Maṇḍala 3

3.1.1 O Agni, Soma's mighty one, you bear me — you have been made the conveyor at the sacrifice for worship. Shining toward the gods you harness the pressing-stone; for peace, O Agni, be pleased with your own body.

3.1.2 We have directed the sacrifice eastward; let our song increase while we honour Agni with fuel and reverence. The wise ones who have ruled the assemblies of heaven have sought a path even to the mighty one for the Gṛtsamadas.

3.1.3 The wise one of pure skill, kinsman of heaven by birth and of earth, has established the seat of joy. The gods found Agni, the visible one, dwelling within the waters, amid the work of the sister-streams.

3.1.4 The seven great rivers nurtured the blessed one, born white and ruddy in his greatness. The divine mares ran around Agni at his birth, as though around a new-born child, glorying in his beauty.

3.1.5 Spreading his domain with bright limbs, purifying wisdom with the strainers of the seers, clothing himself in flame, measuring out the life-span of the waters — he fashions their great splendours, full and unfailing.

3.1.6 The mighty ones of heaven, inviolate and fireless, have wandered about not crying out, coming to rest. Here the seven voices, ever young and of one womb, have held together the single embryo.

3.1.7 His forms, all gathered together and all-shaped, are spread in the womb of ghee at the flowing of the sweet liquors. There the swelling cows have stood; the two great mothers of the wondrous one have met together.

3.1.8 Shining brown, the son of strength has blazed forth, bearing bright and vigorous forms. The streams of honey and of ghee drip down where the bull has grown through his poetic power.

3.1.9 By his birth he found even the udder of the father; he poured forth his streams and loosed the milk-cows. Moving in secret with his benevolent companions, through the great powers of heaven, he was no longer hidden in the cave.

3.1.10 He bore the embryo of both father and mother; alone he sucked the many swelling ones. The two co-wives of the gleaming bull, kindred to each other, both human — protect them for him.

3.1.11 In wide space the great one, unimpeded, has grown, for many glorious waters have come together in Agni. The householder has lain in the womb of Ṛta; Agni rests in the work of the kindred sister-streams.

3.1.12 Brown like a hawk in the encounter of the great ones, brilliant Agni, wishing to be seen, comes to his son. He who begot the ruddy cows — the great young Agni, embryo of the waters, most manly — has risen up.

3.1.13 The auspicious one has engendered the visible embryo of the waters and the forests and the herbs, of manifold forms. Even the gods came together in mind to honour the most admirable one, the mighty one just born.

3.1.14 Great are the bright rays that follow brilliant Agni like lightnings; grown large as if in a cave, within his own seat, in the wide, unbounded expanse they milk for him the immortal draught.

3.1.15 The sacrificer praises you with oblations and eagerly praises your friendship and your favour. Grant protection to the singer together with the gods, and guard us with your domestic forces.

3.1.16 O Agni of excellent guidance, may those who dwell near you, holding all wealth, impelling with good seed and fame, may we prevail over the godless ones who make war.

3.1.17 O Agni, knowing all poetic wisdom, you have become the brilliant beacon of the gods. As the householder you have set men to face the task; you go as the charioteer after the gods, accomplishing your aim.

3.1.18 The immortal has sat down as king in the dwelling of mortals, accomplishing the affairs of the assembly. With face glistening with ghee, Agni has shone out broadly, knowing all things worthy of the sage.

3.1.19 Come to us, great one, swift-moving with your benevolent friendships, with your great aids. Grant us abundant and ample wealth, a share of fair speech and renown.

3.1.20 These, O Agni, are your ancient births; I have proclaimed new ones for the primordial. Great pressings have been set in motion for the bull; birth after birth the Knower-of-all-births has been established.

3.1.21 Birth after birth the Knower-of-all-births is established; he is kindled unceasing by the Viśvāmitras. May we be in the auspicious favour and fair benevolence of that god worthy of worship.

3.1.22 O mighty one, place this our sacrifice among the gods, O Agni of good resolve, bestowing gifts. Do you send forth our great nourishments, O Hotṛ; O Agni, win great wealth for us by sacrifice.

3.1.23 O Agni, accomplish for the worshipper Iḷā of many wonders, the ever-abiding winning of the cow. May there be for us a son and offspring rich in descendants; O Agni, may that favour of yours be upon us.

3.2.1 For Vaiśvānara who augments the Truth, for Agni, we proclaim wisdom like clarified butter; the axe fashions both the Hotṛ of man and the praising singer, as a chariot is built with insight.

3.2.2 By his birth he illumined both world-halves; he became the praiseworthy son of his two mothers. Agni, the carrier of oblations, unaging, delightful in food, hard to deceive, guest of the peoples, rich in light.

3.2.3 By the will and skill of the prevailing one, in the ordering of things, the gods engendered Agni with their thoughts. I invoke the great, shining one with radiance and light, as one who is about to win a prize like a swift horse.

3.2.4 Wishing to win, we choose the chosen, the excellent prize of the joyful one, the boldly-won, song-worthy; the gift of the Bhṛgus, the zealous one, of poet's wisdom, Agni shining with his heavenly flame.

3.2.5 The peoples here have set Agni in the fore for their well-being, the winner of prizes and fame, they who have strewn the sacred grass; with ladles stretched out they place the brilliantly gleaming, all-divine, Rudra-like Agni, the fulfiller of sacrificial purpose and of works.

3.2.6 O Hotṛ of pure flame, the men who have strewn the sacred grass at sacrifices move around your dwelling. O Agni, those who seek your service attend to that which they may obtain; bestow wealth upon them.

3.2.7 When the working waters supported him at his birth, he filled both world-halves and the great sun. That seer, delightful in food, is led about for the sacrifice like a swift horse intent on winning the prize.

3.2.8 Honour the giver of oblations and performer of sacrifice; serve the Knower-of-all-births who dwells in the house. The charioteer of great Ṛta, all-pervading, Agni has become the Purohita of the gods.

3.2.9 The zealous, immortal ones have purified the three fuel-loads of the wide-ranging great Agni. Of these three, they gave one for the enjoyment of mortals; the other two have gone to their kindred abode.

3.2.10 The human refreshments made the seer and lord of the clans into a hatchet-like sharpness for their aim. He goes flickering up hills and into valleys; he has maintained the embryo in these worlds.

3.2.11 Born knowing, he pleases those in whose bellies he dwells; the bull-like one roars magnificently like a lion. Vaiśvānara of wide radiance, immortal, distributes goods and precious things to the worshipper.

3.2.12 Vaiśvānara has ascended to the vault of heaven, to the back of the sky, rejoicing with holy praises. Wakeful, like the sun of old, generating wealth for the creature, he traverses the same course.

3.2.13 We implore the law-abiding, sacrificeable, inspired, worthy-of-praise one, whom Mātariśvan established with his celestial dwelling — the radiant Agni of golden hair, the well-illumined one, for ever-fresh well-being.

3.2.14 With reverence we implore the pure one, vigorous in his course, beholder of the sun, beacon stationed in the bright space of heaven, waking at dawn — Agni the summit of the sky, whom none may resist, the greatly mighty.

