आ वो मक्षू तनाय कं रुद्रा अवो वृणीमहे । गन्ता नूनं नो ऽवसा यथा पुरेत्था कण्वाय बिभ्युषे ॥
ā vo makṣū tanāya kaṃ rudrā avo vṛṇīmahe | gantā nūnaṃ no 'vasā yathā puretthā kaṇvāya bibhyuṣe ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
O Rudras, quickly we desire your succour for this work of ours. Come to us with your aid as in the days of old, so now for frightened Kanva's sake.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)