अवपतन्तीर् अवदन् दिव ओषधयस् परि । यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः ॥
avapatantīr avadan diva oṣadhayas pari | yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
What time, descending from the sky, the Plants flew earthward, thus they spake: No evil shall befall the man whom while he liveth we pervade,
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)