स होवाचोवाच वै सोऽगच्छन्वै तेतद्यत्राश्वमेधयाजिनो गच्छन्तीति क्वन्वश्वमेधयाजिनो गच्छन्तीति द्वात्रिंश-तं वै देवरथाह्यान्ययं लोकस्तँ समन्तंपृथिवी द्विस्तावत्पर्येति ताँ समन्तं पृ-थिवीं द्विस्तावत्समुद्रः पर्येति तद्यावतीक्षुरस्य धारा यावद्वा मक्षिकायाः पत्रंतावानन्तरेणाकाशस्तानिन्द्रः सुपर्णोभूत्वा वायवे प्रायच्छत्तान्वायुरात्मनिधित्वा तत्रागमयद्यत्राश्वमेधयाजिनोऽभ-वन्नित्येवमिव वै स वायुमेव प्रशशँसतस्माद्वायुरेव व्यष्टिर्वायुः समष्टिरप पुन-र्मृत्युं जयति य एवं वेद ततो ह भुज्यु-र्लाह्यायनिरूपरराम ॥ २ ॥
In plain words
Yājñavalkya said: 'They went, without question, to exactly where the performers of the horse-sacrifice go.' 'And where is that, then -- where do the performers of the horse-sacrifice go?' 'Picture thirty-two days' journey by the chariot of the gods -- that is this world. The earth wraps around it, twice as wide. The ocean wraps around the earth, twice as wide again. And past that, the gap left over is as thin as a razor's edge, or a fly's wing. Across that gap, Indra turned himself into a hawk and carried them to Vāyu, and Vāyu, holding them inside himself, brought them the rest of the way, to where the horse-sacrificers had already arrived.' In telling it this way, he was really praising Vāyu alone. That is why Vāyu is the individual self, and Vāyu is the collective self too -- and whoever knows this conquers death, again and again. At that, Bhujyu Lāhyāyani fell silent.
Close to the Sanskrit
He said: 'They indeed went to that place where the performers of the horse-sacrifice go.' 'But where, then, do the performers of the horse-sacrifice go?' 'Thirty-two days of the divine chariot -- this world; the earth surrounds it, twice as much; the ocean surrounds the earth, twice as much; then, as fine as a razor's edge, or as a fly's wing, so much is the space in between. Them Indra, having become a hawk, gave over to Vāyu; them Vāyu, holding in himself, led on to where the performers of the horse-sacrifice had arrived.' Thus, as it were, he praised Vāyu alone. Therefore Vāyu alone is the individual, and Vāyu is the collective as well; he conquers death again who knows this. Then indeed Bhujyu Lāhyāyani fell silent.