आकाशो वाव तेजसो भूयान् । आकाशे वै सूर्याचन्द्रमसाव् उभौ विद्युन् नक्षत्राण्य् अग्निः । आकाशेनाह्वायति । आकाशेन सृणोति । आकाशेन प्रतिसृणोति । आकाशे रमते । आकाशे न रमते । आकाशे जायते । आकाशम् अभिजायते । आकाशम् उपास्स्वेति
ākāśo vāva tejaso bhūyān | ākāśe vai sūryācandramasāv ubhau vidyun nakṣatrāṇy agniḥ | ākāśenāhvāyati | ākāśena sṛṇoti | ākāśena pratisṛṇoti | ākāśe ramate | ākāśe na ramate | ākāśe jāyate | ākāśam abhijāyate | ākāśam upāssveti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'Ether (or space) is better than fire. For in the ether exist both sun and moon, the lightning, stars, and fire (agni). Through the ether we call, through the ether we hear, through the ether we answer. In the ether or space we rejoice (when we are together), and rejoice not (when we are separated). In the ether everything is born, and towards the ether everything tends when it is born. Meditate on ether.
Translated by F. Max Müller