अध्याय 32
श्लोक 5.5.1
अप एवेदमग्र आसुस्ता आपः सत्यमसृजन्त सत्यं ब्रह्म ब्रह्म प्रजापतिं प्रजापतिर्देवाँस्ते देवाः सत्यमेवोपासते तदेतत्त्र्यक्षरँ सत्यमिति ।स इत्येकमक्षरं तीत्येकमक्षरं यमित्येकमक्षरम् ।प्रथमोत्तमे अक्षरे सत्यं मध्यतोऽनृतं तदेतदनृतमुभयतः सत्येन परिगृहीतँ सत्यभूयमेव भवति ।नैनंविद्वाँसमनृतँ हिनस्ति
apa evedamagra āsustā āpaḥ satyamasṛjanta satyaṃ brahma brahma prajāpatiṃ prajāpatirdevām̐ste devāḥ satyamevopāsate tadetattryakṣaram̐ satyamiti | sa ityekamakṣaraṃ tītyekamakṣaraṃ yamityekamakṣaram | prathamottame akṣare satyaṃ madhyato'nṛtaṃ tadetadanṛtamubhayataḥ satyena parigṛhītam̐ satyabhūyameva bhavati | nainaṃvidvām̐samanṛtam̐ hinasti
English
In the beginning this (world) was water. Water produced the true , and the true is 'Brahman. Brahman produced Pragâpati , Pragâpati the Devas (gods). The Devas adore the true (satyam) alone. This satyam consists of three syllables. One syllable is sa, another t(i), the third yam. The first and last syllables are true, in the middle there is the untrue . This untrue is on both sides enclosed by the true, and thus the true preponderates. The untrue does not hurt him who knows this.