brahma ha devebhyo vijigye tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyanta || 1||
ta aikṣantāsmākamevāyaṃ-vi~jayo-'smākamevāya-mmahimeti | taddhaiṣāṃ-vi~jajñau tebhyo ha prādurbabhūva tanna vyajānata kimidaṃ-ya~kṣamiti || 2||
te-'gnimabruvañjātaveda etadvijānīhi kimidaṃ-ya~kṣamiti tatheti || 3||
tadabhyadravattamabhyavadatko-'sītyagnirvā ahamasmītyabravījjātavedā vā ahamasmīti || 4||
tasminstvayi kiṃ-vī~ryamityapīdam̐ sarva-ndaheyaṃ-ya~dida-mpṛthivyāmiti || 5||
tasmai tṛṇa-nnidadhāvetaddaheti | tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśāka dagdhuṃ sa tata eva nivavṛte naitadaśakaṃ-vi~jñātuṃ-ya~detadyakṣamiti || 6||
atha vāyumabruvanvāyavetadvijānīhi kimetadyakṣamiti tatheti || 7||
tadabhyadravattamabhyavadatko-'sīti vāyurvā ahamasmītyabravīnmātariśvā vā ahamasmīti || 8||
tasminstvayi kiṃ-vī~ryamityapīdaṃ sarvamādadīya yadida-mpṛthivyāmiti || 9||
tasmai tṛṇa-nnidadhāvetadādatsveti tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśākādātuṃ sa tata eva nivavṛte naitadaśakaṃ-vi~jñātuṃ-ya~detadyakṣamiti || 10||
athendramabruvanmaghavannetadvijānīhi kimetadyakṣamiti tatheti tadabhyadravattasmāttirodadhe || 11||
sa tasminnevākāśe striyamājagāma bahuśobhamānāmumāṃ haimavatī-ntāgṃhovāca kimetadyakṣamiti || 12||
|| iti kenopaniṣadi tṛtīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ||