr̥thivīm̐ śritāḥ | atho annenaiva jīvanti | athainadapi yantyantatḥ | annm̐ hi bhūtānāṃ jyeṣṭham | tasmāt sarvauṣadhamucyate | sarvṃ vai te'nnamāpnuvanti | ye'nnṃ brahmopāsate | annm̐ hi bhūtānāṃ jyeṣṭham | tasmāt sarvauṣadhamucyate | annād bhūtāni jāyante | jātānyannena vardhante | adyate'tti ca bhūtāni | tasmādannṃ taducyata iti | tasmādvā etasmādannarasamayāt | anyo'ntara ātmā prāṇamayḥ | tenaiṣa pūrṇḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva | tasya puruṣavidhatām| anvayṃ puruṣavidhḥ | tasya prāṇa eva śirḥ | vyāno dakṣiṇḥ pakṣḥ | apāna uttarḥ pakṣḥ | ākāśa ātmā | pr̥thivī pucchṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“From food are creatures born, by food they live, into food they dissolve at the end; food is the eldest of beings, the cure-all. Who worships food as Brahman obtains all food. Within the food-made self lies the breath-made self, person-shaped, with breath as head and the regions as its limbs.”
na tatra cakṣurgacchati na vāggacchati no manḥ | na vidmo na vijānīmo yathaitadanuśiṣyāt ||
“There the eye does not go, nor speech, nor mind. We do not know nor understand how one could teach it.”
prāṇṃ devā anu prāṇanti | manuṣyāḥ paśavaśca ye | prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ | tasmāt sarvāyuṣamucyate | sarvameva ta āyuryanti | ye prāṇṃ brahmopāsate | prāṇo hi bhūtānāmāyuḥ | tasmāt sarvāyuṣamucyata iti | tasyaiṣa eva śārīra ātmā | yḥ pūrvasya | tasmādvā etasmāt prāṇamayāt | anyo'ntara ātmā manomayḥ | tenaiṣa pūrṇḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva | tasya puruṣavidhatām | anvayṃ puruṣavidhḥ | tasya yajureva śirḥ | r̥gdakṣiṇḥ pakṣḥ | sāmottarḥ pakṣḥ | ādeśa ātmā | atharvāṅgirasḥ pucchṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“Gods, men and beasts breathe after breath; breath is the life of beings, the all-life. Who worships breath as Brahman reaches full life. Within the breath-made self lies the mind-made self, person-shaped, with the Vedas as its limbs.”
anyadeva tadviditādatho aviditādadhi | iti śuśruma pūrveṣāṃ ye nastadvyācacakṣire ||
“It is other than the known and above the unknown — so we have heard from the ancients who taught us this.”
yato vāco nivartante | aprāpya manasā saha | ānandṃ brahmaṇo vidvān | na bibheti kadācaneti | tasyaiṣa eva śārīra ātmā | yḥ pūrvasya | tasmādvā etasmānmanomayāt | anyo'ntara ātmā vijñānamayḥ | tenaiṣa pūrṇḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva | tasya puruṣavidhatām | anvayṃ puruṣavidhḥ | tasya śraddhaiva śirḥ | r̥tṃ dakṣiṇḥ pakṣḥ | satyamuttarḥ pakṣḥ | yoga ātmā | mahḥ pucchṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“'Whence words turn back with the mind, knowing that bliss of Brahman, one fears never.' Within the mind-made self lies the knowledge-made self, person-shaped, with faith as head, right as one side, truth as the other, discipline as self and greatness as support.”
yadvācā'nabhyuditṃ yena vāgabhyudyate | tadeva brahma tvṃ viddhi nedṃ yadidamupāsate ||
“What is not uttered by speech, but by which speech is uttered — know that alone as Brahman, not what people worship here.”
