upemasṛkṣi vājayurvacasyāṃ cano dadhīta nādyo giro me । apāṃ napādāśuhemā kuvitsa supeśasaskarati joṣiṣaddhi ॥१॥ imaṃ svasmai hṛda ā sutaṣṭaṃ mantraṃ vocema kuvidasya vedat । apāṃ napādasuryasya mahnā viśvānyaryo bhuvanā jajāna ॥२॥ samanyā yantyupa yantyanyāḥ samānamūrvaṃ nadyaḥ pṛṇanti । tamū śuciṃ śucayo dīdivāṃsamapāṃ napātaṃ pari tasthurāpaḥ ॥३॥ tamasmerā yuvatayo yuvānaṃ marmṛjyamānāḥ pari yantyāpaḥ । sa śukrebhiḥ śikvabhī revadasme dīdāyānidhmo ghṛtanirṇigapsu ॥४॥ asmai tisro avyathyāya nārīrdevāya devīrdidhiṣantyannam । kṛtā ivopa hi prasarsre apsu sa pīyūṣaṃ dhayati pūrvasūnām ॥५॥ aśvasyātra janimāsya ca svardruho riṣaḥ sampṛcaḥ pāhi sūrīn । āmāsu pūrṣu paro apramṛṣyaṃ nārātayo vi naśannānṛtāni ॥६॥ sva ā dame sudughā yasya dhenuḥ svadhāṃ pīpāya subhvannamatti । so apāṃ napādūrjayannapsvantarvasudeyāya vidhate vi bhāti ॥७॥ yo apsvā śucinā daivyena ṛtāvājasra urviyā vibhāti । vayā idanyā bhuvanānyasya pra jāyante vīrudhaśca prajābhiḥ ॥८॥ apāṃ napādā hyasthādupasthaṃ jihmānāmūrdhvo vidyutaṃ vasānaḥ । tasya jyeṣṭhaṃ mahimānaṃ vahantīrhiraṇyavarṇāḥ pari yanti yahvīḥ ॥९॥ hiraṇyarūpaḥ sa hiraṇyasaṃdṛgapāṃ napātsedu hiraṇyavarṇaḥ । hiraṇyayātpari yonerniṣadyā hiraṇyadā dadatyannamasmai ॥१०॥ tadasyānīkamuta cāru nāmāpīcyaṃ vardhate napturapām । yamindhate yuvatayaḥ samitthā hiraṇyavarṇaṃ ghṛtamannamasya ॥११॥ asmai bahūnāmavamāya sakhye yajñairvidhema namasā havirbhiḥ । saṃ sānu mārjmi didhiṣāmi bilmairdadhāmyannaiḥ pari vanda ṛgbhiḥ ॥१२॥ sa īṃ vṛṣājanayattāsu garbhaṃ sa īṃ śiśurdhayati taṃ rihanti । so apāṃ napādanabhimlātavarṇo'nyasyeveha tanvā viveṣa ॥१३॥ asminpade parame tasthivāṃsamadhvasmabhirviśvahā dīdivāṃsam । āpo naptre ghṛtamannaṃ vahantīḥ svayamatkaiḥ pari dīyanti yahvīḥ ॥१४॥ ayāṃsamagne sukṣitiṃ janāyāyāṃsamu maghavadbhyaḥ suvṛktim । viśvaṃ tadbhadraṃ yadavanti devā bṛhadvadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ॥१५॥

“Hymn to Apāṃ Napāt, the Floods' Child, asked to accept the songs — 15 verses. (after R.T.H. Griffith)”