अहं प्रजाः सिसृक्षुस् तु तपस् तप्त्वा) सुदुश्चरम् । पतीन् प्रजानाम् असृजं) महर्षीन् आदितो दश ।
ahaṃ prajāḥ sisṛkṣus tu tapas taptvā) su.duścaram | patīn prajānām asṛjaṃ) maharṣīn ādito daśa |
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Then I, desiring to produce created beings, performed very difficult austerities, and (thereby) called into existence ten great sages, lords of created beings,
Translated by Georg Bühler