(There was not death nor immortality then. There was not the beacon of night, nor of day. That one breathed,windless,by its own power. Other then that there was not anything beyond.)
Mrtyur与Amrtam,华言即死与不死;此辞为创造之颂,谓泰初之始,未始有始,无死,亦无不死,无阴无阳(辞称无日月之指),得一(eka)而不假于他(para),不调气而自为呼吸(a-vata即windless)。庄子所谓“咸其自取”(《齐物论》),“真人”“其息深深”“自本自根,未有天地,自古以固存”(《大宗师》),非此意而何耶?《老子》及古《黄帝书》俱云:“谷神不死。”……[331]