sa samitpāṇiḥ punar eyāya |
taṃ ha prajāpatir uvāca |
maghavan yac chāntahṛdayaḥ prāvrājīḥ kim icchan punar āgama iti |
sa hovāca |
tad yady apīdaṃ bhagavaḥ śarīram andhaṃ bhavaty anandhaḥ sa bhavati yadi srāmam asrāmaḥ |
naivaiṣo ’sya doṣeṇa duṣyati ||
3. Taking fuel in his hands, he went again as a pupil to Prag-Apat1. Pragapati said to him: 'Maghavat, as you went away satisfied in your heart, for what purpose did you come back?'
He said: 'Sir, although it is true that that self is not blind even if the body is blind, nor lame, if the body is lame, though it is true that that self is not rendered faulty by the faults of it (the body),