तद् धैतद् ब्रह्मा प्रजापतय उवाच प्रजापतिर् मनवे मनुः प्रजाभ्यः । आचार्यकुलाद् वेदम् अधीत्य यथाविधानं गुरोः कर्मातिशेषेणाभिसमावृत्य कुटुम्बे शुचौ देशे स्वाध्यायम् अधीयानो धर्मिकान् विदधद् आत्मनि सर्वेन्द्रियाणि संप्रतिष्ठाप्याहिंसन् सर्वभूतान्य् अन्यत्र तीर्थेभ्यः । स खल्व् एवं वर्तयन् यावद् आयुषं ब्रह्मलोकम् अभिसंपद्यते । न च पुनर् आवर्तते न च पुनर् आवर्तते
tad dhaitad brahmā prajāpataya uvāca prajāpatir manave manuḥ prajābhyaḥ | ācāryakulād vedam adhītya yathāvidhānaṃ guroḥ karmātiśeṣeṇābhisamāvṛtya kuṭumbe śucau deśe svādhyāyam adhīyāno dharmikān vidadhad ātmani sarvendriyāṇi saṃpratiṣṭhāpyāhiṃsan sarvabhūtāny anyatra tīrthebhyaḥ | sa khalv evaṃ vartayan yāvad āyuṣaṃ brahmalokam abhisaṃpadyate | na ca punar āvartate na ca punar āvartate
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Brahmâ (Hiranyagarbha or Paramesvara) told this to Pragâpati (Kasyapa), Pra'gâpati to Manu (his son), Manu to mankind. He who has learnt the Veda from a family of teachers, according to the sacred rule, in the leisure time left from the duties to be performed for the Guru, who, after receiving his discharge, has settled in his own house, keeping up the memory of what he has learnt by repeating it regularly in some sacred spot, who has begotten virtuous sons, and concentrated all his senses on the Self, never giving pain to any creature, except at the tîrthas (sacrifices, &c), he who behaves thus all his life, reaches the world of Brahman, and does not return, yea, he does not return.
Translated by F. Max Müller