अक्षरस्य प्रशासने गार्गि द्यावापृथिव्यौविधृते तिष्ठत एतस्य वा अक्षरस्य प्रशा-सने गार्गि निमेषा मुहूर्ता अहोरात्राण्य-र्धमासा मासा ऋतवः संवत्सरा इतिविधृतास्तिष्ठन्त्येतस्य वा अक्षरस्य प्रशा-सने गार्गि प्राच्योऽन्या नद्यः स्यन्दन्तेश्वेतेभ्यः पर्वतेभ्यः प्रतीच्योऽन्या यां यांच दिशमन्वेतस्य वा अक्षरस्य प्रशासनेगार्गि ददतो मनुष्याः प्रशँसन्ति यज-मानं देवा दर्वी पितरोऽन्वायत्ताः ॥ ९ ॥
In plain words
By the authority of this Imperishable, Gārgī, heaven and earth are held apart and kept in place. By that same authority, every measure of time — the blink of an eye, the hour, day and night, the half-month, the month, the season, the year — keeps to its course. By that authority, rivers run east from the snow-white mountains, and others run west, each one following its own direction without fail. And by that same authority, people honor whoever gives, the gods depend on the one who performs the sacrifice, and the ancestors depend on the ladle that pours the offering.
Close to the Sanskrit
Under the rule of this Imperishable, Gārgī, heaven and earth stand, held apart. Under the rule of this Imperishable, Gārgī, moments, muhūrtas, day-and-night, half-months, months, seasons, and years stand, held in their courses. Under the rule of this Imperishable, Gārgī, some rivers flow eastward from the white mountains, others flow westward, each following whatever direction. Under the rule of this Imperishable, Gārgī, people praise the one who gives; the gods depend on the sacrificer; the ancestors depend on the offering-ladle.