Passage 16

In English

We should understand the purpose for which this life has been given to us. It is but proper that we devote our life for achieving that purpose. For every manthra an appropriate path has also been shown by that manthra. While uttering the our ancestors took care to see that they were observing the cleanliness and the path which was demanded by that particular manthra. Just as these root words at, , represent eating, the act of eating, the subject who is eating and together they represent the unified aspect of food, the work that one is doing, the act of doing work, and the subject who is doing the work should all be unified. Then only will the work that you are doing be sacred.