58 PRASNOPANISHAD-BHASHYA [VI, 4, there is no creation with the intention of deriving any benefit to Himself. Therefore the attribute of enjoyerness of the sixteen parts cannot belong to the Supreme Self. VI. 4. Sa pränam asrjata pranācchraddham kham vayur jyotir āpah pythivindriyam manah: Annam annad viryam tapo mantrāḥ karma lokā lokeşu ca nama ca He created breath, from breath faith, ether, wind, light, water, earth, organs, mind, food. From food capability, vitality, tapas, mantras, action, worlds and names in the worlds too. COMMENTARY: sak: The individual soul, thus having thought prānam asrjata ; first created the chief breath whose going up and establishment accompany his own going out and establishment. prāņāt : from that breath, śraddham: faith in the other world kham..........: the five elements indriyam : organs of speech and others manah: mind annam: food of the form of paddy & etc. annād viryam: From food capability (was created): the ability of the body and organs depending upon it (food), tapah: penance of the form of emaciation of the body mantrāh: Rk, Yajus, Säman ard other mantras karma: sacrifices, jyotistoma and others lokāḥ : svarga and others lokeşu nāma ca: and names such as svarga in those worlds asrjata: created. This is the meaning.
