VS 12.91
अवपतन्तीर् अवदन् दिव ऽ ओषधयस् परि । यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः ॥
avapatantīr avadan diva ' oṣadhayas pari | yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari 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)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.97.17; the wording of this text may differ in places.