असौ वै लोको ऽग्निर् गौतम । तस्यादित्य एव समित् । रश्मयो धूमः । अहर् अर्चिः । दिशो ऽङ्गाराः । अवान्तरदिशो विष्फुलिङ्गाः । तस्मिन्न् एतस्मिन्न् अग्नौ देवाः श्रद्धां जुह्वति । तस्या आहुत्यै सोमो राजा संभवति
asau vai loko 'gnir gautama | tasyāditya eva samit | raśmayo dhūmaḥ | ahar arciḥ | diśo 'ṅgārāḥ | avāntaradiśo viṣphuliṅgāḥ | tasminn etasminn agnau devāḥ śraddhāṃ juhvati | tasyā āhutyai somo rājā saṃbhavati
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
‘ The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven); the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the jraddhd libation (consisting of water). From that oblation rises Soma, the king (the moon).
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.