हँसः शुचिषद्वसुरान्तरिक्षसद्- होता वेदिषदतिथिर्दुरोणसत् । नृषद्वरसदृतसद्व्योमसद् अब्जा गोजा ऋतजा अद्रिजा ऋतं बृहत् ॥ २॥

ha~saḥ śuciṣadvasurāntarikṣasad- hotā vediṣadatithirduroṇasat । nṛṣadvarasadṛtasadvyomasad abjā gojā ṛtajā adrijā ṛtaṃ bṛhat ॥ 2॥

haṁsaḥ = a swan, the Supreme Mover (ham = to go); śuci + sad = a dweller in the pure place ie sky; vasuḥ = all pervader; antarikṣa-sad = a dweller in the intermediate region of the sky; hotā = the sacrificial fire or the priest; vediṣat = the dweller upon the sacrificial altar; atithiḥ = the guest; duroṇasat = that is within the drona vessel; nṛṣat =a dweller among humans; varasat = a dweller among among the gods; ṛtasat = a dweller in Truth or Cosmic Order; vyomasat = a dweller in space; abjā = born in the waters; gojā = born in the earth; ṛtajā = born of sacrifice; adrijā = born in the mountains (rivers etc); ṛtam = immutable in nature; bṛhat = the great.