पुरुषो वाव गौतमाग्निस्तस्य वागेव समित्प्राणो धूमो जिह्वार्चिश्चक्षुरङ्गाराः श्रोत्रं विस्फुलिङ्गाः ॥ १ ॥
In plain words
The human person indeed is this fire, O Gautama. Speech is its fuel, breath is its smoke, the tongue is its flame, the eye is its embers, and the ear is its sparks.
Close to the Sanskrit
The person indeed is this fire of Gautama; of him speech alone is the fuel, breath is the smoke, the tongue is the flame, the eye is the embers, the ear is the sparks.