यद्यथा यथोपासते तदेव भवन्ति ।
yad yathā yathopāsate tad eva bhavanti |
(Yajur Veda: Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa, 10.5.2.20; cited in Prīti Sandarbha 51)
“One indeed becomes that which one meditates upon.”
Alternate version and rendering
तं यथा यथोपासते तदेव भवति ।
taṁ yathā yathopāsate tad eva bhavati |
“As one meditates, so one indeed becomes.”