antárikṣe pathíbhir ī́yamāno ná ní viśate katamác canā́haḥ |
apā́ṃ sákhā prathamajā́ r̥tā́vā kúva svij jātáḥ kúta ā́ babhūva ||
3 Travelling on the paths of air's mid-region, no single day doth he take rest or slumber. Holy and earliest-born, Friend of the waters, where did he spring and from what region came he?