अशनापिपासे मे सोम्य विजानीहीति । यत्रैतत् पुरुषो ऽशिशिषति नामाप एव तद् अशितं नयन्ते । तद् यथा गोनायो ऽश्वनायः पुरुषनाय इत्य् एवं तद् अप आचक्षते ऽशनायेति । तत्रैतच् छुङ्गम् उत्पतितं सोम्य विजानीहि । नेदम् अमूलं भविष्यतीति
aśanāpipāse me somya vijānīhīti | yatraitat puruṣo 'śiśiṣati nāmāpa eva tad aśitaṃ nayante | tad yathā gonāyo 'śvanāyaḥ puruṣanāya ity evaṃ tad apa ācakṣate 'śanāyeti | tatraitac chuṅgam utpatitaṃ somya vijānīhi | nedam amūlaṃ bhaviṣyatīti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'Learn from me, my son, what are hunger and thirst. When a man is thus said to be hungry, water is carrying away (digests) what has been eaten by him. Therefore as they speak of a cow-leader (go-nâya), a horse-leader (asva-nâya), a man-leader (purusha-nâya), so they call water (which digests food and causes hunger) food-leader (asa-nâya). Thus (by food digested &c), my son, know this offshoot (the body) to be brought forth, for this (body) could not be without a root (cause).
Translated by F. Max Müller