प्राणो वाव आशाया भूयान् । यथा वा अरा नाभौ समर्पिता एवम् अस्मिन् प्राणे सर्वं समर्पितम् । प्राणः प्राणेन याति । प्राणः प्राणं ददाति । प्राणाय ददाति । प्राणो ह पिता । प्राणो माता । प्राणो भ्राता । प्राणः स्वसा । प्राण आचार्यः । प्राणो ब्राह्मणः
prāṇo vāva āśāyā bhūyān | yathā vā arā nābhau samarpitā evam asmin prāṇe sarvaṃ samarpitam | prāṇaḥ prāṇena yāti | prāṇaḥ prāṇaṃ dadāti | prāṇāya dadāti | prāṇo ha pitā | prāṇo mātā | prāṇo bhrātā | prāṇaḥ svasā | prāṇa ācāryaḥ | prāṇo brāhmaṇaḥ
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
'Spirit (prâna) is better than hope. As the spokes of a wheel hold to the nave, so does all this (beginning with names and ending in hope) hold to spirit. That spirit moves by the spirit, it gives spirit to the spirit. Father means spirit, mother is spirit, brother is spirit, sister is spirit, tutor is spirit, Brâhmana is spirit.
Translated by F. Max Müller