स ह पञ्चदशाहानि नाश । अथ हैनम् उपससाद किं ब्रवीमि भो इति । ऋचः सोम्य यजूंषि सामानीति । स होवाच न वै मा प्रतिभान्ति भो इति
sa ha pañcadaśāhāni nāśa | atha hainam upasasāda kiṃ bravīmi bho iti | ṛcaḥ somya yajūṃṣi sāmānīti | sa hovāca na vai mā pratibhānti bho iti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Svetaketu abstained from food for fifteen days. Then he came to his father and said: 'What shall I say?' The father said: 'Repeat the Rik, Yagus, and Sâman verses.' He replied: 'They do not occur to me, Sir.'
Translated by F. Max Müller