प्रजापतिस्तु तान्सर्वान्प्रत्याह प्रहसन्निव। आभाष्य वाचा यत्नेन रक्षध्वमिति मानवाः॥
prajāpatistu tānsarvānpratyāha prahasanniva| ābhāṣya vācā yatnena rakṣadhvamiti mānavāḥ||
English Meaning
The lord of creatures, laughing, addressed them, saying, “You men, do you carefully guard this (water).”
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)