अध्याय 39
श्लोक 5.12.1
अन्नं ब्रह्मेत्येक आहुस्तन्न तथा पूयति वा अन्नमृते प्राणात् प्राणो ब्रह्मेत्येक आहुस्तन्न तथा शुष्यति वै प्राण ऋतेऽन्नाद् एते ह त्वेव देवते एकधाभूयं भूत्वा परमतां गच्छतस्तद्ध स्माऽऽह प्रातृदः पितरं किँ स्विदेवैवं विदुषे साधु कुर्यां किमेवास्मा असाधु कुर्यामिति ।स ह स्माह पाणिना मा प्रातृद कस्त्वेनयोरेकधाभूयं भूत्वा परमतां गच्छतीति ।तस्मा उ हैतदुवाच वीत्यन्नं वै वि अन्ने हीमानि सर्वाणि भूतानि विष्टानि ।रमिति प्राणो वै रं प्राणे हीमानि सर्वाणि भूतानि रमन्ते ।सर्वाणि ह वा अस्मिन् भूतानि विशन्ति सर्वाणि भूतानि रमन्ते य एवं वेद
annaṃ brahmetyeka āhustanna tathā pūyati vā annamṛte prāṇāt prāṇo brahmetyeka āhustanna tathā śuṣyati vai prāṇa ṛte'nnād ete ha tveva devate ekadhābhūyaṃ bhūtvā paramatāṃ gacchatastaddha smā''ha prātṛdaḥ pitaraṃ kim̐ svidevaivaṃ viduṣe sādhu kuryāṃ kimevāsmā asādhu kuryāmiti | sa ha smāha pāṇinā mā prātṛda kastvenayorekadhābhūyaṃ bhūtvā paramatāṃ gacchatīti | tasmā u haitaduvāca vītyannaṃ vai vi anne hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni viṣṭāni | ramiti prāṇo vai raṃ prāṇe hīmāni sarvāṇi bhūtāni ramante | sarvāṇi ha vā asmin bhūtāni viśanti sarvāṇi bhūtāni ramante ya evaṃ veda
English
Some say that food is Brahman, but this is not so, for food decays without life (prâna). Others say that life (prâna) is Brahman, but this is not so, for life dries up without food. Then these two deities (food and life), when they have become one, reach that highest state (i. e. are Brahman). Thereupon Prâtrida said to his father: 'Shall I be able to do any good to one who knows this, or shall I be able to do him any harm ?' The father said to him, beckoning with his hand: 'Not so, O Prâtrida; for who could reach the highest state, if he has only got to the oneness of these two?' He then said to him: 'Vi; verily, food is Vi, for all these beings rest (vishtâni) on food.' He then said: 'Ram; verily, life is Ram, for all these beings delight (ramante) in life. All beings rest on him, all beings delight in him who knows this.'