[४] स य एवं विदुष उपद्रष्टा भवति प्राणं रुणद्धि
He who knows thus becomes the overseer among those who know; he restrains the breath.
[५] न च प्राणं रुणद्धि सर्वज्यानिं जीयते
But he does not restrain the breath; he outlives all creatures.
[६] न च सर्वज्यानिं जीयते पुरैनं जरसः प्राणो जहाति
But he does not outlive all creatures; before that, breath abandons him to old age.
11.4(११.६) प्राणाय नमो यस्य सर्वमिदं वशे । यो भूतः सर्वस्येश्वरो यस्मिन्त्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्
Homage to Breath, by whom all this is controlled, who is the lord of all beings, in whom all is established.
नमस्ते प्राण क्रन्दाय नमस्ते स्तनयित्नवे । नमस्ते प्राण विद्युते नमस्ते प्राण वर्षते
Homage to you, Breath, as thunderer; homage to you as the one who roars; homage to you, Breath, as lightning; homage to you, Breath, as rain.
यत्प्राण स्तनयित्नुनाभिक्रन्दत्योषधीः । प्र वीयन्ते गर्भान् दधतेऽथो बह्वीर्वि जायन्ते
When Breath, with thunder, makes the plants cry out, they grow forth, they bear offspring, and many are indeed born.
यत्प्राण ऋतावागतेऽभिक्रन्दत्योषधीः । सर्वं तदा प्र मोदते यत्किं च भूम्यामधि
When Breath, at the coming of the season, makes the plants cry out, then all delights; whatever is upon the earth rejoices.
यदा प्राणो अभ्यवर्षीद्वर्षेण पृथिवीं महीम् । पशवस्तत्प्र मोदन्ते महो वै नो भविष्यति
When Breath has rained upon the broad earth with rain, then the cattle rejoice; truly, greatness will be ours.
अभिवृष्टा ओषधयः प्राणेन समवादिरन् । आयुर्वै नः प्रातीतरः सर्वा नः सुरभीरकः
The herbs, abundantly watered, have arisen together with breath; truly, life is our most dear companion—may all be fragrant for us.
नमस्ते अस्त्वायते नमो अस्तु परायते । नमस्ते प्राण तिष्ठत आसीनायोत ते नमः
Homage to you as you approach, homage as you depart; homage to you, O breath, as you stand and as you sit—homage also to you.
नमस्ते प्राण प्राणते नमो अस्त्वपानते । पराचीनाय ते नमः प्रतीचीनाय ते नमः सर्वस्मै त इदं नमः
Homage to you, O breath, as you breathe in; homage to you as you breathe out; homage to you as you move outward, homage to you as you move inward—homage to you in every way.
या ते प्राण प्रिया तनूर्यो ते प्राण प्रेयसी । अथो यद्भेषजं तव तस्य नो धेहि जीवसे
That dear form of yours, O breath, and that which is most beloved—also, whatever is your remedy—grant us that for our living.
प्राणः प्रजा अनु वस्ते पिता पुत्रमिव प्रियम् । प्राणो ह सर्वस्येश्वरो यच्च प्राणति यच्च न
Breath follows the offspring, as a father cherishes his beloved son; breath is truly the lord of all—of what breathes and what does not.
{११} प्राणो मृत्युः प्राणस्तक्मा प्राणं देवा उपासते । प्राणो ह सत्यवादिनमुत्तमे लोक आ दधत्
Breath is death, breath is disease; the gods worship breath; breath indeed places the truth-speaker in the highest world.
प्राणो विराट्प्राणो देष्ट्री प्राणं सर्व उपासते । प्राणो ह सूर्यश्चन्द्रमाः प्राणमाहुः प्रजापतिम्
Breath is the sovereign, breath is the guide; all worship breath; breath indeed is called the sun and the moon, breath is called Prajapati.
प्राणापानौ व्रीहियवावनड्वान् प्राण उच्यते । यवे ह प्राण आहितोऽपानो व्रीहिरुच्यते
Breath and expiration are called rice and barley; in barley, breath is established, expiration is called rice.
ब्रह्मचारीष्णंश्चरति रोदसी उभे तस्मिन् देवाः संमनसो भवन्ति । स दाधार पृथिवीं दिवं च स आचार्यं तपसा पिपर्ति
The student of sacred knowledge moves through both earth and heaven; in him the gods become united in mind. He upholds earth and sky, and with austerity sustains his teacher.
ब्रह्मचारिणं पितरो देवजनाः पृथग्देवा अनुसंयन्ति सर्वे । गन्धर्वा एनमन्वायन् त्रयस्त्रिंशत्त्रिशताः षट्सहस्राः सर्वान्त्स देवांस्तपसा पिपर्ति
The ancestors, the divine beings, and all the gods separately follow the student of sacred knowledge; the Gandharvas, thirty-three, and six thousand in all, follow him—he sustains the gods with his austerity.
