prathamaḥ praśnaḥ
o-nnamaḥ paramātmane | hariḥ om ||
sukeśā ca bhāradvāja-śśaibyaśca satyakāma-ssauryāyaṇī ca gārgyaḥ kausalyaścāśvalāyano bhārgavo vaidarbhiḥ kabandhī kātyāyanaste haite brahmaparā brahmaniṣṭhāḥ para-mbrahmānveṣamāṇāḥ eṣa ha vai tatsarvaṃ-va~kṣyatīti te ha samitpāṇayo bhagavanta-mpippalādamupasannāḥ ||1||
tān ha sa ṛṣiruvāca bhūya eva tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā saṃva~tsaraṃ saṃva~tsyatha yathākāma-mpraśnā-npṛcchata yadi vijñāsyāma-ssarvaṃ ha vo vakṣāma iti ||2||
atha kabandhī kātyāyana upetya papraccha bhagavan kuto ha vā imāḥ prajāḥ prajāyanta iti ||3||
tasmai sa hovāca-
prajākāmo vai prajāpati-ssa tapo-'tapyata sa tapastaptvā sa mithunamutpādayate|
rayi-ñca prāṇañceti etau me bahudhā prajāḥ kariṣyata iti ||4||
ādityo ha vai prāṇo rayireva candramāḥ rayirvā eta-thsarvaṃ-ya~nmūrta-ñcāmūrta-ñca tasmānmūrtireva rayiḥ ||5||
athāditya udayan ya-tprācī-ndiśa-mpraviśati tena prācyā-nprāṇā-nraśmiṣu sannidhatte|
yaddakṣiṇāṃ-ya~-tpratīcīṃ-ya~dudīcīṃ-ya~dadho yadūrdhvaṃ-ya~dantarā diśo yatsarva-mprakāśayati tena sarvā-nprāṇā-nraśmiṣu sannidhatte ||6||
sa eṣa vaiśvānaro viśvarupaḥ prāṇo-'gnirudayate|
tadetad ṛcā-'bhyuktam ||7||
viśvarūpaṃ hariṇa-ñjātavedasa-mparāyaṇa-ñjyotireka-ntapantam|
sahasraraśmi-śśatadhā vartamānaḥ prāṇaḥ prajānāmudayatyeṣa sūryaḥ ||8||
saṃva~tsaro vai prajāpati-sstasyāyane dakṣiṇañcottara-ñca|
tadye ha vai tadiṣṭāpūrte kṛtamityupāsate te cāndramasameva lokamabhijayante ta eva punarāvartante|
tasmādeta ṛṣayaḥ prajākāmā dakṣiṇa-mpratipadyante| eṣa ha vai rayiryaḥ pitṛyāṇaḥ ||9||
athottareṇa tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śraddhayā vidyayātmānamanviṣyādityamabhijayante|
etadvai prāṇānāmāyatanametadamṛtamabhayameta-tparāyaṇametasmānna punarāvartanta ityeṣa nirodhaḥ| tadeṣa ślokaḥ ||10||
pañcapāda-mpitara-ndvādaśākṛti-ndiva āhuḥ pare ardhe purīṣiṇam|
atheme anya u pare vicakṣaṇaṃ saptacakre ṣaḍara āhurarpitamiti ||11||
māso vai prajāpatistasya kṛṣṇapakśa eva rayi-śśuklaḥ praṇastasmādeta ṛṣaya-śśukla iṣṭa-ṅkurvantītara itarasminn ||12||
ahorātro vai prajāpatistasyāhareva prāṇo rātrireva rayiḥ|
prāṇaṃ-vā~ ete praskandanti ye divā ratyā saṃyu~jyante brahmacaryameva tadyadrātrau ratyā saṃyu~jyante ||13||
annaṃ-vai~ prajāpatistato ha vai tadretastasmādimāḥ prajāḥ prajāyanta iti ||14||
tadye ha vai tatprajāpativrata-ñcaranti te mithunamutpādayante|
teṣāmevaiṣa brahmaloko yeṣā-ntapo brahmacaryaṃ-ye~ṣu satya-mpratiṣṭhitam ||15||
teṣāmasau virajo brahmaloko na yeṣu jihmamanṛta-nna māyā ceti ||16||