स य आशां ब्रह्मेत्य् उपास्ते । आशयास्य सर्वे कामाः समृध्यन्ति । अमोघा हास्याशिषो भवन्ति । यावद् आशाया गतं तत्रास्य यथाकामचारो भवति य आशां ब्रह्मेत्य् उपास्ते । अस्ति भगव आशाया भूय इति । आशाया भूयो ऽस्तीति । तन् मे भगवान् ब्रवीत्व् इति
sa ya āśāṃ brahmety upāste | āśayāsya sarve kāmāḥ samṛdhyanti | amoghā hāsyāśiṣo bhavanti | yāvad āśāyā gataṃ tatrāsya yathākāmacāro bhavati ya āśāṃ brahmety upāste | asti bhagava āśāyā bhūya iti | āśāyā bhūyo 'stīti | tan me bhagavān bravītv iti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'He who meditates on hope as Brahman, all his desires are fulfilled by hope, his prayers are not in vain; he is, as it were, lord and master as far as hope reaches—he who meditates on hope as Brahman.' 'Sir, is there something better than hope?' 'Yes, there is something better than hope.' 'Sir, tell it me.'
Translated by F. Max Müller