vijñānṃ yajñṃ tanute | karmāṇi tanute'pi ca | vijñānṃ devāḥ sarve | brahma jyeṣṭhamupāsate | vijñānṃ brahma cedveda | tasmāccenna pramādyati | śarīre pāpmano hitvā | sarvānkāmānsamaśnuta iti | tasyaiṣa eva śārīra ātmā | yḥ pūrvasya | tasmādvā etasmādvijñānamayāt | anyo'ntara ātmā''nandamayḥ | tenaiṣa pūrṇḥ | sa vā eṣa puruṣavidha eva | tasya puruṣavidhatām | anvayṃ puruṣavidhḥ | tasya priyameva śirḥ | modo dakṣiṇḥ pakṣḥ | pramoda uttarḥ pakṣḥ | ānanda ātmā | brahma pucchṃ pratiṣṭhā | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“Knowledge spreads sacrifice and deeds; all gods worship knowledge as the eldest Brahman. Knowing knowledge as Brahman and neglecting it not, one leaves evil in the body and enjoys all desires. Within the knowledge-made self lies the bliss-made self, person-shaped, with love as head, joy and delight as sides, bliss as self and Brahman as support.”
yanmanasā na manute yenāhurmano matam | tadeva brahma tvṃ viddhi nedṃ yadidamupāsate ||
“What is not thought by the mind, but by which the mind is thought — know that alone as Brahman, not what people worship here.”
asanneva sa bhavati | asadbrahmeti veda cet | asti brahmeti cedveda | santamenṃ tato viduriti | tasyaiṣa eva śārīra ātmā | yḥ pūrvasya | athāto'nupraśnāḥ | utāvidvānamuṃ lokṃ pretya | kaścana gacchatī3 | āho vidvānamuṃ lokṃ pretya | kaścitsamaśnutā3 u | so'kāmayata | bahu syāṃ prajāyeyeti | sa tapo'tapyata | sa tapastaptvā | idm̐ sarvamasr̥jata | yadidṃ kiñca | tatsr̥ṣṭvā | tadevānuprāviśat | tadanupraviśya | sacca tyaccābhavat | niruktṃ cāniruktṃ ca | nilayanṃ cānilayanṃ ca | vijñānṃ cāvijñānṃ ca | satyṃ cānr̥tṃ ca satyamabhavat | yadidṃ kiñca | tatsatyamityācakṣate | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“Who knows Brahman as non-being becomes non-being; who knows it as being, him the wise know as being. Then come the questions: does the ignorant reach yonder world, does the knower attain? He desired, 'may I become many'; practised fervour, created all this, entered it, and became the formed and formless, the defined and undefined, knowledge and non-knowledge, truth and untruth.”
yaccakṣuṣā na paśyati yena cakṣūm̐ṣi paśyati | tadeva brahma tvṃ viddhi nedṃ yadidamupāsate ||
“What is not seen by the eye, but by which eyes see — know that alone as Brahman, not what people worship here.”
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.”
yacchrotreṇa na śr̥ṇoti yena śrotramidṃ śrutam | tadeva brahma tvṃ viddhi nedṃ yadidamupāsate ||
“What is not heard by the ear, but by which this ear hears — know that alone as Brahman, not what people worship here.”
