यो ह खलु वाचोपरिस्थः श्रूयते स एव वा एष शुद्धः पूतः शून्यः शान्तो प्राणोऽनीशत्माऽनन्तोऽक्षय्यः स्थिरः शाश्वतोऽजः स्वतन्त्रः स्वे महिम्नि तिष्ठत्यनेनेदं शरीरं चेतनवत्प्रतिष्ठापितं प्रचोदयिता चैषोऽस्येति ते होचुर्भगवन्कथमनेनेदृशेनानिच्छेनैतद्विधमिदं चेतनवत्प्रतिष्ठापितं प्रचोदयिता चैषोऽस्येति कथमिति तान्होवाच ॥२.४ ॥
In plain words
He who is heard of as standing above the strands — he indeed is pure, cleansed, empty, tranquil, without breath, without a master, endless, imperishable, firm, everlasting, unborn, independent; he abides in his own greatness. By him is this body set up as though possessed of consciousness, and he is the impeller of it. They said, "Sir, how is it that by such a one as this, who is without desire, a thing of this kind is set up as though possessed of consciousness, and how is he the impeller of it?" And he said to them: