Chāndogya (Upaniṣad) Brāhmaṇa 1.7

1.7

bhāṣyam| jagatīvayamidaṃ, kaulsaṛṣiḥ, agnirdevatā, pṛṣṭhasya ṣaḍviṃśasya ṣaṣṭhe'ni āgnisākṛte śaste parisamūhane ca viniyogaḥ| tathā ca grahmam (go0 4,5,5) "imaṃ-bharāmaṃ-śakemiti tṛcena parisamūhet"| 'imaṃ' 'stomaṃ' stavaṃ 'vayaṃ' 'samidhema', "maha pūjāyām" samyak pūjopakaraṇayuktaṃ kuryāma| kasmai? 'jātavedase' jātavidyo vā jātadhano vā jātavijñāno vā jātavedāḥ, tasmai¹| kimbhūtāya? 'arhate' stutiyogyāya| kayā? 'manīṣayā' prajñayā| 'rathamiva' sārathirityadhyāhāryam| 'hi' yasmāt 'naḥ' asmākam 'asya' agneḥ sakāśāt 'bhadrā' kalyāṇī mukhyā vā 'pramatiḥ' prakṛṣṭā buddhiḥ 'saṃsadi' janasamāje jāyate, yathā vayamapi stotuṃ jānīmaḥ, tasmāt he 'agne'! yastvamivabhūtasya 'tava' 'sakhye' mitratve sthitā 'vayaṃ' kenacid durātmanā 'mā riṣāma' mā hiṃsiṣma hi tadāśāsyate| samidhemiti riṣāmiti-cātra "anyeṣāmapi dṛśyate" (pā0 6,3,137) iti dīrghaḥ