3.2.15 We always implore for wealth the joyful Hotṛ, the pure one of single purpose, the household god, worthy of praise, beholding all peoples — visible as a bright chariot for beauty, installed by Manu.

3.3.1 The inspired ones have placed their precious offerings for Vaiśvānara of wide radiance, for a path among the foundations. For Agni, the immortal, serves the gods, and has not violated the eternal laws.

3.3.2 The wondrous messenger travels between both worlds; the Hotṛ, the Purohita of man, is seated. Rich in wisdom, sent by the gods through heavenly days, Agni adorns the great abode.

3.3.3 The inspired ones magnify with their thoughts Agni, the beacon of sacrifices, the accomplisher of the assembly. In him upon whom the poets have joined their songs of praise, the sacrificer delights in favours.

3.3.4 Agni, the lord, father of sacrifices, the measurescape and the knowledge of those who praise — the seer of many forms has entered both worlds, a favourite of many; he is glorified with his abodes.

3.3.5 The gleaming Agni of gleaming chariot, whose vow is golden, Vaiśvānara who dwells in the waters and finds the light, penetrating swiftly and surrounded with mighty powers, fiery — the gods have placed the beautifully splendid one here.

3.3.6 Agni, along with the gods and all mortal beings, fashions by thought the sacrifice of many ornaments. The swift householder travels within, accomplishing his aims as charioteer, averting all attacks.

3.3.7 O Agni, thrive with excellent offspring through the life-spans; swell with strength; kindle our nourishments. Set the branches in motion, vigilant great one; you are the eager one and clear-minded of the gods and of the seers.

3.3.8 The men always extol with reverence and impulses to increase the lord of the clan, the great one, the guest, the guide of thoughts, the zealous one of the praisers, the insightful Knower-of-all-births of the rites.

3.3.9 The broadly-shining god, joyful, has become Agni of great chariot with his might, going beyond all habitations. May we adorn his vows as those who bring him many riches, with our good prayers in the house.

3.3.10 O Vaiśvānara, I delight in your abodes by which you became the discerning finder of light. Being born, you filled all worlds and both spheres; O Agni, you are all-encompassing of yourself.

3.3.11 The seer alone has emitted a great stream from the wondrous powers of Vaiśvānara through his own artistry. Agni was born magnifying both parents, heaven and earth, rich in seed.

3.4.1 Fuel-stave by fuel-stave, be kindly wakeful for us; flame by flame, bestow favour along with wealth. O god, bring the gods here for the sacrifice; as their friend you shall worship your friends with a good mind, O Agni.

3.4.2 The one whom the gods — Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni — honour three times on each day: make this sweet sacrifice of ours, which Tanūnapāt and Ghee-womb have distributed, a success.

3.4.3 The all-chosen sacred thought goes forth to honour the Hotṛ as the first for worship. To approach the bull with homages and praise him — so summoned and most sacrificing, let him worship the gods.

3.4.4 Your path at the sacrifice has been made upright; the flames have departed upward, reaching the realms. Or the Hotṛ has been set down at the navel of heaven; we shall strew the sacred grass wide enough for the gods.

3.4.5 Choosing the seven priestly functions with the mind, driving all things forward going by the Truth, the many born of man-like appearance among the assemblies have spread out through this sacrifice.

3.4.6 As the two Dawns, glorying and nearby, smile with their diverse forms, may Mitra and Varuṇa, and Indra with his Maruts, or the great ones, be delighted with us.

3.4.7 I have set in place the two divine Hotṛs; the seven refreshments exult with their own power. Proclaiming the Truth, they speak only the Truth, meditating on the ordinance as its guardians.

3.4.8 Let Bhāratī with the Bhāratīs, Iḷā in accord with gods and men, Agni, and Sarasvatī together with the Sarasvatīs — let these three goddesses sit on this sacred grass.

3.4.9 O divine Tvaṣṭar, bestow upon us that nourishing, life-sustaining vigour, freely giving; from which a hero is born, active in work, of good skill, who works the pressing-stones and desires the gods.

3.4.10 O Lord of the forest, release the gods; Agni the sacrificer sets the oblation flowing. He alone as Hotṛ, truer than others, worships as one who knows the origins of the gods.

3.4.11 Come hither, O Agni, kindled, in the same chariot as swift Indra and the gods. Let Aditi of good sons sit on the sacred grass; let the immortal gods be gladdened with Svāhā.

3.5.1 Agni, alert as the Dawns, the inspired seer, woke and became aware of the paths of the seers. Kindled with wide brilliance by the god-fearing, the conveyor has opened the doors of darkness.

3.5.2 Agni has indeed grown through the praises of the singers, with their songs and lauds worthy of homage. Delighting in many visions of the Truth, the messenger has shone forth together with the breaking of the Dawns.

3.5.3 Agni has been placed in human clans — the embryo of the waters, like Mitra, accomplishing by the Truth. The desirable and worshipful one has stood upon the ridge; the inspired one has become worthy of offerings of the prayers.

3.5.4 Agni becomes Mitra when kindled; the Hotṛ, the Knower-of-all-births, is Varuṇa. The vigorous householder as Adhvaryu is Mitra; he is Mitra of the rivers and of the mountains.

3.5.5 He guards the dear foremost step of the thievish bird; the great one guards the course of the sun. Agni, sublime, guards at the navel the seven-headed one; he guards the highest seat of the gods.

3.5.6 The skillful Ṛbhu has made the praiseworthy and lovely name; the god knows all the guidance-signs. He has lain on the skin of the grain, the ghee-rich step of the bird — that Agni guards without wavering.

3.5.7 Agni, desirous, has taken his place in the ghee-rich womb, widely extending and longed-for. Blazing, pure, sublime, and purifying, he renews the two mothers again and again.

3.5.8 Newly born, he has swelled with the plants when the wombs nourish with ghee. Like waters shining down a slope, Agni blazes in the lap of the parents, keeping them safe.

3.5.9 Praised, the great one has blazed upward, kindled with fuel, at the summit of heaven and the navel of the earth. Agni is Mitra, worthy of praise; as Mātariśvan the messenger he shall bring the gods for worship.

3.5.10 Sublime Agni, being the highest among the shining ones, has propped up the vault of heaven with his fuel. When Mātariśvan kindled from the Bhṛgus the hidden carrier of oblations.

3.5.11 O Agni, accomplish for the worshipper Iḷā of many wonders, the ever-abiding winning of the cow. May there be for us a son and offspring rich in descendants; O Agni, may that favour of yours be upon us.

3.6.1 The Kārus, being celebrated with thoughts, lead forward toward the divine as god-seekers. The prize-bearing, hymn-strong one goes eastward carrying oblation; the ghee-pouring one goes south to Agni.

3.6.2 Being born, you filled both worlds, and then left them to be enjoyed; now, O adorable one, let your seven-tongued conveyors be celebrated with your greatness of heaven and earth.

3.6.3 Heaven and earth, worthy of worship, set you down as Hotṛ for the house. When human tribes, desiring the gods, rich in offerings, invoke the bright flame.

