Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
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5. He saw, If I devour this, I shall diminish food; therefore by that speech & by that self he created all this that we see, the Riks & the Yajus & the Samas & the rhythms & sacrifices & animals & these nations. Whatsoever he created, that he set about devouring, verily he devoureth all; this is the substantiality of being in substance (that it can be destroyed5). He becometh the eater of all the world & everything becometh his food who thus knoweth the substantiality of being in substance.
so_kAmyt B ysA y* n B yo yj y Et. so_ AMyt^ s tpo_t=yt t-y A t-y tI-y yfo vFy m;d[Amt^. AZA v { yfo vFy+ t( AZ q ([A t q; frFr\ 4Eyt;mED}yt t-y frFr ev mn aAsFt^ 6 6. He desired “Let me sacrifice more richly with richer sacrifice.” He laboured & put forth heat of force, & of him thus laboured & heated splendour & strength came forth. The life-forces are that splendour & strength, therefore when the life-forces go forth, the body sets about to rot, yet in his body even so mind was.
so_kAmyt m @y\ m id\ -yAdA(m &yn n -yAEmEt. tto_4, smBvd^ yd4t^ t m @ymB EdEt td vA4m D-yA4m D(vm^. eq h vA a4m D\ v d y enm v\ v d. tmnvz@y {vAm yt. t\ s\v(sr-y pr-tAdA(mn aAlBt. 7 7. He desired “Let this have sacrificial capacity for me, by this let me be provided with a body.” That which has expressed power & being, that is fit for the sacrifice. This verily is the secret of the Aswamedha & he knoweth indeed the Aswamedha who thus knoweth it. He gave him free course & thought, then after a year (a fixed period of time) he dedicated him to the self. [The rest of this section was not translated.]
5 Destroyed, ie enjoyed by absorption.