ya eṣo ’kṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyata eṣa ātmeti hovāca |
etad amṛtam abhayam etad brahmeti |
tad yady apy asmin sarpir vodakaṃ vā siñcati vartmanī eva gacchati ||

ya eṣo ’kṣiṇi puruṣo dṛśyate nivṛttacakṣurbhirbrahmacaryādisādhanasampannaiḥ śāntairvivekibhirdṛṣṭerdraṣṭā"cakṣuṣaścakṣuḥ"ityādiśrutyantarāt | nanvagnibhiruktaṃ vitathaṃ yata ācāryastu te gatiṃ vakteti gatimātrasya vaktetyavocanbhaviṣyadviṣayāparijñānaṃ cāgnīnam | naiṣa doṣaḥ | sukhākāśasyaivākṣiṇi dṛśyata iti draṣṭuranuvādāt | eṣa ātmā prāṇināmiti hovācaivamuktavānetadyadevā’tmatattvamavocāma | etadamṛtamamaraṇadharmyavināśyata evābhayaṃ yasya hi vināśāśaṅkā tasya bhayopapattistadabhāvādabhayamata evaitadbrahma bṛhadanantamiti | kiñcāsya brahmaṇo ’kṣipuruṣasya māhātmyaṃ tattatra puruṣasya sthāne ’kṣiṇi yadyapyasminyarpirvodakaṃ vā siñcati vartmanī eva gacchati pakṣmāveva gacchati na cakṣuṣā sambandhyate padmapatreṇevodakam | sthānasyāpyetanmāhātmyaṃ kiṃ punaḥ sthānino ’kṣipuruṣasya nirañjanatvaṃ vaktavyamityabhiprāyaḥ || 1 ||