त्रिणाचिकेतस्त्रिभिरेत्य सन्धिं त्रिकर्मकृत्तरति जन्ममृत्यू । ब्रह्मजज्ञं देवमीड्यं विदित्वा निचाय्येमाँ शान्तिमत्यन्तमेति ॥ १७॥

triṇāciketastribhiretya sandhiṃ trikarmakṛttarati janmamṛtyū । brahmajajñaṃ devamīḍyaṃ viditvā nicāyyemā~ śāntimatyantameti ॥ 17॥

sandhiṁ etya = becoming connected; tribhiḥ = with the three; tri-nāciketaḥ = one who has piled up the Naciketa fire thrice; tri-karma-kṛt = one, who undertakes three kinds of ritual activity; tarati = crosses over; janma-mṛtyū = birth and death. [Moreover], viditvā = knowing from scriptures; brahma- jajñaṁ = one that is born from Brahmā, ie. Hiraṇyagarbha is brahmaja (Virāṭ); and one who is enlightened, is brahma-jajñaṁ = for That (ie. Virāṭ) is ominiscient; [knowing that]; devam = deity, who is so called because of his effulgence; īḍyam = praiseworthy (adorable), (and) nicāyya = meditating on (that Virāṭ) - as one's own Self; (one) eti = gets; imām = this (tangible) ; śāntim = peace, cessation [from mental turmoil]; atyantam = thoroughly.