यथेयम् पृथिवी मही दाधारेमान् वनस्पतीन् । एवा दाधार ते मनो जीवातवे न मृत्यवे ऽथो अरिष्टतातये ॥
yatheyam pṛthivī mahī dādhāremān vanaspatīn | evā dādhāra te mano jīvātave na mṛtyave 'tho ariṣṭatātaye ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Even as this earth, the mighty earth, holds fast the monarchs of the wood. So have I held thy spirit fast, held it for life and not for death, held it for thy security.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)