Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 8.5

8.5

ŚĀ 8,5
ud vayaṃ tamasas pari jyotiṣ paśyanta uttaram | devaṃ devatrā sūryam aganma jyotir uttamam || iti | sa eṣo 'kṣarasaṃmānaś cakṣurmayaḥ śrotramayaś chandamayo manomayo vāṅmaya ātmā | sa ya evam etam akṣarasaṃānaṃ cakṣurmayaṃ śrotramayaṃ chandamayaṃ manomayaṃ vāṅmayam ātmānaṃ parasmai śaṃsati dugdhadohā asya vedā bhavanti | abhāgo vāci bhavati abhāgo 'nūkte | tad etad ṛcābhyuditam ||

ŚĀ 8.5
"Seeing the higher light beyond darkness, / we have reached the god among the gods, / Sūrya, the highest light." / This same self is the measure of syllables, consisting of sight, consisting of hearing, consisting of metre, consisting of mind, consisting of speech. He who thus recites this self, which is the measure of syllables, consisting of sight, consisting of hearing, consisting of metre, consisting of mind, consisting of speech, to another—his Vedas become like milked-out cows. He has no share in speech; he has no share in what is recited. This has been declared by a verse: