tad eṣa śloko bhavati -- arvāgbilaś camasa ūrdhvabudhnas tasmin yaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpam | tasyāsata ṛṣayaḥ sapta tīre vāg aṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvidāneti | arvāgbilaś camasa ūrdhvabudhna iti | idaṃ tac charīra eṣa hy arvāgbilaś camasa ūrdhvabudhnaḥ | tasmin yaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpam iti | prāṇā vai yaśo viśvarūpam | prāṇān etad āha | tasyāsata ṛṣayaḥ sapta tīra iti | prāṇā vā ṛṣayaḥ | prāṇāṇ etad āha | vāg aṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvidāneti | vāg ghy aṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvitte ||
3. On this there is this Sloka: 'There is a cup having its mouth below and its bottom above. Manifold glory has been placed into it. On its lip sit the seven Rishis, the tongue as the eighth communicates with Brahman.' What is called the cup having its mouth below and its bottom above is this head, for its mouth (the mouth) is below, its bottom (the skull) is above. When it is said that manifold glory has been placed into it, the senses verily are manifold glory, and he therefore means the senses. When he says that the seven Rishis sit on its lip, the Rishis are verily the (active) senses, and he means the senses. And when he says that the tongue as the eighth communicates with Brahman, it is because the tongue, as the eighth, does communicate with Brahman.
tattatraitasminnarthe eṣa śloko mantro bhavati-arvāgbilaścamasa ityādiḥ | tatra mantrārthamācaṣṭe śrutiḥ-arvāgbilaścamasa ityādiḥ | tatra mantrārthamācaṣṭe śrutiḥ-arvāgbilaścamasa ūrdhvabudhna iti | kaḥ punarasāvarvāgbilaścamasa ūrdhvabudhnaḥ? idaṃ tat śiraḥ, camasākāraṃ hi tat | katham? eṣa hyarvāgbilo mukhasya bilarūpatvāt, śiraso budhnākāratvādūrdhvabudhnaḥ |
tasminyaśo nihitaṃ viśvarūpamiti-yathā somaścamase, evaṃ tasmiñchirasi viśvarūpaṃ nānārūpaṃ nihitaṃ sthitaṃ bhavati | kiṃ punastad yaśaḥ? prāṇā vai yaśo viśvarūpam-prāṇāḥ śrotrādayo vāyavaśca marutaḥ saptadhā teṣu prasṛtā yaśaḥ-ityetadāha mantraḥ, śabdādijñānahetutvāt |
tasyāsata ṛṣayaḥ sapta tīra iti-prāṇāḥ parispandātmakāḥ, ta eva ca ṛṣayaḥ, prāṇāvetadāha mantraḥ |
vāgaṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvidāneti-brahmaṇā saṃvādaṃ kurvatī aṣṭamī bhavati;taddhetumāha-vāgghyaṣṭamī brahmaṇā saṃvitta iti || 3 ||
ke punastasya camasasya tīra āsata ṛṣaya iti |
