सर्वे स्वरा इन्द्रस्यात्मानः । सर्व ऊष्माणः प्रजापतेर् आत्मानः । सर्वे स्पर्शा मृत्योर् आत्मानः । तं यदि स्वरेषूपालभेत । इन्द्रं शरणं प्रपन्नो ऽभूवं स त्वा प्रति वक्ष्यतीत्य् एनं ब्रूयात्
sarve svarā indrasyātmānaḥ | sarva ūṣmāṇaḥ prajāpater ātmānaḥ | sarve sparśā mṛtyor ātmānaḥ | taṃ yadi svareṣūpālabheta | indraṃ śaraṇaṃ prapanno 'bhūvaṃ sa tvā prati vakṣyatīty enaṃ brūyāt
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
All vowels (svara) belong to Indra, all sibilants (ûshman) to Pragâpati, all consonants (sparsa) to Mrityu (death). If somebody should reprove him for his vowels, let him say, 'I went to Indra as my refuge (when pronouncing my vowels): he will answer thee.'
Translated by F. Max Müller