आपो ह यद् बृहतीर् विश्वम् आयन् गर्भं दधाना जनयन्तीर् अग्निम् । ततो देवानाꣳ सम् अवर्ततासुरेकः कस्मै देवाय हविषा विधेम ॥
āpo ha yad bṛhatīr viśvam āyan garbhaṃ dadhānā janayantīr agnim | tato devānām̐ sam avartatāsurekaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
What time the mighty waters came, containing the universal germ, producing Agni, Thence sprang the Gods' one spirit into being. What God shall we adore with our oblation?
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)This is the translator's rendering of the same verse where it occurs at RV 10.121.7; the wording of this text may differ in places.