भृगुर्वै वारुणिः ।वरुणं पितरमुपससार ।अधीहि भगवो ब्रह्मेति ।तस्मा एतत्प्रोवाच ।अन्नं प्राणं चक्षुः श्रोत्रं मनो वाचमिति ।तँ होवाच ।यतो वा इमानि भूतानि जायन्ते ।येन जातानि जीवन्ति ।यत्प्रयन्त्यभिसंविशन्ति ।तद्विजिज्ञासस्व ।तद् ब्रह्मेति ।स तपोऽतप्यत ।स तपस्तप्त्वा ॥ १ ॥
In plain words
Bhṛgu, son of Varuṇa, came to his father Varuṇa and said, "Sir, teach me Brahman." Varuṇa told him this: food, breath, eye, ear, mind, speech. And he said to him, "That from which these beings are born, that by which, being born, they live, that into which, departing, they enter — seek to know that. That is Brahman." So Bhṛgu performed austerity; and having performed austerity,