Verse 3.22

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

उक्तलक्षणसम्पन्नं तपस्तप्त्वा प्रयत्नवान् ।
अन्नं ब्रह्मेति भूतानामुत्पत्त्यादिसमन्वयात् ॥ २२ ॥

uktalakṣaṇasampannaṃ tapastaptvā prayatnavān |
annaṃ brahmeti bhūtānāmutpattyādisamanvayāt || 22 ||

English translation of verse 3.22:

Having practised tapas, he understood food, to which the given definition applies, as Brahman, since it is the cause of birth, etc., of all beings.

Notes:

Verses (22) to (29) explain the second, third, fourth, and fifth anuvākas of the Upaniṣad. By applying the method of anvaya and vyatireka, Bhṛgu came to the conclusion that food is Brahman, because the definition which has been given by his father holds good in the case of food.