आचार्य उपनयमानो ब्रह्मचारिणं कृणुते गर्भमन्तः । तं रात्रीस्तिस्र उदरे बिभर्ति तं जातं द्रष्टुमभिसंयन्ति देवाः
The teacher, initiating the student, makes him a fetus within; for three nights he carries him in his womb, and when he is born, the gods come together to see him.
इयं समित्पृथिवी द्यौर्द्वितीयोतान्तरिक्षं समिधा पृणाति । ब्रह्मचारी समिधा मेखलया श्रमेण लोकांस्तपसा पिपर्ति
This kindling-stick is the earth, the second is the sky, and the atmosphere fills with fuel; the student, with his kindling-stick, girdle, and effort, sustains the worlds with austerity.
पूर्वो जातो ब्रह्मणो ब्रह्मचारी घर्मं वसानस्तपसोदतिष्ठत्। तस्माज्जातं ब्राह्मणं ब्रह्म ज्येष्ठं देवाश्च सर्वे अमृतेन साकम्
The student of sacred knowledge, born first from Brahman, wearing the sacred garment, rises with austerity; from him was born the Brahmin, Brahman the eldest, and all the gods together with immortality.
ब्रह्मचार्येति समिधा समिद्धः कार्ष्णं वसानो दीक्षितो दीर्घश्मश्रुः । स सद्य एति पूर्वस्मादुत्तरं समुद्रं लोकान्त्संगृभ्य मुहुराचरिक्रत्
The student of sacred knowledge, kindled with the kindling-stick, wearing black garments, consecrated, with long hair—he at once goes from the former to the further ocean, grasping the worlds in a moment.
ब्रह्मचारी जनयन् ब्रह्मापो लोकं प्रजापतिं परमेष्ठिनं विराजम् । गर्भो भूत्वामृतस्य योनाविन्द्रो ह भूत्वासुरांस्ततर्ह
The student, generating sacred knowledge, the waters, the world, Prajapati, the supreme lord, and the sovereign—becoming the embryo in the womb of immortality, becoming Indra, he then overcame the demons.
आचार्यस्ततक्ष नभसी उभे इमे उर्वी गम्भीरे पृथिवीं दिवं च । ते रक्षति तपसा ब्रह्मचारी तस्मिन् देवाः संमनसो भवन्ति
The teacher has shaped both these vast and deep spaces—earth and sky; the student of sacred knowledge protects them with austerity; in him the gods become united in mind.
इमां भूमिं पृथिवीं ब्रह्मचारी भिक्षामा जभार प्रथमो दिवं च । ते कृत्वा समिधावुपास्ते तयोरार्पिता भुवनानि विश्वा
The student of sacred knowledge, as a beggar, first took this earth and sky; having done so, he worships with the kindling-stick—upon them all the worlds are established.
अर्वागन्यः परो अन्यो दिवस्पृष्ठाद्गुहा निधी निहितौ ब्राह्मणस्य । तौ रक्षति तपसा ब्रह्मचारी तत्केवलं कृणुते ब्रह्म विद्वान्
One is near, another is far, hidden in the highest heaven—these two treasures are set in the Brahmin; the student of sacred knowledge protects them with austerity, and the knower of Brahman makes that alone his own.
{१४} अर्वागन्य इतो अन्यः पृथिव्या अग्नी समेतो नभसी अन्तरेमे । तयोः श्रयन्ते रश्मयोऽधि दृढास्तान् आ तिष्ठति तपसा ब्रह्मचारी
Here are two fires: one approaching from here, the other from the earth, united in the mid-region of the sky. Their firm rays rest upon them; the student, by his austerity, stands upon these.
अभिक्रन्दन् स्तनयन्न् अरुणः शितिङ्गो बृहच्छेपोऽनु भूमौ जभार । ब्रह्मचारी सिञ्चति सानौ रेतः पृथिव्यां तेन जीवन्ति प्रदिशश्चतस्रः
Roaring, thundering, red, with white-tipped flames and far-reaching tongues, he has seized the earth. The student pours seed on the summit; by that, the four directions of the earth are made alive.
अग्नौ सूर्ये चन्द्रमसि मातरिश्वन् ब्रह्मचार्यप्सु समिधमा दधाति । तासामर्चींषि पृथगभ्रे चरन्ति तासामाज्यं पुरुषो वर्षमापः
In fire, in the sun, in the moon, in the wind, the student places the kindling in the waters. Their flames move separately, mingling; from them, a man obtains clarified butter, rain, and water.
आचार्यो मृत्युर्वरुणः सोम ओषधयः पयः । जीमूता आसन्त्सत्वानस्तैरिदं स्वराभृतम्
The teacher is death, Varuṇa, Soma, the plants, and milk; the clouds are beings. By these, this world filled with light is upheld.