पराञ्चि खानि व्यतृणत् स्वयम्भू- स्तस्मात्पराङ्पश्यति नान्तरात्मन् । कश्चिद्धीरः प्रत्यगात्मानमैक्ष- दावृत्तचक्षुरमृतत्वमिच्छन् ॥ १॥

parāñci khāni vyatṛṇat svayambhū- stasmātparāṅpaśyati nāntarātman । kaściddhīraḥ pratyagātmānamaikṣa- dāvṛttacakṣuramṛtatvamicchan ॥ 1॥

svayambhūḥ = the self-born Being; parāñci = outgoing; khāni = the orifices; vyatṛṇat = pierced; tasmāt = therefore; paśyati = one looks; parāk = outwards; na antarātman = not within oneself; kaścit dhīraḥ = some [rare] wise discriminating person; icchan = desiring; amṛtatvam = immortality, one's true nature, freedom from suffering; āvṛtta-cakṣuḥ = turned the gaze inward, looked within the mind; pratyak-ātmānam = the indwelling Self; aikṣat = saw.