यदुच्छ्वासनिःश्वासावेतावाहुती समं नयतीति स समानः । मनो ह
वाव यजमानः । इष्टफलमेवोदानः । स एनं यजमानमहरहर्ब्रह्म
गमयति ॥ ४.४॥
yaducchvāsaniḥśvāsāvetāvāhutī samaṃ nayatīti sa samānaḥ . mano ha
vāva yajamānaḥ . iṣṭaphalamevodānaḥ . sa enaṃ yajamānamaharaharbrahma
gamayati .. 4.4..
Samana is so called because it distributes equally the two oblations, namely, the out-breathing and the in-breathing; it is the priest. The mind, verily, is the sacrificer. Udana is the fruit of the sacrifice, because it leads the sacrificer every day, in deep sleep, to Brahman.