स ऐक्षत यदि वा इमम् अभिमंस्ये कनीयो ऽन्नं करिष्य इति । स तया वाचा तेनात्मनेदं सर्वम् असृजत यद् इदं किञ्च -- ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि छन्दांसि यज्ञान् प्रजां पशून् । स यद्-यद् एवासृजत तत्तद् अत्तुम् अध्रियत । सर्वं वा अत्तीति तद् अदितेर् अदितित्वम् । सर्वस्यात्ता भवति सर्वम् अस्यान्नं भवति य एवम् एतद् अदितेर् अदितित्वं वेद
sa aikṣata yadi vā imam abhimaṃsye kanīyo 'nnaṃ kariṣya iti | sa tayā vācā tenātmanedaṃ sarvam asṛjata yad idaṃ kiñca -- ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni chandāṃsi yajñān prajāṃ paśūn | sa yad-yad evāsṛjata tattad attum adhriyata | sarvaṃ vā attīti tad aditer adititvam | sarvasyāttā bhavati sarvam asyānnaṃ bhavati ya evam etad aditer adititvaṃ veda
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He thought, ‘If I kill him, I shall have but little food.’ He therefore brought forth by that speech and by that body (the year) all whatsoever exists, the Rik, the Ya^ws, the Saman, the metres, the sacrifices, men, and animals. And whatever he (Death) brought forth, that he resolved to eat (ad). Verily because he eats everything, therefore is Aditi (Death) called Aditi. He who thus knows why Aditi is called Aditi, becomes an eater of everything, and everything becomes his food.
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.