यथानल: खेऽनिलबन्धुरुष्मा बलेन दारुण्यधिमथ्यमान: । अणु: प्रजातो हविषा समेधते तथैव मे व्यक्तिरियं हि वाणी ॥ १८ ॥
yathānalaḥ khe ’nila-bandhur uṣmā balena dāruṇy adhimathyamānaḥ aṇuḥ prajāto haviṣā samedhate tathaiva me vyaktir iyaṁ hi vāṇī
- yathā
- just as
- analaḥ
- fire
- khe
- in the space within wood
- anila
- air
- bandhuḥ
- whose help
- uṣmā
- heat
- balena
- strongly
- dāruṇi
- within the wood
- adhimathyamānaḥ
- being kindled by friction
- aṇuḥ
- very tiny
- prajātaḥ
- is born
- haviṣā
- with ghee (clarified butter)
- samedhate
- it increases
- tathā
- similarly
- eva
- indeed
- me
- My
- vyaktiḥ
- manifestation
- iyam
- this
- hi
- certainly
- vāṇī
- the Vedic sounds
When sticks of kindling wood are vigorously rubbed together, heat is produced by contact with air, and a spark of fire appears. Once the fire is kindled, ghee is added and the fire blazes. Similarly, I become manifest in the sound vibration of the Vedas.