" आत्मन आकाशः संभूतः इत्यवगतस्यात्मन एव प्राणमयादिष्वव- धारणात् स्यादेव परमात्मैवेतेि निर्णयः !
कार्याख्यानाधिकरणम् ५
कार्याख्यानादपूर्वम् ॥ १८ ॥
"यो ह वै ज्येष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च वेद इति प्राणविद्यां विधायापां प्राणवासस्त्वमुक्त्वा " तस्मादेवंवेिदशिष्यन्नाचामेदशित्वा चाचामेदेतदेव तदनमनग्नम् कुरुते इत्याचमनस्य सदाचारप्राप्तत्वादाचमनमनूद्याचमनी
To this objection the answer is this. It has been ascertained
from the scriptural text, 'From the Highest Self originates
the spatial ether t (Tait. 1.2.1.2) that Prnamaya refers to
the Highest Self. Thus the Highest Self alone is determined
to have been meant here.
KARYAKHYANADHIKARANA 5
18. Karyakhyanadapurvam
The new thing is enjoined in the text, on account of the statement of what is to be effected.
In describing the Pranavidya it is stated' He, who knows the eldest and best' (Br. VI. I-I). Then it is stated that 'water constitutes a dress for Prana. The Acamana (sipping of water) has been stated thus-' Therefore, having known this in this manner, one should sip water before and after the meals. This makes Prana. not naked'. Here it is right to hold that the .meditation upon water, that is used for Acamana, as being
I एतमेव M 2, Pr, स्याप्याचार A1
.