Hence, utterers of Brahma practise penances which have myself for their goal. In the midst of all those vital airs which swallow up one another and move within the body, shines forth the fire called Vaishvanara made up of seven flames. The nose, the tongue, the eye, the skin, the car which numbers the fifth, the mind, and the understanding, these are the seven tongues of that Vaishvanara's flame. That which is smelt that which is seen, that which is drunk, that which is touched, as also that which is heard, that which is thought of, and that which is understood, these are the seven sorts of fuel for me. That which smells, that which eats, that which sces, that which touches, that which sees, that which touches, that which hears, numbering the fifth; that which thinks, and that which understands, these are the seven great officiating priests.
तेषामन्योन्यभक्षाणां सर्वेषां देहचारिणाम्। अग्निर्वैश्वानरो मध्ये सप्तधा दीव्यतेऽन्तरा॥ घ्राणं जिहा च चक्षुश्चत्वक् च श्रोत्रं च पञ्चमम्। मनो बुद्धिश्च सप्तैता जिह्वा वैश्वानरार्चिषः॥ प्रेयं दृश्यं च पेयं च स्पृश्यं श्रव्यं तथैव च। मन्तव्यमथ वोद्धव्यं ताः सप्त समिधो मम॥ घ्राता भक्षयिता द्रष्टा स्प्रष्टा श्रोता च पञ्चमः। मन्ता बोद्धा च सप्तैते भवन्ति परमविजः॥ प्रेये पेये च दृश्ये च स्पृश्ये श्रव्ये तथैव च। मन्तव्येऽप्यथ बोद्धव्ये सुभगे पश्य सर्वदा॥