brahma ha devebhyo vijigye tasya ha brahmaṇo vijaye devā amahīyaṃta ॥ 1॥
ta aikṣaṃtāsmākamevāyaṃ-vim̐jayo'smākamevāyaṃ mahimeti । taddhaiṣāṃ-vim̐jajñau tebhyo ha prādurbabhūva tanna vyajānata kimidaṃ-yam̐kṣamiti ॥ 2॥
te'gnimabruvaṃjātaveda etadvijānīhi kimidaṃ-yam̐kṣamiti tatheti ॥ 3॥
tadabhyadravattamabhyavadatko'sītyagnirvā ahamasmītyabravījjātavedā vā ahamasmīti ॥ 4॥
tasminstvayi kiṃ-vīm̐ryamityapīdagͫ sarvaṃ daheyaṃ-yam̐didaṃ pṛthivyāmiti ॥ 5॥
tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāvetaddaheti । tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśāka dagdhuṃ sa tata eva nivavṛte naitadaśakaṃ-vim̐jñātuṃ-yam̐detadyakṣamiti ॥ 6॥
atha vāyumabruvanvāyavetadvijānīhi kimetadyakṣamiti tatheti ॥ 7॥
tadabhyadravattamabhyavadatko'sīti vāyurvā ahamasmītyabravīnmātariśvā vā ahamasmīti ॥ 8॥
tasminstvayi kiṃ-vīm̐ryamityapīdaṃ sarvamādadīya yadidaṃ pṛthivyāmiti ॥ 9॥
tasmai tṛṇaṃ nidadhāvetadādatsveti tadupapreyāya sarvajavena tanna śaśākādātuṃ sa tata eva nivavṛte naitadaśakaṃ-vim̐jñātuṃ-yam̐detadyakṣamiti ॥ 10॥
atheṃdramabruvanmaghavannetadvijānīhi kimetadyakṣamiti tatheti tadabhyadravattasmāttirodadhe ॥ 11॥
sa tasminnevākāśe striyamājagāma bahuśobhamānāmumāṃ haimavatīṃ tāgṃhovāca kimetadyakṣamiti ॥ 12॥
॥ iti kenopaniṣadi tṛtīyaḥ khaṃḍaḥ ॥