bhīṣā'smādvātḥ pavate | bhīṣodeti sūryḥ | bhīṣā'smādagniścendraśca | mr̥tyurdhāvati pañcama iti | saiṣā''nandasya mīmām̐sā bhavati | yuvā syātsādhuyuvā'dhyāyakḥ | āśiṣṭho dr̥ḍhiṣṭho baliṣṭhḥ | tasyeyṃ pr̥thivī sarvā vittasya pūrṇā syāt | sa eko mānuṣa ānandḥ | te ye śatṃ mānuṣā ānandāḥ | sa eko manuṣyagandharvāṇāmānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ manuṣyagandharvāṇāmānandāḥ | sa eko devagandharvāṇāmānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ devagandharvāṇāmānandāḥ | sa ekḥ pitr̥ṇāṃ ciralokalokānāmānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ pitr̥ṇāṃ ciralokalokānāmānandāḥ | sa eka ājānajānāṃ devānāmānandḥ || śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ ājānajānāṃ devānāmānandāḥ | sa ekḥ karmadevānāṃ devānāmānandḥ | ye karmaṇā devānapiyanti | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ karmadevānāṃ devānāmānandāḥ | sa eko devānāmānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ devānāmānandāḥ | sa eka indrasyā''nandḥ || śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatamindrasyā''nandāḥ | sa eko br̥haspaterānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ br̥haspaterānandāḥ | sa ekḥ prajāpaterānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya | te ye śatṃ prajāpaterānandāḥ | sa eko brahmaṇa ānandḥ | śrotriyasya cākāmahatasya || sa yaścāyṃ puruṣe | yaścāsāvāditye | sa ekḥ | sa ya evṃvit | asmāllokātpretya | etamannamayamātmānamupasaṅkrāmati | etṃ prāṇamayamātmānamupasaṅkrāmati | etṃ manomayamātmānamupasaṅkrāmati | etṃ vijñānamayamātmānamupasaṅkrāmati | etamānandamayamātmānamupasaṅkrāmati | tadapyeṣa śloko bhavati ||
“From fear of it the wind blows, the sun rises, fire, Indra and death run — this is the inquiry into bliss. From the human joy of a gifted youth, each higher rank — men, Gandharvas, gods, Indra, Bṛhaspati, Prajāpati, Brahmā — is a hundredfold, for the learned and desireless. He who is in man and in the sun is one; the knower, departing, traverses the selves of food, breath, mind, knowledge and bliss.”
yatprāṇena na prāṇiti yena prāṇḥ praṇīyate | tadeva brahma tvṃ viddhi nedṃ yadidamupāsate ||
“What is not breathed by breath, but by which breath is led — know that alone as Brahman, not what people worship here.”
yato vāco nivartante | aprāpya manasā saha | ānandṃ brahmaṇo vidvān | na bibheti kutaścaneti | etm̐ ha vāva na tapati | kimahm̐ sādhu nākaravam | kimahṃ pāpamakaravamiti | sa ya evṃ vidvānete ātmānm̐ spr̥ṇute | ubhe hyevaiṣa ete ātmānm̐ spr̥ṇute | ya evṃ veda | ityupaniṣat ||
“'Whence words turn back with the mind, knowing that bliss of Brahman, one fears nowhere.' Remorse — 'did I do right, did I do wrong?' — does not burn him. Knowing thus, he wins both selves for himself. This is the Upaniṣad.”
yadi manyase suvedeti daharamevāpi nūnṃ tvṃ vettha brahmaṇo rūpam | yadasya tvṃ yadasya deveṣvatha nu mīmām̐syameva te manye viditam ||
“If thou thinkest 'I know well,' thou knowest but little of Brahman's form — what of it is in thee, what in the gods. So I deem what thou hast known is still to be pondered.”
nāhṃ manye suvedeti no na vedeti veda ca | yo nastadveda tadveda no na vedeti veda ca ||
“I do not deem that I know well, nor that I know not — I know. Who among us knows it, knows it; (yet knows) it is not not-known.”
yasyāmatṃ tasya matṃ matṃ yasya na veda sḥ | avijñātṃ vijānatāṃ vijñātamavijānatām ||
“For whom it is unthought, by him it is thought; whom it is thought by, knows it not. Ununderstood by the understanders, understood by the non-understanders.”
pratibodhaviditṃ matamamr̥tatvṃ hi vindate | ātmanā vindate vīryṃ vidyayā vindate'mr̥tam ||
“Known in every act of knowing, it is deemed (true knowledge), for by it one finds immortality. By the Self one finds strength, by knowledge one finds immortality.”
iha cedavedīdatha satyamasti na cedihāvedīnmahatī vinaṣṭiḥ | bhūteṣu bhūteṣu vicitya dhīrāḥ pretyāsmāllokādamr̥tā bhavanti ||
“If known here, then there is truth; if not known here, great is the loss. Discerning it in every being, the wise, departing this world, become immortal.”
