yad vidyuto rohitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasas tad rūpam |
yac chuklaṃ tad apām |
yat kṛṣṇaṃ tad annasya |
apāgād vidyuto vidyuttvam |
vācārambhaṇaṃ vikāro nāmadheyaṃ trīṇi rūpāṇīty eva satyam ||

tathā yadādityasya yaccandramaso yadvidyuta ityādi samānam | nanu yathā nu khalu somyemāstisro devatāsrivṛttrivṛdekaikā bhavati tanme vijānīhityuktvā tejasa eva caturbhirapyudāharaṇairagnyādibhisrivṛtkaraṇaṃ darśitaṃ nābannayorudāharaṇaṃ darśitaṃ trivṛtkaraṇe | naiṣa doṣaḥ | abannaviṣayāṇyapyudāharaṇānyevameva ca draṣṭavyānīti manyate śrutiḥ | tejasa udāharaṇamupalakṣaṇārtham | rūpavattvātspaṣṭārthatvopapatteśca | gandharasayoranudāharaṇaṃ trayāṇāmasambhavāt | na hi gandharasau tejasi staḥ | sparśaśabdayoranudāharaṇaṃ vibhāgena darśayitumaśakyatvāt | yadi sarvaṃ jagattrivṛtkṛtamityagnyādivattrīṇi rūpāṇītyeva satyamagneragnitvavadapāgājjagato jagattvam | tathānnasyāpyapśuṅgatvādāpa ityeva satyaṃ vācārambhaṇamātramannam | tathāpāmapi tejaḥśuṅgatvādvācārambhaṇatvaṃ teja ityeva satyam | tejaso ’pi sacchuṅgatvādvācārambhaṇatvaṃ sadityeva satyamityeṣor’tho vivakṣitaḥ | nanu vāyvantarikṣe tvatrivṛtkṛte tejaḥ prabhṛtiṣvanantarbhūtatvādavaśiṣyete | evaṃ gandharasaśabdasparśāścāvaśiṣṭā iti kathaṃ satā vijñātena sarvamanyadvijñātaṃ bhavettadvijñāne vā prakārāntaraṃ vācyam | naiṣa doṣaḥ | rūpavaddravye sarvasya darśanāt | tejasi tāvadrūpavati śabdasparśayorapyulabhbhādvāyvantarikṣayostatra sparśaśabdaguṇavatoḥ sadbhāvo ’numīyate | tathābannayo rūpavato rasagandhāntabhāva iti | rūpavatāṃ trayāṇāṃ tejobannānāṃ trivṛtkaraṇapradarśanena sarvaṃ tadantarbhūtaṃ sadvikāratvāt rūpatrayavat vijñātaṃ manyate śrutiḥ | na hi mūrtaṃ rūpavaddravyaṃ pratyākhyāya vāyvākāśayostadguṇayorgandharasayorvā grahaṇamasti | athavā rūpavatāmapi trivṛtkaraṇaṃ pradarśanārthameva manyate śrutiḥ | yathā tu trivṛtkṛte trīṇi rūpāṇītyeva satyaṃ tathā pañcīkaraṇe ’pi samāno nyāya ityataḥ sarvasya sadvikāratvātsatā vijñātena sarvamidaṃ vijñātaṃ syātsadekamevādvitīyaṃ satyamiti siddhameva bhavati | tadekasminsati vijñāte sarvamidaṃ vijñātaṃ bhavatīti sūktam || 2-4 ||