Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 6.17

6.17

ŚĀ 6,17 = KU 4,17
sa hovāca bālākiḥ - ya evaiṣa dakṣiṇe 'kṣiṇi puruṣas tam evāham upāsa iti | taṃ hovācājātaśatruḥ - mā maitasmin saṃvādayiṣṭhāḥ | vāca ātmāgner ātmā jyotiṣa ātmeti vā aham etam upāsa iti | sa yo haitam evam upāste eteṣāṃ sarveṣām ātmā bhavati ||

ŚĀ 6.17 = KU 4.17
Bālāki said: 'The person who is here in the right eye—him indeed I venerate.' Ajātaśatru said to him: 'Do not challenge me on this! "The self of speech, the self of Agni, the self of light"—thus indeed do I venerate him.' Whoever venerates him thus becomes the self of all these.