ब्रह्मन् O Brahman, त्वं क: who are you? किं वर्तसे how are you subsisting? त्वम् you, एक: alone, विजने in a lonely, घोरे dreadful, वने in the forest, चरसि you are roaming, वयम् we, ज्ञातुम् to know, इच्छामहे desirous, न:शंस tell us.

'O brahman Who are you? How are you subsisting? We wish to know why you are roaming alone in this dreadful forest? Could you tell us.'