ऋचो यजूषि सामानीत्य् अष्टाव् अक्षराणि । अष्टाक्षरं ह वा एकं गायत्र्यै पदम् । एतद् उ हैवास्या एतत् । स यावतीयं त्रयी विद्या तावद् ध जयति यो ऽस्या एतद् एवं पदं वेद
ṛco yajūṣi sāmānīty aṣṭāv akṣarāṇi | aṣṭākṣaraṃ ha vā ekaṃ gāyatryai padam | etad u haivāsyā etat | sa yāvatīyaṃ trayī vidyā tāvad dha jayati yo 'syā etad evaṃ padaṃ veda
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The iWkas, the Ya^wshi, and the Simdni form eight syllables. One foot (the second) of the Gayatri consists of eight syllables. This (one foot) of it is that (i.e. the three Vedas, the AYg-veda, Ya^ur-veda, and Sama-veda). And he who thus knows that foot of it, conquers as far as that threefold knowledge extends.
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.