The Adhvaryu said You enjoy the properties of smell which belong to the earth. You drink the tastes which belong to water. You see colours which belong to luminous bodies. You touch the properties which originate from wind, you hear the sounds which originate from ether. You think thoughts with the mind. All these entities, you hold, have life.
अध्वर्युरुवाच भूमेर्गन्धगुणान् भुंक्षे पिबस्यापोमयान् रसान्। ज्योतिषां पश्यसे रूपं स्पृशस्यनिलजान् गुणान्॥ शृणोष्याकाशजाशब्दान् मनसा मन्यसे मतिम्। सर्वाण्येतानि भूतानि प्राणा इति च मन्यसे॥