Verse 3.63

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

विद्युद्वृष्टिः शशी भानुरग्निश्चेति यतः श्रुतिः ।
वायौ म्रियन्त इत्याह परिमरस्तेन कीर्त्यते ॥ ६३ ॥

vidyudvṛṣṭiḥ śaśī bhānuragniśceti yataḥ śrutiḥ |
vāyau mriyanta ityāha parimarastena kīrtyate || 63 ||

English translation of verse 3.63:

Since śruti says that (the five gods, viz.,) Lightning, Rain, Moon, Sun, and Fire die in Air, thereby Air is said to be their destructive medium.

Notes:

Reference is made in this verse to the saṃvargaśruti of the Chāndogya (IV, iii, 1-2). With a view to explain how ether (ākāśa) is the medium of destruction, it is first of all shown that the five gods, viz., lightning, etc., meet their end, i.e., get absorbed, in vāyu at the time of dissolution. This is brought out in the Chāndogya (IV, iii, 1-2) as follows: “Air, verily, is the end of all; for when fire goes out, it goes into the air. When the sun sets, it goes into the air, and when the moon sets, it goes into the air. When water dries up, it goes into the air. For air, indeed absorbs them all. This, with regard to the divinities.”