Chandogya Upanishad 123.7.10.1

वद जो कि आशाकी "यह ब्रह्म हैः इस प्रकार उपासना कल १ उसकी सव कामनाएं आशासे समृद्ध होती है । उसकी प्रानाए"सक । होती है । जरहोतक आशाकी गति है वहोँतक उसकी खेच्छगि है । हेः इस प्रकार उपासना कत्त ६ । उसका फर श्रवण करो । सव॑ सितयास्योपासकस्य से कामाः उपासना की हर भशसे उ । आश्रासे प्राणका श्राधान्य नामोपक्रममाशान्तं कायं- कारणत्वेन निमित्तनैमित्तिकत्व

अक्षरशः अनुवाद — मूल संस्कृत श्लोक के प्रत्येक पद का प्रत्यक्ष अर्थ।

'Water (ap) is better than food. Therefore if there is not sufficient rain, the vital spirits fail from fear that there will be less food. But if there is sufficient rain, the vital spirits rejoice, because there will be much food. This water, on assuming different forms, becomes this earth, this sky, this heaven, the mountains, gods and men, cattle, birds, herbs and trees, all beasts down to worms, midges, and ants. Water indeed assumes all these forms. Meditate on water.

Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.