स्मरो वावाकाशाद् भूयः । तस्माद् यद्य् अपि बहव आसीरन्न् अ स्मरन्तो नैव ते कंचन शृणुयुर् न मन्वीरन् न विजानीरन् । यदा वाव ते स्मरेयुर् अथ शृणुयुर् अथ मन्वीरन्न् अथ विजानीरन् । स्मरेण वै पुत्रान् विजानाति स्मरेण पशून् । स्मरम् उपास्स्वेति
smaro vāvākāśād bhūyaḥ | tasmād yady api bahava āsīrann a smaranto naiva te kaṃcana śṛṇuyur na manvīran na vijānīran | yadā vāva te smareyur atha śṛṇuyur atha manvīrann atha vijānīran | smareṇa vai putrān vijānāti smareṇa paśūn | smaram upāssveti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'Memory (smara) is better than ether. Therefore where many are assembled together, if they have no memory, they would hear no one, they would not perceive, they would not understand. Through memory we know our sons, through memory our cattle. Meditate on memory.
Translated by F. Max Müller