इमा आपः सर्वेषां भूतानां मधु, आसामपां सर्वाणि भूतानि मधु; यश्चायमास्वप्सु तेजोमयोऽमृतमयः पुरुषः, यश्चायमध्यात्मं रैतसस्तेजोमयोऽमृतमयः पुरुषःअ, अयमेव स योऽयमात्मा; इदममृतम्, इदं ब्रह्म, इदं सर्वम् ॥ २ ॥
imā āpaḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ madhu, āsāmapāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni madhu; yaścāyamāsvapsu tejomayo’mṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥ, yaścāyamadhyātmaṃ raitasastejomayo’mṛtamayaḥ puruṣaḥa, ayameva sa yo’yamātmā; idamamṛtam, idaṃ brahma, idaṃ sarvam || 2 ||
2. This water is like honey to all beings, and all beings are like honey to this water. (The same with) the shining, immortal being who is in this water, and the shining, immortal being identified with the seed in the body. (These four) are but this Self. This (Self-knowledge) is (the means of) immortality, this (underlying unity) is Brahman, this (knowledge of Brahman) is (the means of becoming) all.