ṣaṣṭhaḥ praśnaḥ
atha hainaṃ sukeśā bhāradvājaḥ papraccha -
bhagavan hiraṇyanābhaḥ kausalyo rājaputro māmupetyaita-mpraśnamapṛcchata -
ṣoḍaśakala-mbhāradvāja puruṣaṃ-ve~ttha| tamaha-ṅkumārambruva-nnāhamimaṃ-ve~da yadhyahamimamavediṣa-ṅkatha-nte nāvakṣyamiti |
samūlo vā eṣa pariśuṣyati yo-'nṛtamabhivadati| tasmānnārhamyanṛtaṃ-va~ktum| sa tūṣṇīṃ rathamāruhya pravavrāja| ta-ntvā pṛcchāmi kvāsau puruṣa iti ||1||
tasmai sa hovāca |
ihaivāntasśarīre sobhya sa puruṣo yasminnatā-ṣṣoḍaśakalāḥ prabhavantīti ||2||
sa īkṣāñcakre| kasminnahamutkrānta utkrānto bhaviṣyāmi kasmin vā pratiṣṭhite pratiṣṭasyāmīti ||3||
sa prāṇamasṛjata| prāṇācchraddhā-ṅkhaṃ-vā~yurjyotirāpaḥ pṛthivīndriya-mmano-'nnamannādvīrya-ntapo mantrāḥ karmalokā lokeṣu ca nāma ca ||4||
sa yathemā nadhya-ssyandamānā-ssamudrāyaṇā-ssamudra-mprāpyāsta-ṅgacchanti bhidhyete tāsā-nnāmarupe samudra ityeva-mprocyate|
evamevāsya paridraṣṭurimā-ṣṣoḍaśakalāḥ puruṣāyaṇāḥ puruṣa-mprāpyāsta-ṅgacchanti bhidhyete cāsā-nnāmarupe puruṣa ityeva-mprocyate sa eṣo-'kalo-'mṛto bhavati tadeṣa ślokaḥ ||5||
arā iva rathanābhau kalā yasmi-npratiṣṭhitāḥ|
taṃ-ve~dhya-mpuruṣaṃ-ve~da yathā mā vo mṛtyuḥ parivyathā iti ||6||
tān hovācaitāvadevāhameta-tpara-mbrahma veda| nātaḥ paramastīti ||7||
te tamarcayantastvaṃ hi naḥ pitā yo-'smākamavidhyāyāḥ para-mpāra-ntārayasīti|
namaḥ paramṛṣibhyo namaḥ paramṛṣibhyaḥ ||8||