3.6.4 The great one, fixed, has sat down firmly in his common seat, between great heaven and earth, being praised. In the lap sit the two co-wives, unaging and immortal, milk-cows of the far-ranging one who milk together.

3.6.5 Your vows, O Agni, are great and mighty; by your will you have stretched out both world-halves. You became the messenger at birth; you are the leader, O bull, of human beings.

3.6.6 Harness Ṛta's two long-maned, yoke-fitting, ghee-dripping red steeds to the chariot-pole. Then bring all the gods, O divine Jātavedas, make the sacrifice well-performed.

3.6.7 From heaven itself your flames shine out; you illumine many dawns as they blaze forth. When you, O Agni, glow with longing in the forests, the gods marvel at the joyful Hotṛ.

3.6.8 Whether gods exult in the wide atmosphere, or are in the bright space of heaven, or those of easy invocation, worthy of worship who are helpers — all like chariot horses have come to you, O Agni.

3.6.9 Come hither, O Agni, in the same chariot with these, or in separate chariots — for the horses are many. Bring the thirty-three gods with their wives in proper order; be gladdened.

3.6.10 He is the Hotṛ for whom even the two broad worlds speak praise for the increase of every sacrifice. Both stand firm, fair and eastward like a rite — the two truth-containing ones in the truth of the one born of Truth.

3.6.11 O Agni, accomplish for the worshipper Iḷā of many wonders, the ever-abiding winning of the cow. May there be for us a son and offspring rich in descendants; O Agni, may that favour of yours be upon us.

3.7.1 The seven voices have climbed up and entered the two mothers of the white-backed one's stream. The two all-encircling parents travel together and pour forth long life for worship.

3.7.2 The divine milk-cows, the horses of the bull, sky-nourishing, bearing sweetness, have stood at their station. Around you, at rest in the seat of Ṛta, one cow walks the path.

3.7.3 They climbed up, becoming easily yoked; the knowing master, finder of riches. The blue-backed one kindled the stream of the desert plant; the many-formed one has made them blaze.

3.7.4 The vigorous ones carry the great work of Tvaṣṭar, imperishable and holding firm. Flashing through his limbs in the common seat, he has entered the two worlds as if they were one.

3.7.5 They know the delight of the ruddy bull; they rejoice at the command of the tawny one. Shining with the lights of heaven, brilliantly shining — their glorious, great song is Iḷā.

3.7.6 From the two great parents, following the call, they have led the strength. The bull has laid its sheath on the night; it has swelled following the praiser's own abode.

3.7.7 Seven inspired ones with five Adhvaryus guard the beloved hidden step of the bird. The ageless bulls exult going forward; the gods have followed the divine ordinances.

3.7.8 I have set in place the two divine Hotṛs foremost; the seven refreshments exult with their own power. Proclaiming the Truth, they speak only the Truth, meditating on the ordinance as its guardians.

3.7.9 Many rays well-steered for the great swift steed, for the brilliant bull, are being bullish. O divine Hotṛ, more gladdening and discerning, bring the great gods and both worlds here.

3.7.10 Wealthy, of fair speech, with good beacons, the offering-rich ones have shone brilliantly at the Dawns. But even the sin that has been done, O Agni, do thou remit by the greatness of the earth.

3.7.11 O Agni, accomplish for the worshipper Iḷā of many wonders, the ever-abiding winning of the cow. May there be for us a son and offspring rich in descendants; O Agni, may that favour of yours be upon us.

3.8.1 God-fearing men anoint you at the sacrifice with divine sweetness, O Lord of the forest — whether you stand erect, placing wealth here, or whether your resting-place is in this your mother's lap.

3.8.2 Leaning in front of the kindled one, winning unaging and excellent manly strength with sacred speech — pushing poverty far from us, rise up for great good fortune.

3.8.3 Rise up, O Lord of the forest, upon the height of earth. Being well-trimmed, bestow vigour on the one who carries the sacrifice.

3.8.4 The youth, well-clad and adorned, has come; he becomes more excellent as he is born. The steadfast seers who are of good insight, who desire the gods with their mind, lead him up.

3.8.5 Born, he is being born in the goodly daylight of the days, growing in the contest in the assembly. The steadfast ones purify their works with wisdom; the inspired one, devoted to the gods, raises the voice.

3.8.6 The posts which the god-fearing men have fixed, O Lord of the forest, or which the axe has hewn — may the gods, self-luminous, established in them, bestow upon us a treasure rich in offspring.

3.8.7 Those cut down and set in the earth with ladles extended — may they, the accomplishers of the sacred ground, obtain for us among the gods the desired prize.

3.8.8 The Ādityas, Rudras, Vasus, of fair guidance, heaven and earth, the atmosphere — may the gods of one accord protect the sacrifice; may they raise high the beacon of the rite.

3.8.9 Like geese moving in a line, white-clad and self-luminous, they have come to us. Led up forward by the seers, the gods are going to the realm of the gods.

3.8.10 The self-luminous ones with their capitals, like horns among the horned, are seen on the earth. Listening to the call of the praisers, may they aid us in the winning of battles.

3.8.11 O Lord of the forest, grow with a hundred branches; may we grow with a thousand branches. May this whetted axe that has shaped you bring great good fortune.

3.9.1 We, mortals as friends, have chosen you, the divine, for our aid — Grandson of the Waters, the blessed, the clearly-blazing, the easily-victorious, the faultless.

3.9.2 Longing for the forests, you went and entered the mother waters; O Agni, your return cannot be forgotten — that, being far away, you were present here.

3.9.3 You have borne even what is sharp and bitter, and still you are well-disposed. Some go forward and forward; others sit around — those on whose friendship you depend.

3.9.4 He who had gone past many failures, past those who persistently hated him — the wise and guileless ones found him, established in the waters like a lion.

3.9.5 Mātariśvan led this Agni, who was thus hidden as though fleeing on his own, from afar — churned for the gods from the distance.

3.9.6 Mortals have seized you, O carrier of oblations, for the gods — O youngest, by your will you oversee all human sacrifices.

3.9.7 That your wondrous power is pleasing even to the simple one — when, O Agni, the animals sit around you, kindled on the dark night.

3.9.8 Pour the oblation to the self-performing sacrificer, the fierce one of pure flame. Attend with offerings to the swift messenger, the quick, ancient, praiseworthy, helpful deity.

3.9.9 Three hundred, three thousand, and thirty-nine gods have served Agni. They sprinkled him with ghees and strewed the sacred grass for him; then at last they seated him as Hotṛ.

3.10.1 You, O Agni, the thoughtful mortals kindle at the sacrifice — the universal king of peoples, the divine one.

3.10.2 You, O Agni, they invoke at sacrifices as Hotṛ and seasonal priest. O guardian of the Truth, blaze in your own house.

3.10.3 He who pays homage to you, O Knower-of-all-births, with fuel — that man, O Agni, obtains excellent manly strength; he flourishes.

3.10.4 That Agni, the beacon of the rites, shall come with the gods, anointed with seven Hotṛs, to him who holds the oblation.

