व्याप्तेश्च समञ्जसम् ॥ ९ ॥
प्रथमप्रपाठकं उपक्रमवदुत्तरास्वपि प्रणवस्योपास्यत्वव्याप्तेर्मध्ये च "उद्गीथथमुपासांचक्रिरे इति प्रणवविषयत्वमेव समञ्जसम् |
सर्वाभेदाधिकरणम् ३
सवमेदादन्यत्रेमे ॥ १° ॥
"यो हृ वै ज्येष्ठं च श्रेष्ठं च वेद् ज्येष्ठश्च ह वै श्रेष्ठश्च भवति ।
प्राणो वाव ज्येष्ठश्च श्रेष्ठश्च ' इति वाजिनां छन्दोगानां कैौषीतकेिनां
the permanent Agnihotra as well as to the occasional Agni- hotra, that belongs to the sacrifice, called, C Kundapayinam Ayanam' and is to be performed only for a mouth.
9. Vyंंaptesca samanjasam
This is appropriate, on account of extension. Just as in the beginning of the first chapter of the Chandogyo- panisad, in further portions also there is the mention of the Pra 1;la va. Therefore in the middle a]so the meditation mentioned in the text-' They meditated upon the Udgitha t (Chand. 1-2.2) should be the meditation on the Pranava.
SARVABHEDIDHIKARNA 3
10. Sarvabhedadanyatreme
Because of the non-difference of everything, these attributes are apprehended even in other places. , He, who knows the oldest and the best, becomes himself the oldest and the best, The Prilt)a is the oldest and best t (Chand. V-I-1; Brh. VI-I-1 and Kaus.). In all these three texts. it is stated unanimously that Prana is the oldest;
