पुरुषो वाव यज्ञः । तस्य यानि चतुर्विंशतिवर्षाणि तत् प्रातःसवनम् । चतुर्विंशत्यक्षरा गायत्री । गायत्रं प्रातःसवनम् । तद् अस्य वसवो ऽन्वायत्ताः । प्राणा वाव वसवः । एते हीदं सर्वं वासयन्ति
puruṣo vāva yajñaḥ | tasya yāni caturviṃśativarṣāṇi tat prātaḥsavanam | caturviṃśatyakṣarā gāyatrī | gāyatraṃ prātaḥsavanam | tad asya vasavo 'nvāyattāḥ | prāṇā vāva vasavaḥ | ete hīdaṃ sarvaṃ vāsayanti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Man is sacrifice. His (first) twenty-four years are the morning-libation. The Gâyatrî has twenty-four syllables, the morning-libation is offered with Gâyatrî hymns. The Vasus are connected with that part of the sacrifice. The Prânas (the five senses) are the Vasus, for they make all this to abide (vâsayanti).
Translated by F. Max Müller