पञ्च पदानि रुपो अन्व् अरोहं चतुष्पदीम् अन्व् एमि व्रतेन । अक्षरेण प्रति मिम एताम् ऋतस्य नाभाव् अधि सम् पुनामि ॥
pañca padāni rupo anv arohaṃ catuṣpadīm anv emi vratena | akṣareṇa prati mima etām ṛtasya nābhāv adhi sam punāmi ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Five paces have I risen from Earth. I follow her who hath four feet with devout observance. This by the Sacred Syllable have I measured: I purify in the central place of Order,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)