अथ खलु एतया ऋचा पच्छः आचामति तत् सवितुः वृणीमहे इति आचामति वयम् देवस्य भोजनम् इति आचामति श्रेष्ठम् सर्वधातमम् इति आचामति तुरम् भगस्य धीमहि इति सर्वम् पिबति निर्णिज्य कंसम् चमसम् वा पश्चात् अग्नेः संविशति चर्मणि वा स्थण्डिले वा वाचंयमः अप्रसाहः सः यदि स्त्रियम् पश्येत् समृद्धम् कर्म इति विद्यात्
atha khalu etayā ṛcā pacchaḥ ācāmati tat savituḥ vṛṇīmahe iti ācāmati vayam devasya bhojanam iti ācāmati śreṣṭham sarvadhātamam iti ācāmati turam bhagasya dhīmahi iti sarvam pibati nirṇijya kaṃsam camasam vā paścāt agneḥ saṃviśati carmaṇi vā sthaṇḍile vā vācaṃyamaḥ aprasāhaḥ saḥ yadi striyam paśyet samṛddham karma iti vidyāt
Then he sips according to the feet of this ṛc: "That [splendour] of Savitṛ we choose" — he sips; "the food of the god" — he sips; "the best, all-sustaining" — he sips; "the swift [gift] of Bhaga we contemplate" — and he drinks it all. Having washed the bronze or wooden cup, he lies down behind the fire, on a hide or on bare ground, keeping silence and self-possession. If he sees a woman [in a dream], let him know the rite has succeeded.
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The drink is drunk "by feet" (pacchas) of the Sāvitrī hymn of the Ṛg-veda (5.82.1): each quarter of the verse is a sip. Prayer and drinking are literally interwoven: a man drinks the word, tastes the hymn. "That splendour of Savitṛ we choose… the food of the god… the best, all-sustaining" — the drinker calls into himself not the juice of herbs but the chosen radiance of Savitṛ the Impeller; this is the Vedic form of the truth that the food eaten hallows the eater, by which every prasāda lives.
Then a night by the fire, in silence and self-possession (vācaṁyama, aprasāha): the seed of the rite must sprout in stillness. And the sign of success is given in a dream — the image of a woman. A dream of a woman here is an omen of fruitfulness: one who asked for "something great" sees the image of the begetting principle, a promise that what was asked has been conceived and will be born. The Upaniṣad calmly admits dreaming among spiritual testimonies — the inner world answers a rite in its own language, and one who can read these signs hears the answer.