3.10.5 Carry forth to the Hotṛ's office the mighty ancient speech for Agni, who bears the lights of the seers and the seer-gift.

3.10.6 May our songs increase Agni, from whom the lauded one is born — the visible one, for great vigour and wealth.

3.10.7 O Agni, most skilled at the rite, worship the gods for the god-fearing man. The joyful Hotṛ, you shine beyond the failures.

3.10.8 O purifier, blaze out for us luminously; for us be there excellent heroic strength. Be the nearest to the praisers for their well-being.

3.10.9 The inspired, greatly-praising ones, vigilant, kindle you — the immortal carrier of oblations who grows with might.

3.11.1 Agni is the Hotṛ and Purohita of the rite, the all-seeing one. He knows the sacrifice in proper order.

3.11.2 He is the immortal carrier of oblations, the eager messenger delightful in food — Agni is set in motion by wisdom.

3.11.3 Agni is aware through wisdom; he is the first and foremost beacon of the sacrifice. For his boat crosses to the goal.

3.11.4 The gods have made Agni, the son of strength, the Knower-of-all-births praised of old, their conveyor.

3.11.5 Agni is the inviolable forerunner of human clans — the chariot always swift and ever new.

3.11.6 Agni, unimpeded, who has overcome all challengers, the will of the gods — Agni of the most widespread fame.

3.11.7 The mortal who has sacrificed wins the gifts and the chariot-load — the abode of the one of pure flame.

3.11.8 We, inspired ones, may reach with our prayers all the well-placed gifts of Agni, the Knower-of-all-births.

3.11.9 O Agni, we shall win all desirable things in the contest; the gods have roused themselves in you.

3.12.1 O Indra and Agni, come with songs to the pressed soma, to the excellent one of the clouds. You who are sent by prayer — drink of this.

3.12.2 O Indra and Agni, the conscious sacrifice goes forward together with the singer. Drink of this pressed soma.

3.12.3 With the swiftness of the sacrifice I choose Indra and Agni as shelter of the seer. Let the two of them here be satisfied with the soma.

3.12.4 I invoke the two most effective, the slayers of Vṛtra, the two who always conquer and are never defeated — Indra and Agni, the most winning of prizes.

3.12.5 The singers who know the hymns, who praise with lauds, praise the two of you. I choose refreshment from Indra and Agni.

3.12.6 Indra and Agni shook down ninety strongholds ruled by Dāsas — together with a single deed.

3.12.7 The prayers go forward and around the works of Indra and Agni, following the paths of the Truth.

3.12.8 O Indra and Agni, your mighty common seats and gifts — what prize of the water-filling is placed within you both.

3.12.9 O Indra and Agni, you adorn the shining spaces of heaven in the prizes. That heroic power of yours is clearly visible.

3.13.1 Sing forth the highest praise to the divine Agni; may the most skilled sacrificer come to us with the gods and sit on the sacred grass.

3.13.2 The law-abiding one whose both worlds and aids accompany his skill — those who have offerings invoke him; those seeking to win invoke him for protection.

3.13.3 He is the guide of these inspired ones and of their sacrifices — for it is truly so. Honour that Agni who is the giver and winner of bounty.

3.13.4 Let Agni grant us the most beneficent shelters for our enjoyment — from which refreshing wealth comes to us from heaven, from the sky, from the waters.

3.13.5 The reciters kindle with his auspicious thoughts the unrivalled blazing Agni, the Hotṛ and lord of the clans.

3.13.6 Moreover, O priest, be beneficent to us in our lauds, O most invoked of gods. O Agni, who grows with the Maruts, most winning of thousands, blaze out auspiciously for us.

3.13.7 Now give us wealth thousandfold, rich in offspring and nourishment. O Agni, luminous excellent heroic strength, the highest and never wasting away.

3.14.1 The joyful Hotṛ has taken his place in the assemblies — the true sacrificer, the most seer-like, the wise one. Agni, son of strength, of lightning chariot, with flame as hair, has spread his might upon the earth.

3.14.2 I offer you this homage-speech; be pleased with it. O truthful, mighty one, it becomes visible to you. Knowing all, bring the knowing ones; sit in the midst of the sacred grass for our aid, O worthy of worship.

3.14.3 May the prize-winning Dawns run toward you, O Agni, along the paths of the wind. When they anoint you, the ancient one, with oblations, they two stand in the dwelling as at the chariot-pole.

3.14.4 Mitra and mighty Varuṇa and all the Maruts seek your favour, O Agni. When, O son of strength, you stand with your flame, extending your reach over settlements and men like the sun.

3.14.5 Today we have given you what you desire, approaching you with upraised hands and reverence. With your most sacrificing mind worship the gods; O inspired Agni, do so with unfaltering thought.

3.14.6 From you, O son of strength, the many divine aids go forth and the prizes. O Agni, give us a thousandfold treasure with truthful, guileless speech.

3.14.7 O divine one of skill and poetic will, what these mortals have done at the sacrifice is for you. Be the protector of all who have a good chariot; O immortal Agni, let all this be sweet to you.

3.15.1 Blazing out with broad radiance, drive away enemies, Rākṣasas, and diseases. May I be in the great shelter of the well-sheltering one, under the guidance of Agni of easy invocation.

3.15.2 Be our protector at the breaking of this dawn, at the rising of the sun. Be pleased with my praise as with an ever-present offspring — O Agni well-born, be pleased with my body.

3.15.3 You, the man-seeing bull, illuminate many dark nights, O ruddy Agni. O wealth, you lead us and carry us beyond affliction; O youngest one, make us desire wealth.

3.15.4 Blaze out, O invincible bull Agni, having conquered all the foremost good fortunes. O Jātavedas, guide and first guardian of the sacrifice, of great and excellent leadership.

3.15.5 O singer, may you have many unbroken shelters. Blazing toward the gods, O wise one, carry our vigour forward like a prize-winning chariot; O Agni, set us in both worlds at ease.

3.15.6 O bull, swell and enliven the prizes; O Agni, may you keep both our worlds yielding richly. O divine one, shining brilliantly with the gods — let not the evil thought of a mortal encompass us.

3.15.7 O Agni, accomplish for the worshipper Iḷā of many wonders, the ever-abiding winning of the cow. May there be for us a son and offspring rich in descendants; O Agni, may that favour of yours be upon us.

3.16.1 This Agni rules over excellent heroic strength and great good fortune. He rules over wealth with good offspring; he rules over the slaying of the obstruction-demon, rich in cows.

3.16.2 O Maruts, accompany this growing one, in whom the riches-swelling powers reside, those who are hard to overcome in battles, who have always seized the enemy.

3.16.3 O bountiful Agni, sharpen us for wealth and excellent heroic strength — O highly luminous one, of the highest, offspring-rich, disease-free, mighty wealth.

3.16.4 He who has accomplished all, who has overcome all worlds, who has accomplished service among the gods — among the gods strive for, strive for excellent heroic strength, strive for the praise of men.

3.16.5 O Agni, do not surrender us to indigence, to lack of heroes, O son of strength; not to the grief-giver, not to reproach — avert the hatreds from us.

