1. Pragâpati once upon a time spake unto Purusha
2. He spake, 'Offer yet sacrifice! I will tell thee such a thing that thy hymns shall be strung as a pearl on a thread, or a thread through a pearl.'
3. And he spake thus unto him, ‘At the (chanting of the) Bahishpavamâna, at the morning-service, thou shalt hold on to the Udgâtri from behind, saying, "Thou art a falcon formed of the Gâyatrî metre,--I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!"
4. ‘And at the midday Pavamâna thou shalt hold on to the Udgâtri from behind, saying, "Thou art an eagle formed of the Trishtubh metre,--I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being! "
5. ‘And at the Ârbhava-pavamâna, at the evening-service, thou shalt hold on to the Udgâtri from behind, saying, "Thou art a Ribhu formed of the Gagat metre,--I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!"
6. 'And at the close of each pressing thou shalt mutter, "In me be light, in me might, in me glory, in me everything!"'
7. Now light, indeed, is this (terrestrial) world, might the air-world, glory the heavens, and what other worlds there are, they are everything (else).
8. And light, indeed, is Agni, might Vâyu (the
10. And light, indeed, is speech, might the breath, glory the eye, and what other vital airs there are they are everything.
11. Let him know this:--'All the worlds have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within all the worlds; all the gods have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within all the gods; all the Vedas have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within all the Vedas; all the vital airs have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within the vital airs.' For imperishable, indeed, are the worlds, imperishable the gods, imperishable the Vedas, imperishable the vital airs, imperishable is the All: and, verily, whosoever thus knows this, passes from the imperishable unto the imperishable, conquers recurrent death, and attains the full measure of life.
173:1 ? That is to say, those deities have taken possession of everything else. Cf. J. Muir, Orig. Sansk. Texts, vol. v, p. 377.
