यत्सप्तान्नानि मेधया तपसाऽजनयत्पितेति मेधया हि तपसाजनयत् पितैकमस्य साधारणमितीदमेवास्य तत्साधारणमन्नं यदिदमद्यते ।स य एतदुपास्ते न स पाप्मनो व्यावर्तते मिश्रँ ह्येतत् ।द्वे देवानभाजयदिति हुतं च प्रहुतं च तस्माद् देवेभ्यो जुह्वति च प्र च जुह्वत्यथो आहुर्दर्शपूर्णमासाविति ।तस्मान्नेष्टियाजुकः स्यात् ।पशुभ्य एकं प्रायच्छदिति तत्पयः ।पयो ह्येवाग्रे मनुष्याश्च पशवश्चोपजीवन्ति ।तस्मात् कुमारं जातं घृतं वै वाग्रे प्रतिलेहयन्ति स्तनं वाऽनुधापयन्त्यथ वत्सं जातमाहुरतृणाद इति ।तस्मिन्सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितं यच्च प्राणिति यच्च नेति पयसि हीदँ सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितं यच्च प्राणिति यच्च न ।तद्यदिदमाहुः संवत्सरं पयसा जुह्वदप पुनर्मृत्युं जयतीति न तथा विद्याद् यदहरेव जुहोति तदहः पुनर्मृत्युमपजयत्येवं विद्वान् सर्वँ हि देवेभ्योऽन्नाद्यं प्रयच्छति ।कस्मात्तानि न क्षीयन्तेऽद्यमानानि सर्वदेति पुरुषो वा अक्षितिः स हीदमन्नं पुनः पुनर्जनयते ।यो वै तामक्षितिं वेदेति पुरुषो वा अक्षितिः ।स हीदमन्नं धिया धिया जनयते कर्मभिर्यद्धैतन्न कुर्यात् क्षीयेत ह ।सोऽन्नमत्ति प्रतीकेनेति मुखं प्रतीकं मुखेनेत्येतत् स देवानपिगच्छति स ऊर्जमुपजीवतीति प्रशँसा॥ 1.5.2 ॥
yatsaptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayatpiteti medhayā hi tapasājanayat pitaikamasya sādhāraṇamitīdamevāsya tatsādhāraṇamannaṃ yadidamadyate | sa ya etadupāste na sa pāpmano vyāvartate miśram̐ hyetat | dve devānabhājayaditi hutaṃ ca prahutaṃ ca tasmād devebhyo juhvati ca pra ca juhvatyatho āhurdarśapūrṇamāsāviti | tasmānneṣṭiyājukaḥ syāt | paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchaditi tatpayaḥ | payo hyevāgre manuṣyāśca paśavaścopajīvanti | tasmāt kumāraṃ jātaṃ ghṛtaṃ vai vāgre pratilehayanti stanaṃ vā'nudhāpayantyatha vatsaṃ jātamāhuratṛṇāda iti | tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca neti payasi hīdam̐ sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca na | tadyadidamāhuḥ saṃvatsaraṃ payasā juhvadapa punarmṛtyuṃ jayatīti na tathā vidyād yadahareva juhoti tadahaḥ punarmṛtyumapajayatyevaṃ vidvān sarvam̐ hi devebhyo'nnādyaṃ prayacchati | kasmāttāni na kṣīyante'dyamānāni sarvadeti puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ sa hīdamannaṃ punaḥ punarjanayate | yo vai tāmakṣitiṃ vedeti puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ | sa hīdamannaṃ dhiyā dhiyā janayate karmabhiryaddhaitanna kuryāt kṣīyeta ha | so'nnamatti pratīkeneti mukhaṃ pratīkaṃ mukhenetyetat sa devānapigacchati sa ūrjamupajīvatīti praśam̐sā
English
When it is said, that 'the father produced by knowledge and penance the seven kinds of food,' it is clear that (it was he who) did so. When it is said, that 'one of his (foods) was common,' then that is that common food of his which is eaten. He who worships (eats) that (common food), is not removed from evil, for verily that food is mixed (property) . When it is said, that 'two he assigned to the Devas,' that is the huta, which is sacrificed in fire, and the prahuta, which is given away at a sacrifice. But they also say, the new-moon and full-moon sacrifices are here intended, and therefore one should not offer them as an ishti or with a wish. When it is said, that 'one he gave to animals,' that is milk. For in the beginning (in their infancy) both men and animals live on milk. And therefore they either make a new-born child lick ghrita (butter), or they make it take the breast. And they call a new-born creature 'atrinâda,' i.e. not eating herbs. When it is said, that 'in it all rests, whatsoever breathes and breathes not,' we see that all this, whatsoever breathes and breathes not, rests and depends on milk. And when it is said (in another Brâhmana), that a man who sacrifices with milk a whole year , overcomes death again, let him not think so. No, on the very day on which he sacrifices, on that day he overcomes death again; for he who knows this, offers to the gods the entire food (viz. milk). When it is said, 'Why do these not perish, though they are always eaten,' we answer, Verily, the Person is the imperishable, and he produces that food again and again . When it is said, 'He who knows this imperishable one, I then, verily, the Person is the imperishable one, for he produces this food by repeated thought, and whatever he does not work by his works, that perishes. When it is said, that 'he eats food with his face,' then face means the mouth, he eats it with his mouth. When it is said, that 'he goes even to the Devas, he lives on strength,' that is meant as praise.