Verse 1.128

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

पञ्चभिर्यत आरब्धं जगत्पाङ्क्तमतो भवेत् ।
यज्ञः क्लृप्तो भवेदेवं पाङ्क्तो यज्ञ इति श्रुतिः ॥ १२८ ॥

pañcabhiryata ārabdhaṃ jagatpāṅktamato bhavet |
yajñaḥ klṛpto bhavedevaṃ pāṅkto yajña iti śrutiḥ || 128 ||

English translation of verse 1.128:

Since the world has been originated by five factors, Hiraṇyagarbha is, therefore, Pāṅkta. Since śruti says that a sacrifice is a Pāṅkta, it (i.e., Hiraṇyagarbha) is thus a sacrifice.

Notes:

The world is created out of the five elements of matter such as ākāśa, and so it is a Pāṅkta or a five-membered group. Hiraṇyagarbha. or the World-soul (jagadātmā) who is the essence of the world, who is the cause of the world, may be regarded as a Pāṅkta, because the effect is non-different from the cause (kārya-hāraṇayorabhedā). A sacrifice is performed with five factors, viz., the sacrificer, his wife, his son, divine wealth, and human wealth, and so it is a Pāṅkta. The Bṛhadāraṇyaka (I, iv, 17) says that sacrifice has five factors. Hence, Hiraṇyagarbha may also be regarded as a sacrifice (yajña).