कतमे ते त्रयो देवा इतीम एव त्रयोलोका एषु हीमे सर्वे देवा इति कतमौतौ द्वौ देवावित्यन्नं चैव प्राणश्चेति कत-मोऽध्यर्ध इति योऽयं पवत इति ॥ ८ ॥
In plain words
‘And which are those three gods?’ ‘These three worlds themselves — because every single god is held within them.’ ‘And which are the two?’ ‘Food and breath.’ ‘And which is the one-and-a-half?’ ‘This one, right here, that blows.’
Close to the Sanskrit
'Which are those three gods?' — 'These very three worlds; for in these all the gods [are contained].' 'Which are those two gods?' — 'Food and breath.' 'Which is the one-and-a-half?' — 'This one that blows.'