The Mukhya Upaniṣads

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Passage 1

ता एता देवताः सृष्टा अस्मिन्महत्यर्णवे प्रापतंस्तमशनापिपासाभ्यामन्वववार्जत् ।ता एनमब्रुवन्नायतनं नः प्रजानीहि यस्मिन्प्रतिष्ठिता अन्नमदामेति ॥ १ ॥

In plain words

These deities, once created, fell into this vast ocean. He then joined them to hunger and thirst. They said to him: 'Grant us an abode in which we may be established and eat food.'