O foremost of Brahmanas, I am Shiva, I am Soma, I am Kashyapa, I am the lord of all treated things; I am Dhata, Vidhata, I am the sacrifice embodied.
अहं शिवश्च सोमश्च कश्यपोऽथ प्रजापतिः। अहंधाता विधाता च यज्ञश्चाहं द्विजोत्तम॥