यज्ञानां ब्रह्मयज्ञोऽहं व्रतानामविहिंसनम् । वाय्वग्न्यर्काम्बुवागात्मा शुचीनामप्यहं शुचि: ॥ २३ ॥
yajñānāṁ brahma-yajño ’haṁ vratānām avihiṁsanam vāyv-agny-arkāmbu-vāg-ātmā śucīnām apy ahaṁ śuciḥ
- yajñānām
- of sacrifices
- brahma-yajñaḥ
- study of the Veda
- aham
- I am
- vratānām
- of vows
- avihiṁsanam
- nonviolence
- vāyu
- wind
- agni
- fire
- arka
- the sun
- ambu
- water
- vāk
- and speech
- ātmā
- personified
- śucīnām
- of all purifiers
- api
- indeed
- aham
- I am
- śuciḥ
- pure
Among sacrifices I am study of the Veda, and I am nonviolence among vows. Among all things that purify I am the wind, fire, the sun, water and speech.