यद्विश्वमसृजन्त तस्माद्विश्वसृजो विश्व-मेनाननु प्रजायते ब्रह्मणः सायुज्यं सलो-कतां यन्ति तस्मादिदं साङ्गं साम जा-नीयाद्यो जानीते सोऽमृतत्वं च गच्छ-ति ।विष्णुं प्रथमस्यान्त्यं मुखं द्वितीय-स्यान्त्यं भद्रं तृतीयस्यान्त्यं म्यहं चतु-र्थस्यान्त्यं साम जानीयाद्यो जानीते सो-ऽमृतत्वं च गच्छति योऽसौ सोऽवेदय-दिदं किं चात्मनि ब्रह्मण्यानुष्टुभं जानी-याद्यो जानीते सोऽमृतत्वं च गच्छति ।स्त्रीपुंसोर्वा य इहैव स्थातुमपेक्षते ससर्वैश्वर्यं ददाति यत्र कुत्रापि म्रियतेदेहान्ते देवः परं ब्रह्म तारकं व्याचष्टेयेनासावमृती भूत्वा सोऽमृतत्वं च ग-च्छति ।तस्मादिदं साममध्यगं जपतितस्मादिदं सामाङ्गं प्रजापतिस्तस्मादिदंसामाङ्गं प्रजापतिर्य एवं वेदेति महोप-
In plain words
Because they made the whole universe, the makers of the world — everything that exists keeps being born after them, in their wake — and they themselves pass into union with Brahman, into sharing Brahman's own world. That is why you should know this chant, limbs and all: whoever knows it reaches beyond death. Take 'Viṣṇu' as the last piece of the first line, 'mukham' as the last of the second, 'bhadram' the last of the third, and 'myaham' the last of the fourth — build the chant from these, and again: whoever knows it reaches beyond death. And the one who first taught all this — whatever else may be said — teaches you to know the sacred verse hidden inside it as nothing other than your own Self, which is Brahman: know that, and again, you reach beyond death. Whether it is a woman or a man who wishes to stay right here, at the height of things, that wish is granted in full. But wherever death finds you, at the very end the god himself explains the highest Brahman — the syllable that carries you across — and by that teaching you become immortal, and immortality is what you reach. That is why he silently repeats what sits at the very heart of this chant; that is why this piece of the chant is Prajāpati himself — that is why this piece of the chant is Prajāpati himself — for whoever knows it this way... [and here the text breaks off, mid-word, at the edge of what this page preserves].
Close to the Sanskrit
Since they created the universe, therefore the world-creators — the universe is born after them, following in their line — they go to union with Brahman and to sharing Brahman's world. Therefore one should know this Sāman together with its limbs; whoever knows it, he attains immortality. 'Viṣṇu' is the last of the first foot; 'mukham' is the last of the second; 'bhadram' is the last of the third; 'myaham' is the last of the fourth — thus one should know the Sāman; whoever knows it, he attains immortality. That one who taught this — and whatever else there is — one should know the Anuṣṭubh within the self, within Brahman; whoever knows it, he attains immortality. Whichever of woman or man wishes to remain here, in a state of preeminence, to him he grants complete sovereignty; wherever he dies, at the end of the body the deity explains the supreme Brahman, the Tāraka, by which, having become immortal, he attains immortality. Therefore he recites this, which resides in the middle of the Sāman; therefore this is the limb of the Sāman, namely Prajāpati; therefore this is the limb of the Sāman, namely Prajāpati — for one who thus knows this... the great [the record breaks off here, mid-word].