yo ha vai śiśuṃ sādhānaṃ sapratyādhānaṃ sasthūṇaṃ sadāmaṃ veda, tasyedaṃ phalam; kiṃ tat? sapta saptasaṃkhyākān ha dviṣato dveṣakartṝn bhrātṛvyān | bhrātṛvyā hi dvividhā bhavanti, dviṣanto 'dviṣantaśca, tatra dviṣanto ye bhrātṛvyāstān dviṣato bhrātṛvyānavaruṇaddhi; sapta ye śīrṣaṇyāḥ prāṇā viṣayopalabdhidvārāṇi tatprabhavā viṣayarāgāḥ sahajatvād bhrātṛvyāḥ | te hyasya svātmasthāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ viṣayaviṣayāṃ kurvanti, tena te dveṣṭāro bhrātṛvyāḥ | pratyagātmekṣaṇapratiṣedhakaratvāt | kāṭhake coktam-"parāñci khāni vyatṛṇatsvayambhūstasmātparāṅpaśyati nāntarātman"ityādi | tatra yaḥ śiśvādīnveda, teṣāṃ yāthātmyamavadhārayati, sa etān bhrātṛvyānavaruṇaddhyapāvṛṇoti vināśayati |
tasmai phalaśravaṇenābhimukhībhūtāyāha-ayaṃ vāva śiśuḥ | ko 'sau? yo 'yaṃ madhyamaḥ prāṇaḥ, śarīramadhye yaḥ prāṇo liṅgātmā, yaḥ pañcadhā śarīramāviṣṭaḥ-bṛhanpāṇḍaravāsaḥ soma rājannityuktaḥ, yasminvāṅmanaḥ prabhṛtīni karaṇāni viṣaktāni-paḍvīśaśaṅkunidarśanāt; sa eṣa śiśuriva, viṣayeṣvitarakaraṇavadapaṭutvāt; śiśuṃ sādhānamityuktam | kiṃ punastasya śiśorvatsasthānīyasya karaṇātmana ādhānam? tasyedameva śarīramādhānaṃ kāryātmakam-ādhīyate 'sminnityādhānam; tasya hi śiśoḥ prāṇasyedaṃ śarīramadhiṣṭhānam, asminhi karaṇānyadhiṣṭhitāni labdhātmakānyupalabdhidvārāṇi bhavanti, na tu prāṇamātre viṣaktāni | tathā hi darśitamajātaśatruṇā-upasaṃhṛteṣu karaṇeṣu vijñānamayo nopalabhyate, śarīradeśavyūḍheṣu tu karaṇeṣu vijñānamaya upalabhamāna upalabhyate-tacca darśitaṃ pāṇipeṣapratibodhanena | idaṃ pratyādhānaṃ śiraḥ; pradeśaviśeṣeṣu-prati pratyādhīyata iti pratyādhānam | prāṇaḥ sthūṇā annapānajanitāśaktiḥ-prāṇo balamiti paryāyaḥ | balāvaṣṭambho hi prāṇo 'smiñcharīre-"sa yatrāyamātmābalyaṃ nyetya saṃmohamiva"iti darśanāt |
yathā vatsaḥ sthūṇāvaṣṭambha evaṃ śarīrapakṣapātī vāyuḥ prāṇaḥ sthūṇeti kecit |
annaṃ dāma-annaṃ hi bhuktaṃ tredhā pariṇamate;ya;sthūlaḥ pariṇāmaḥ, sa etaddvayaṃ bhūtvā imāmapyeti-mūtraṃ ca purīṣaṃ ca |
yo madhyamo rasaḥ sa raso lohitādikrameṇa svakāryaṃ śarīraṃ sāptadhātukamupacinoti;svayonyannāgame hi śarīramupacīyate 'nnamayatvāt;viparyaye 'pakṣīyate patati;yastvaṇiṣṭho rasaḥ-amṛtam ūrkprabhāvaḥ-iti ca kathyate, sa nābherūrdhvaṃ hṛdayadeśamāgatya, hṛdayādviprasṛteṣu dvāsaptatināḍīsahasreṣvanupraviśya yattatkaraṇasaṅghātarūpaṃ liṅgaṃ śiśusañjñakam, tasya śarīre sthitikāraṇaṃ bhavati balamupajanayatsthūṇākhyam;tenānnamubhayataḥ pāśavatsadāmavat prāṇaśarīrayornibandhanaṃ bhavati || 1 ||
idānīṃ tasyaiva śiśoḥ pratyādhāna ūḍhasya cakṣuṣi kāścanopaniṣada ucyante-