3.16.6 O blessed and highly luminous Agni, grant us strength of the prize at the great sacrifice, offspring-rich. Unite us with more abundant, bliss-bringing, and glorious wealth.

3.17.1 Being kindled first according to holy law, he is anointed with streams of oil — the all-desirable one; flame-haired, robed in ghee, the purifier, Agni the good sacrificer, is ready to worship the gods.

3.17.2 As you, O Agni, Jātavedas, wise and knowing, performed the priestly office on earth and in heaven — so with this oblation worship the gods today; extend this sacrifice in the manner of Manu.

3.17.3 Three are your lifetimes, O Jātavedas; three are your birth-forms at the dawns, O Agni. With those, wise one, worship and secure the favor of the gods; then be a source of welfare and healing for the worshipper.

3.17.4 Praising Agni of bright luster and fair aspect, we bow before you, O Jātavedas, worthy of hymns. The gods made you their messenger, the eager one, the carrier of oblations, the navel-center of immortality.

3.17.5 He who was your predecessor as Hotṛ priest, O Agni, more skilled at sacrifice, seated doubly, beneficent by his own nature — following his ordinance, O wise one, perform the sacrifice; then set our ceremony in the sight of the gods.

3.18.1 Be well-disposed toward us, O Agni, as you draw near — good as a friend to a friend, as a father. For the dwelling-places of men abound with malice; burn down those enmities that turn to face us.

3.18.2 Scorch our enemies with your heat, O Agni; scorch the malicious curse of the hostile one; O Vasu, wise and knowing, scorch the foolish ones — may your ageless, untiring flames spread forth against them.

3.18.3 O Agni, desiring it with fuel and with ghee, I offer the oblation for swiftness and for strength. As far as my power reaches, honoring with prayer, I dedicate this divine vision to win the hundredfold reward.

3.18.4 Rise up with your flame, O son of strength, praised one; bestow great vitality upon those who toil. O Agni, may there be rich welfare among the Viśvāmitras; having polished your body many times over, we invoke your benevolence.

3.18.5 Bestow a jewel, O excellent winner of wealth — for you become that, O Agni, when you are kindled. In the house of the fortunate praiser you assume your splendid, clinging, crackling forms of beauty.

3.19.1 I choose Agni as Hotṛ at the sacrifice — keen, wise, all-knowing, faultless. May he, most skilled at worship, sacrifice for us and win the wealth and favor of the divine host, winning bounteous gifts.

3.19.2 I send forth to you, O Agni, a prayer rich in oblations, of splendid glory, giving gifts, gleaming with ghee. Moving rightward, he who embraces the divine host joins the sacrifice with its offerings of good things.

3.19.3 Protected by you, O Agni, may we with a keener mind both learn and teach from him who teaches good lordship. In the abundance of the most heroic riches, may we be your praisers and masters of wealth.

3.19.4 For many forces have been placed in you, O Agni; the peoples, sacrificing to the god, call on you. O youngest one, bring hither the divine troop — the heavenly host — which you worship today.

3.19.5 When the gods anointed you as Hotṛ at the sacrifice, seating you for the act of worship — be you then, O Agni, our ever-present guardian here; bestow renown upon our persons.

3.20.1 The carrier of offerings invokes with hymns at the dawning, Agni, Uṣas, the two Aśvins, and Dadhikrā. May the gods of beautiful light hear us, delighting together, desiring the sacrifice.

3.20.2 O Agni, you have three powerful steeds, three dwelling-places; three are your tongues, ancient, born of truth. Three also are your bodies beloved of the gods — with these, guard our songs, never faltering.

3.20.3 O Agni, Jātavedas, O god of your own nature, many are your names in the realm of immortality. And the ancient magical powers of all magicians that pervade all, O ridgepole-binder, have been deposited in you.

3.20.4 Agni is the leader of settlements as Bhaga is, the divine god who guards the seasons, who holds to truth. He, the Vṛtra-slayer, ancient, all-knowing, shall carry the singer across all difficulties.

3.20.5 Dadhikrā, Agni, and the divine Uṣas, Bṛhaspati and the god Savitṛ, the two Aśvins, Mitra-Varuṇa, Bhaga, the Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas — these I invoke here.

3.21.1 Place this our sacrifice among the immortals; O Jātavedas, accept these oblations. O Agni, eat first, O Hotṛ, seating yourself, the drops of marrow and of ghee.

3.21.2 O Pāvaka, drops full of ghee, drops of fat, trickle down for you. Following your own law, for the pleasure of the gods, bestow upon us the choicest boon.

3.21.3 For you, O Agni, O inspired one, the ghee-dripping drops are truly meant. You are kindled as the foremost seer; be the promoter of the sacrifice.

3.21.4 For you, O inexhaustible, O powerful one, the drops of fat and ghee drip down, O Agni. You whom the seers have praised, come with your great radiance; O wise one, accept these oblations.

3.21.5 The strongest fat, lifted out from the middle, we offer forward to you. O Vasu, the drops trickle upon your skin; receive them in a godly manner, distributing them as a god.

3.22.1 This is that Agni in whom Indra, bellowing, placed the pressed Soma in his belly. Winning a thousandfold prize like a racing steed, you are praised, O Jātavedas, while ever victorious.

3.22.2 O Agni, O adorable one, whatever brilliance you have in heaven, on earth, in the plants and in the waters, by which you have stretched out broadly through the mid-air — that fierce, far-seeing, flood-like radiance is yours.

3.22.3 O Agni, you strive toward the flood of heaven; you call upon the gods who are the bright ones. The waters that stand beyond the luminous realm of the sun, and those that stand below — those you address.

3.22.4 The Agnis who dwell in strongholds, united in delight, flowing together in streams — may these guileless ones, free from malady, accept the sacrifice, the great refreshments.

3.22.5 O Agni, grant Iḷā of many feats and the ever-lasting winning of the cow to him who calls upon you. May there be for us a son, a male offspring; O Agni, may that good thought of yours be with us.

3.23.1 Churned out, well-set in the ritual place, young, a seer, the guide of the ceremony — ageless Agni glowing among the kindling sticks; here Jātavedas has been established, immortal.

3.23.2 The two Bharatas, Devaśravā and Devavāta, churned forth Agni, rich, of excellent skill. O Agni, look out with your great light upon the riches; be our leader day after day.

3.23.3 Ten fingers generated him, the primordial one, well-born, dear to his mothers. Praise Agni, the Devavāta, O Devaśravas — he who shall be the lord of peoples.

3.23.4 I have set you down in the choicest place on earth, on the seat of Iḷā, in the bright time of days. On the Dṛṣadvatī, the Āpayā, and the Sarasvatī, O Agni, shine forth in your riches.

3.23.5 O Agni, grant Iḷā of many feats and the ever-lasting winning of cattle to him who calls upon you. May there be for us a son, a male offspring; O Agni, may that good thought of yours be with us.

3.24.1 O Agni, overcome the hostile armies that press in upon us; drive them away. Crossing over those hard to cross, removing our enemies, place vigor in the bearer of the sacrifice.

3.24.2 O Agni, you are kindled together with Iḷā, you who invite the gods to the feast, immortal one. Accept indeed our ceremony.

