asau vāva loko gautamāgniḥ |
tasyāditya eva samit |
raśmayo dhūmaḥ |
ahar arciḥ |
candramā aṅgārāḥ |
nakṣatrāṇi visphuliṅgāḥ ||

pañcamyāmāhutāvāpa ityayaṃ praśnaḥ prāthamyenāpākriyate | tadapākaraṇamanvitareṣāmapākaraṇamanukūlaṃ bhavediti | agnihotrāhutyoḥ kāryārambho yaḥ sa ukto vājasaneyake | taṃ prati prasnāḥ-utkrāntirāhutyorgatiḥ pratiṣṭhā tṛptiḥ punarāvṛttirlokaṃ pratyutthāyī iti | teṣāṃ cāpākaraṇamuktaṃ tatraiva-"te vā ete āhutī hute utkrāmataste antarikṣamāviśataste antarikṣamevā’havanīyaṃ kurvāte vāyuṃ samidhaṃ marīcīreva śuklāmāhutiṃ te antarikṣaṃ tarpayataste tata utkrāmata ityādyevameva pūrvavaddivaṃ tarpayataste tata āvartete | imāmāviśya tarpayitvā puruṣamāviśataḥ | tataḥ sriyamāviśya lokaṃ pratyutthāyā bhavati"iti | tatrāgnihotrāhutyoḥ kāryārambhamātramevaṃprakāraṃ bhavatītyuktāma | iha tu taṃ kāryārambhamagni hotrāpūrvavipariṇāmalakṣaṇaṃ pañcadhā pravibhajyāgnitvenopāsanamuttaramārgapratipattisādhanaṃ vidhitsannāha-asau vāva loko gautamāgnirityādi | iha sāyaṃprātaragnihotrāhutī hute paya ādisādhane śraddhāpuraḥsare āhavanīyāgnisamiddhūmārciraṅgāravisphuliṅgabhāvite kartrādikārakabhāvite cāntarikṣakrameṇotkramya dyulokaṃ praviśantyau sūkṣmabhūte apsamavāyitvādapśabdavācye śraddhāhetutvācca śraddhāśabdavācye tayoradhikaraṇo ’gniranyacca tatsambandhaṃ samidādītyucyate | yā cāsāvagnyādibhāvanā’hutyoḥ sāpi tathaiva nirdiśyate | asau vāva loko ’gnirhe gautama yathāgnihotrādhikaraṇamāhavanīya iha | tasyāgnerghulokākhyasyā’ditya eva samittena hīddho ’sau loko dīpyate | ataḥ samindhanātsamidādityaḥ | raśmayo dhūmastadutthānāt, samidho hi dhūma uttiṣṭhati | ahararciḥ prakāśasāmānyāt, ādityakāryatvācca candramā aṅgārāḥ | ahaḥpraśame ’bhivyakteḥ | arciṣā hi praśame ’ṅgārā abhivyajyante | nakṣatrāṇi visphuliṅgāścandramaso ’vayavā iva viprakīrṇatvasāmānyāt || 1 ||