1.2.7

He desired, ‘Let this body of mine be fit for a sacrifice, and let me be embodied through this,’ (and entered it). Because that body swelled (Aśvat), therefore it came to be called Aśva (horse). And because it became fit for a sacrifice, therefore the horse sacrifice came to be known as Aśvamedha. He who knows it thus indeed knows the horse sacrifice. (Imagining himself as the horse and) letting it remain free, he reflected (on it). After a year he sacrificed it to himself, and dispatched the (other) animals to the gods. Therefore (priests to this day) sacrifice to Prajāpati the sanctified (horse) that is dedicated to all the gods. He who shines yonder is the horse sacrifice; his body is the year. This fire is Arka; its limbs are these worlds. So these two (fire and the sun) are Arka and the horse sacrifice. These two again become the same god, Death. He (who knows thus) conquers further death, death cannot overtake him, it becomes his self, and he becomes one with these deities.

so'kāmayata —

सोऽकामयत
medhyaṃ —

मेध्यं
ma —

म
idaṃ —

इदं
syāt —

स्यात्
ātmanvyanena —

आत्मन्व्यनेन
syāmiti —

स्यामिति
tato'śvaḥ —

ततोऽश्वः
samabhavat —

समभवत्
yadaśvat —

यदश्वत्
tanmedhyamabhūditi —

तन्मेध्यमभूदिति
tadevāśvamedhasyāśvamedhatvam —

तदेवाश्वमेधस्याश्वमेधत्वम्
eṣa —

एष
ha —

ह
vā —

वा
aśvamedhaṃ —

अश्वमेधं
veda —

वेद
ya —

य
enamevaṃ —

एनमेवं
veda —

वेद
tamanavarudhyaivāmanyata —

तमनवरुध्यैवामन्यत
taṃ —

तं
saṃvatsarasya —

संवत्सरस्य
parastādātmana —

परस्तादात्मन
ālabhata —

आलभत
paśūndevatābhyaḥ —

पशून्देवताभ्यः
pratyauhat —

प्रत्यौहत्
tasamātsarvadevatyam —

तसमात्सर्वदेवत्यम्
prokṣitaṃ —

प्रोक्षितं
prājāpatyamālabhante —

प्राजापत्यमालभन्ते
eṣa —

एष
ha —

ह
vā —

वा
aśvamedho —

अश्वमेधो
ya —

य
eṣa —

एष
tapati —

तपति
tasya —

तस्य
saṃvatsara —

संवत्सर
ātmā —

आत्मा
ayamagnirarkaḥ —

अयमग्निरर्कः
tasyeme —

तस्येमे
lokā —

लोका
ātmānaḥ —

आत्मानः
tāvetāvarkāmedhau —

तावेतावर्कामेधौ
so —

सो
punarekaiva —

पुनरेकैव
devatā —

देवता
bhavati —

भवति
mṛtyureva —

मृत्युरेव
apa —

अप
punarmṛtyuṃ —

पुनर्मृत्युं
jayati —

जयति
nainam —

नैनम्
mṛtyurāpnoti —

मृत्युराप्नोति
mṛtyurasyātmā —

मृत्युरस्यात्मा
bhavati —

भवति
etāsāṃ —

एतासां
devatānāmeko —

देवतानामेको
bhavati —

भवति