3.24.3 O Agni, ever wakeful with your glory, O son of strength, invoked with oblations — this is my seat of sacred grass.

3.24.4 O Agni, with all the Agnis and the gods magnify our songs, those which are the devoted ones at the sacrifices.

3.24.5 O Agni, give to the devout worshipper wealth full of heroes and abounding in abundance; whet us to be rich in sons.

3.25.1 O Agni, you are the son of heaven, the far-seeing; and also, continuously, of earth, the all-knowing. O wise one, worship the gods here separately.

3.25.2 Agni, the knowing one, wins heroic powers; knowing, he wins strength, adorning himself for immortality. He, the abundant one, shall bring the gods here to us.

3.25.3 Agni shines in heaven and earth, for all peoples, divine, immortal, faultless. Abiding in prizes, of manifold splendor, with adorations.

3.25.4 O Agni and Indra, come here to the sacrifice in the house of the worshipper who has pressed the Soma, to the one who gives. O gods, come together without hindrance to drink the Soma.

3.25.5 O Agni, you are kindled together with the waters in the house, eternal, O son of strength, O Jātavedas. Magnifying the ritual stations with your protection.

3.26.1 Meditating upon Vaiśvānara Agni, the ever-present, the finder of heaven — we who hold oblations, desiring wealth, we the Kuśikas invoke with our hymns the good-giving, joyful god, the charioteer.

3.26.2 For protection we invoke that bright Agni, the Vaiśvānara, Mātariśvan, worthy of hymns — Bṛhaspati, the inspired listener, for the divine troop of man; the guest who is quickly pleased.

3.26.3 Neighing like a horse, Vaiśvānara is kindled by the Kuśikas age after age. May that Agni, ever wakeful among the immortals, bestow on us heroic might, good horses, and a jewel.

3.26.4 Let the vigorous Agnis go forward with their might; the speckled mares have been yoked to the splendid array. The great-watered, all-knowing Maruts, irresistible, shake the mountains as they drive forward.

3.26.5 We seek the protection of the Maruts who bear Agni's glory, who rule over all peoples, fierce and terrible. They who roar, the sons of Rudra, robed in rain, like lions with neighing resolve, good givers.

3.26.6 Band after band, troop after troop, with our praises we seek Agni's fierceness and the Maruts' might. They who have speckled horses, of undiminished generosity, the wise ones who come to the sacrifice at the assemblies.

3.26.7 By birth I am Agni, Jātavedas; ghee is my eye, immortality is in my mouth. The song of praise, the three-composed measurer of the atmosphere — the undying warmth — oblation is my name.

3.26.8 With three purifying filters he has purified the hymn, knowing the light, following his thought in his heart. He has made the highest jewel by his own power; then heaven and earth looked around upon it.

3.26.9 The spring of a hundred streams, inexhaustible, the wise father of utterances, the joyfully intoxicated virile one in the lap of his two parents — O heaven and earth, fill that truth-speaking one.

3.27.1 The vigorous ones, aiming at heaven, with oblations, gleaming with ghee — the well-wisher goes forth to the gods.

3.27.2 I praise Agni the all-seeing with song, the accomplisher of the sacrifice, the one who listens obediently, the one rich in devotion.

3.27.3 O Agni, may we be capable of your control, O divine, vigorous one; may we cross beyond our hatreds.

3.27.4 Agni, the purifier, being kindled at the ceremony, worthy of praise — flame-haired, we seek him.

3.27.5 Of broad brilliance, immortal, robed in ghee, well-offered with oblations — Agni is the carrier of the oblations of the sacrifice.

3.27.6 Those pressed from all sides, who stretch out the ladle, thus in their thought, those who possess the sacrifice — they have invoked Agni for protection.

3.27.7 The divine Hotṛ, immortal, goes ahead with his wisdom, impelling the assemblies.

3.27.8 The vigorous one is set among the prizes, led forward at the ceremonies; the inspired one is the accomplisher of the sacrifice.

3.27.9 The excellent one has acted through inspiration; he has set the embryo of all beings. Continuously the father of Dakṣa.

3.27.10 I set you down, the excellent one, as Iḷā of Dakṣa, made mighty, O Agni, of bright luster, eager.

3.27.11 The inspired ones kindle together with prizes Agni, the controller, the mover in the waters, winning at the harnessing of truth.

3.27.12 I praise at the ceremony Agni, the grandson of strength, shining, near the day, of sage resolve.

3.27.13 Worthy of praise, worthy of reverence, visible through the darknesses — the bull Agni is kindled together.

3.27.14 The bull Agni is kindled, the divine carrier of gods like a horse; those who hold oblations praise him.

3.27.15 O bull, as bulls we kindle you, the virile one, O virile one; O Agni, shine out your great brightness.

3.28.1 O Agni, O Jātavedas, accept our oblation, the sacrificial cake, at the morning pressing; O you rich in devotion.

3.28.2 O Agni, the sacrificial cake cooked and prepared is indeed for you alone. Accept it, O youngest one.

3.28.3 O Agni, eat the sacrificial cake offered, that which passes beyond the day. You are the son of strength, established at the ceremony.

3.28.4 O Jātavedas, O wise one, at the midday pressing, accept here the sacrificial cake. O Agni, the wise ones at the assemblies do not diminish your due portion as the swift one.

3.28.5 O Agni, you desire the sacrificial cake offered at the third pressing, O son of strength. Then, with wonder, establish among the gods a ceremony that is rich in jewels, wakeful among the immortals.

3.28.6 O Agni, O Jātavedas, growing with the oblation — accept the sacrificial cake that passes beyond the day.

3.29.1 Here is the upper fire-drill, the procreative one is fashioned. Bring that lady of the folk — we shall churn Agni as in ancient times.

3.29.2 Jātavedas is hidden in the two fire-sticks, like an embryo well-placed in pregnant women. Agni is to be praised day after day by the watchful, oblation-bearing men.

3.29.3 Bring him down into the outstretched one — the wise knowing one instantly excited, has generated the virile one. The bright-streaked one whose brilliance is reddish — the son of Iḷā was born at the meeting-place.

3.29.4 We place you, O Jātavedas, O Agni, in the seat of Iḷā, at the navel of the earth, for the carrying of oblations.

3.29.5 O men, churn him — the seer, the straightforward, the far-seeing, the immortal, the fair-faced; O men, generate Agni the auspicious, first banner of the sacrifice, in the east.

3.29.6 When they churn with their arms, he shines forth, red as a swift horse in the forests. Brilliant as the track of the two Aśvins, unrestricted in his motion, he twists around the stones, burning the grass.

3.29.7 Born, Agni shines, all-perceiving, vigorous, inspired, praised by the poet, good-giving. Whom the gods, praising him, the all-knowing carrier of oblations, have established at the ceremonies.

3.29.8 Sit down, O Hotṛ, in your own realm, knowing; establish the sacrifice in the womb of the well-performed rite. You, the friend of the gods, worship the gods with oblations, O Agni; place great vitality in the worshipper.

