Sanskrit: पञ्चकोशान्तःस्थितब्रह्मनिरूपणम्अन्नं ब्रह्मेति व्यजानात् । न्नाद्ध्येव खल्विमानिभुतानि जायन्ते । न्नेन जातानि जीवन्ति ।  अन्नं प्रयन्त्यभिसंविशन्तीति । द्विज्ञाय ।  पुनरेव वरुणं पितरमुपससार ।  अधीहि भगवो ब्रह्मेति । ꣳहोवाच ।  तपसा ब्रह्म विजिज्ञासस्व । पो ब्रह्मेति ।  स तपोऽतप्यत ।  तपस्तप्त्वा इति द्वितीयोऽनुवाकः  
English: Bhrgu learnt that Food is Brahman because it is from food that all these beings are born; by food when born, do they live, and having departed, into food they enter. Having known that, he approached his father Varuna and said: ‘Revered Sir, teach me Brahman.’ Varuna told him: ‘By deep thinking (Tapas) seek thou to know Brahman. Tapas is Brahma. He performed Tapas and having performed Tapas…