नरोत्तम O Chief of men, सर्वे all of us, स्नाताश्च have taken bath, कृतजप्याश्च have performed Japa (muttering god's sacred name severally), हुतहव्या: offered oblations in fire, शुचय: pure, पुण्यम् pious, आश्रमम् hermitage, अभिगच्छामहे we will enter.

O best of men, after morning ablutions offering oblations to the sacred fire, all of us sanctified will enter this pious hermitage".