3.29.9 O companions, make the smoke virile; go without stumbling toward the prize. This Agni conquers in battle, of good heroes, by whom the gods overcame the Dasyus.

3.29.10 This is your womb fitting to the season, from which, born, you shone. Knowing it, O Agni, sit down here; then magnify our songs.

3.29.11 He is called Tanūnapāt the embryo, the supernatural — Narāśaṁsa he becomes when he is generated. When Mātariśvan measured him in the mother, the current of wind arose in his going.

3.29.12 Well churned out, churned; well established, set down — the seer. O Agni, perform the good ceremony; worship the gods for the one who desires the gods.

3.29.13 Mortals have generated the immortal, the unhesitating, swift one of firm jaws. The ten sisters, the maidens who move together, embrace the male that is born.

3.29.14 The seven-Hotṛ one shone forth from of old when he shone at the udder in the mother's lap. The joyful, well-pleased one does not close his eyes day after day — he who was born from the belly of the Asura.

3.29.15 Like the outgoings of the Maruts with their weapons for enemies, the firstborn of the prayer know everything. The Kuśikas have sent forth glorious prayer; each in his own house has kindled Agni.

3.29.16 Today, as this sacrifice proceeds, we have chosen you here, O wise Hotṛ, knowing. Going firmly, firmly and most swiftly, knowing, all-wise, come to the Soma.

3.30.1 The Soma-pressing friends desire you; they press the Soma, they set out the offerings. They endure the curse of men — O Indra, whoever has true discernment comes from you alone.

3.30.2 Not even the farthest realms are far for you; come here, O lord of bay horses, with your bay steeds. The pressings are made for the steady bull; the pressing stones are set in motion as Agni blazes.

3.30.3 Indra of the beautiful jaw, the bountiful, the conqueror, of great vows, of manifold activity, impetuous — when you, the fierce one, are hard-pressed among mortals, where then are those heroic powers of yours, O bull?

3.30.4 For you alone, shaking even the unshakeable things, go about slaying the Vṛtras. Heaven, earth, and mountains stand fixed as if nailed down, obedient to your decree.

3.30.5 And in both the fearful realms, O much-invoked, with your glories, you alone, being the Vṛtra-slayer, have spoken firmly. Even these two boundless worlds, O Indra — that which is visible, O bountiful, is the gleam of you.

3.30.6 Go forth, O Indra, downward with your bay horses; let your thunderbolt go forward grinding the enemies. Strike those facing us, those following behind, those fleeing — make everything truly victorious.

3.30.7 The mortal for whom you, the milk-bearing one, set down even what was unshared — he enjoys what is to be enjoyed in the house. Benevolent is your good thought, O Indra, gleaming with ghee, your thousandfold gift, O much-invoked.

3.30.8 O much-invoked one, you crushed together Sahadānu, the dweller who has no hands, O Indra — Kuṇāru. O Indra, you slew with might Vṛtra the grower, the mocker without feet.

3.30.9 O Indra, you have lain down in the abode of the swift, great, boundless earth. The bull has propped up heaven and the atmosphere; may the waters, impelled by you, flow here.

3.30.10 Vala, not a feeder, the cow-pen — before the striker, fearing, he opened it. He made the paths easy, driving out the cows; the voices blowing supported the much-invoked Indra.

3.30.11 The one with two — the pair rich in wealth joining together, O Indra, fills earth and sky. And from the mid-air, the joining is toward us, O hero — the chariot-lord's refreshments, the yoked prizes.

3.30.12 The quarters pointed out — as the sun does not diminish them — day after day, impelled by the bay-horsed one; when he reached the paths, then immediately he unharnesses his horses — that is its loosening.

3.30.13 Desiring to see, at the going of dawn, at the night, the great manifold army of Vivasvat — all know, when he came in his greatness, the many well-performed deeds of Indra.

3.30.14 A great light is placed in her flanks; the cow wanders carrying both raw and cooked. All savory food gathered in the dawn-cow, which Indra deposited in her for enjoyment.

3.30.15 O Indra, be firm — the treasury-keepers of the roads have arisen; instruct the singer and his companions for the sacrifice. The evil-minded ones of bad deeds, the mortals who carry swords, the enemies — may they be struck down.

3.30.16 The roar is heard with those who attack from below, the enemies. Cast down upon these your most burning thunderbolt. Break them off below and crush them; slay the Rakṣas, O bountiful, subdue them.

3.30.17 Root out the Rakṣas together with its roots, O Indra; cut it in the middle, cut the top piece off. You have made the stingy one, the owl-resembler, a target; fling the burning weapon against the prayer-hater.

3.30.18 For well-being, O leader with the vigorous ones, when you have sat down with the many great refreshments — may we be winners of great riches; may there be with us wealth with progeny, O Indra.

3.30.19 Bring us resplendent good fortune, O Indra; we reflect upon your gift abundantly. Our desire has spread out as the large cattle enclosure; fill it up, O lord of goods, among all goods.

3.30.20 Gladden this desire with cows and horses, with bright generosity, and spread it wide. Striving toward heaven, the inspired ones have made their thoughts a chariot for Indra — thus the Kuśikas have cried out.

3.30.21 Break open for us the cow-pens, O lord of cattle; let the prizes and ancient winnings come together to us. You are the heavenly shaker, O bull of true vigor; O bountiful one, be a giver of cows to us.

3.30.22 For good fortune let us call the bountiful Indra, the most heroic in this battle for the prize; the fierce one who hears, for protection in the fights, who slays the Vṛtras, the conqueror of riches.

3.31.1 The carrier of offerings will instruct the daughter's son, going knowing, honoring the shining of truth. Where the father, mingling the emission of the daughter, combined them with a willing mind.

3.31.2 He did not leave the kinswomen an empty inheritance; he made his embryo the receptacle of the progenitor. When the mothers generated the carrier of offerings, one made it, another made the well-made thing to prosper.

3.31.3 Agni was born trembling with his tongue at the great sacrifice of the red one's sons. The great embryo born greatly among them — great is the growth of the bay-horsed one through sacrifices.

3.31.4 The victorious ones came together against the opponent; they brought forth great light from the darkness. The dawns, knowing him, rose toward him; Indra alone became the lord of the cows.

3.31.5 The wise ones, the seven inspired ones, pressed through them even though hard, driving them eastward with their minds. They found all the paths of truth; knowing them indeed, he entered them with homage.

3.31.6 When Saramā found the breach in the rock — who made that ancient great flood to flow properly together? She who went first toward the lowing, knowing, leading the front of the syllables — to the cows.

3.31.7 The most inspired one came, desiring friendship; the rock yielded its embryo to the well-performed rite. The young man winning together with the young ones, exulting — then he became Aṅgiras, praising immediately.

3.31.8 Hundred by hundred he is the foreguard-counterpart, he knows all births, he smites Śuṣṇa. Singing, the path of heaven desiring cows for us, the friend freed the friends from disgrace.

3.31.9 With a mind bent on cows they settled with their songs, making a path toward immortality. This indeed is now their rich abiding-place, by which, with truth, they aimed at the months.