brahma ha devebhyo vijigye tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyanta ||
“Brahman once won victory for the gods, and in that victory of Brahman the gods exulted.”
ta aikṣantāsmākamevāyṃ vijayo'smākamevāyṃ mahimeti | taddhaiṣāṃ vijajñau tebhyo ha prādurbabhūva tanna vyajānata kimidṃ yakṣamiti ||
“They thought, 'Ours alone is this victory, ours alone this glory.' Brahman perceived this of them and appeared before them, but they did not know what this Yakṣa (apparition) was.”
te'gnimabruvañ jātaveda etadvijānīhi kimidṃ yakṣamiti tatheti ||
“They said to Agni, 'O Jātavedas, find out what this Yakṣa is.' 'So be it,' said he.”
tadabhyadravattamabhyavadatko'sītyagnirvā ahamasmītyabravījjātavedā vā ahamasmīti ||
“He rushed toward it; it asked him, 'Who art thou?' 'I am Agni,' he said, 'I am Jātavedas.'”
tasmim̐stvayi kiṃ vīryamityapīdm̐ sarvṃ daheyṃ yadidṃ pr̥thivyāmiti ||
“'What power lies in thee?' 'I could burn all this, whatever is on earth.'”
tasmai tr̥ṇṃ nidadhāvetaddaheti | tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśāka dagdhuṃ sa tata eva nivavr̥te naitadaśakṃ vijñātuṃ yadetadyakṣamiti ||
“It set a straw before him: 'Burn this.' He sped at it with all speed but could not burn it; so he returned, saying, 'I could not discern what this Yakṣa is.'”
atha vāyumabruvanvāyavetadvijānīhi kimetadyakṣamiti tatheti ||
“Then they said to Vāyu, 'O Vāyu, find out what this Yakṣa is.' 'So be it,' said he.”
tadabhyadravattamabhyavadatko'sīti vāyurvā ahamasmītyabravīnmātariśvā vā ahamasmīti ||
“He rushed toward it; it asked him, 'Who art thou?' 'I am Vāyu,' he said, 'I am Mātariśvan.'”
tasmim̐stvayi kiṃ vīryamityapīdm̐ sarvamādadīya yadidṃ pr̥thivyāmiti ||
“'What power lies in thee?' 'I could carry off all this, whatever is on earth.'”
tasmai tr̥ṇṃ nidadhāvetadādatsveti tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśākādātuṃ | sa tata eva nivavr̥te naitadaśakṃ vijñātuṃ yadetadyakṣamiti ||
“It set a straw before him: 'Take this up.' He sped at it with all speed but could not take it up; so he returned, saying, 'I could not discern what this Yakṣa is.'”
athendramabruvanmaghavannetadvijānīhi kimetadyakṣamiti tatheti tadabhyadravattasmāttirodadhe ||
“Then they said to Indra, 'O Maghavan, find out what this Yakṣa is.' 'So be it.' He rushed toward it, but it vanished from him.”
sa tasminnevākāśe striyamājagāma bahuśobhamānāmumām̐ haimavatīṃ tām̐hovāca kimetadyakṣamiti ||
“In that very sky he came upon a woman, radiant Umā Haimavatī. To her he said, 'What is this Yakṣa?'”
sā brahmeti hovāca brahmaṇo vā etadvijaye mahīyadhvamiti tato haiva vidāñcakāra brahmeti ||
“She said, 'It is Brahman; in Brahman's victory do ye glory.' Only then did he know it was Brahman.”
tasmādvā ete devā atitarāmivānyāndevānyadagnirvāyurindraste hyenannediṣṭhṃ pasparśuste hyenatprathamo vidāñcakāra brahmeti ||
“Hence these gods — Agni, Vāyu, Indra — surpass the other gods, for they touched it nearest, and they first knew it as Brahman.”
tasmādvā indro'titarāmivānyāndevān sa hyenannediṣṭhṃ pasparśa sa hyenatprathamo vidāñcakāra brahmeti ||
“Hence Indra surpasses the other gods, for he touched it nearest, and he first knew it as Brahman.”