brahmaṇaḥ somya te pādaṃ bravāṇīti |
bravītu me bhagavān iti |
tasmai hovāca |
prāṇaḥ kalā |
cakṣuḥ kalā |
śrotraṃ kalā |
manaḥ kalā |
eṣa vai somya catuṣkalaḥ pādo brahmaṇa āyatanavān nāma ||
3. The diver said: 'Friend, I will declare unto you one foot of Brahman.'
'Declare it, Sir,' he replied.
He said to him: 'Breath is one quarter, the eye is one quarter, the ear is one quarter, the mind is one quarter. This is a foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, and called Ayatanavat (having a home).
'He who knows this and meditates on the foot ,of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name of Ayatanavat, becomes possessed of a home in this world. He conquers the worlds which offer a home, whoever knows this and meditates on the foot of Brahman, consisting of four quarters, by the name of Ayatanavat.'
sa ca madguḥ prāṇaḥ svaviṣayameva ca darśanamuvāca prāṇaḥ kaletyādi, āyatanavānityevaṃ nāma | āyatanaṃ nāma manaḥ sarvakaraṇopahṛtānāṃ bhogānāṃ tadyasminpāde vidyata ityāyatanavānnāma pādaḥ || 2-3 ||