संवत्सरो वै प्रजापतिः । तस्यायने दक्षिणं चोत्तरं च । तद् ये ह वै तदिष्टापूर्ते कृतिम् इत्य् उपासते ते चान्द्रमसम् एव लोकम् अभिजयन्ते । त एव पुनर् आवर्तन्ते । तस्माद् एत ऋषयः प्रजाकामा दक्षिणं प्रतिपद्यन्ते । एष ह वै रयिर् यः पितृयाणः
saṃvatsaro vai prajāpatiḥ | tasyāyane dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ ca | tad ye ha vai tadiṣṭāpūrte kṛtim ity upāsate te cāndramasam eva lokam abhijayante | ta eva punar āvartante | tasmād eta ṛṣayaḥ prajākāmā dakṣiṇaṃ pratipadyante | eṣa ha vai rayir yaḥ pitṛyāṇaḥ
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The year indeed is Pragâpati, and there are two paths thereof, the Southern and the Northern. Now those who here believe in sacrifices and pious gifts as work done, gain the moon only as their (future) world, and return again. Therefore the Rishis who desire offspring, go to the South, and that path of the Fathers is matter (rayi).
Translated by F. Max Müller