3.31.10 Looking upon each other, they rejoiced, milking their own milk of the primordial seed. Their voice blazed through heaven and earth; at his birth they placed the final goal: heroes among the cows.

3.31.11 He, the Vṛtra-slayer, with those born, truly with oblations, Indra released the dawn-cows with songs. Bringing abundant ghee-rich food to him, the noble cow milked honey and sweet food.

3.31.12 They made a dwelling for the father too, with great flashing; the well-performed ones shone out distinctly. Propping up with a prop the two parents seated, spreading the swift, upward one.

3.31.13 If the great Dhiṣaṇā has stirred the instantly-growing, pervading one of the two worlds — the songs in whom are faultless, fitting together, all the powers unconquered for Indra.

3.31.14 I greatly desire your friendship, your powers; to the Vṛtra-slayer many teams of horses come. Great is the praise-song we have come to of the hero; O bountiful one, be well our guardian.

3.31.15 Knowing the great field of manifold splendor, then he set the movement going for his companions. Indra shining, together with the men, generated simultaneously the sun, the dawn, the path, and fire.

3.31.16 This pervading house-companion also set forth the waters all-together, of universal splendor. Purifying with the seers' filters of honey, the heavenly ones impel the arching ones by day and by night.

3.31.17 Both treasure-keepers follow along the dark one; both are the generosity of the adorable sun. When your friends, O Indra, the straight-flying desirable ones, are to encircle your greatness.

3.31.18 Be lord of true words, O Vṛtra-slayer, all-living, the bull, bestower of vigor in our songs. Come to us with the bonds of friendship, the auspicious ones; great with great protections, as the swift one.

3.31.19 Honoring him with homage like an Aṅgiras, I make him new for the ancient gain. Go away from us the many godless treacheries; and heaven, O bountiful, establish for our winning.

3.31.20 Purifying mists have spread out; bring us across them for well-being. O Indra, you the charioteer, protect us from injury; speedily, ever-speedily make us victorious in cattle.

3.31.21 The Vṛtra-slayer, the lord of cattle, has pointed out the cows; he went among the dark ones with his reddish rays. Directing true words with truth, he opened wide all the doors from his home.

3.31.22 For good fortune let us call the bountiful Indra, the most heroic in this battle for the prize; the fierce one who hears, for protection in the fights, who slays the Vṛtras, the conqueror of riches.

3.32.1 O Indra, O Soma-lord, drink this Soma — the midday pressing, which is dear to you. Puffing out your jaws, O bountiful, O Ṛjīṣin, here unharness your bay horses and rejoice.

3.32.2 O Indra, drink this soma mixed with milk, this bright churned drink — we have yielded it to you for your intoxication. With the prayer-created Marut troop, delighting together with the Rudras, drink your fill three times, O bull.

3.32.3 The Maruts who increased your vigor and your power, O Indra, sang your might. O wielder of the thunderbolt, at the midday pressing, O fair-jawed one, drink together with the Rudras in their troop.

3.32.4 Indeed, those were the sweet, richly inspired troop of Indra, the Maruts who were there. By whom, as Vṛtra was set in motion, we found the vital spot of him who thought he had no vital spot.

3.32.5 O Indra, accepting the pressing as Manu did, drink the Soma for perennial heroic power. O bay-horsed one, turn yourself toward us with sacrifices; you rush the waters like the swift streams.

3.32.6 You, O Indra, when you had slain Vṛtra, released the waters like swift racers to run. With a roaming weapon, the divine ones encompassed the un-divine one who was lying, wrapped up.

3.32.7 We worship with homage Indra the grown, the great, the lofty, the ageless, the ever-young. Of this adorable one whose dear ones have been intoxicated, heaven and earth have not encompassed his greatness.

3.32.8 The many well-performed deeds of Indra — all the gods do not diminish his ordinances. He who has sustained both earth and this heaven, the one of great wonders who begot the sun and the dawn.

3.32.9 O guileless one, true is that greatness of yours — that immediately upon being born you drank the Soma. Heaven did not encompass, O Indra, the strength of your might, nor the days, nor the months, nor the years.

3.32.10 Immediately upon being born, O Indra, you drank the Soma in the highest heaven for your intoxication. When you entered heaven and earth, then you became the primordial nourisher of the singers.

3.32.11 You slew the serpent lying around the flood, the ever-strengthening, most powerful, O much-born. Even heaven then did not match your greatness when you stood upon the earth with your other hip.

3.32.12 For the sacrifice, O Indra, has been your increaser, and dear to you is the sacrifice where Soma is pressed. Being a sacrificial god, he protects sacrifice with sacrifice; the sacrifice supported your thunderbolt for the smiting of the serpent.

3.32.13 With the sacrifice I have drawn Indra near for protection; I would turn him toward us for newer grace. He who has grown with the ancient hymns, who has grown with the middle ones and also with the new ones.

3.32.14 What Dhiṣaṇā has generated has entered in — I would praise Indra before the end of the day. Where he would free us from distress — as both sides call upon the one going like a ship.

3.32.15 His vessel is full; like a vessel for Svāhā it has poured into a container for drinking. And the dear ones have come around together for intoxication — the Soma streams clockwise toward Indra.

3.32.16 No deep river, O much-invoked, no surrounding rocks have encompassed you. Thus, when impelled by friends, O Indra, you broke open even the firm, cattle-holding enclosure.

3.32.17 For good fortune let us call the bountiful Indra, the most heroic in this battle for the prize; the fierce one who hears, for protection in the fights, who slays the Vṛtras, the conqueror of riches.

3.33.1 Rushing forth eager from the lap of the mountains, like two mares let loose racing side by side, like two bright mother-cows licking their calves, Vipāś and Śutudrī speed on with their waters.

3.33.2 Urged by Indra, seeking your forward flow, you move toward the ocean like chariot-wheels on a road. Swelling with waves as you join together, one of you shining ones overtakes the other.

3.33.3 I came to the most motherly Sindhu, to broad and blessed Vipāś. Like two mothers licking a calf, they flow together along the same common channel.

3.33.4 Swelling with these waters, flowing along the god-made channel — the current once released in a torrent cannot be turned back. What does the inspired poet repeatedly call out to the rivers?

3.33.5 Yield to my Soma-blessed speech, O holy rivers, just for a moment! Desiring help, seeking the Sindhu, with great prayer the son of Kuśika called out.

3.33.6 Indra of the thunderbolt arm split open a way for us; he smote Vṛtra, the barrier of the rivers. Savitṛ the god with fair hands led them; in his impulsion we, the broad ones, flow on.

3.33.7 Ever worth proclaiming is that heroic deed of Indra — that he cleft the serpent asunder. He shattered with the bolt the barriers encircling them, and the waters rushed forth seeking their path.

3.33.8 O singer, do not forget this word, when your cries rise up through future ages. Favor us in your hymns, O singer; do not cast us down among men. Homage to you!

3.33.9 Listen, O sister rivers, to the singer who has traveled to you from afar with cart and chariot. Bow down, become easy to cross — with your axles low, O rivers, fordable by their currents.

3.33.10 We hear your words, O singer — you who have come from afar with cart and chariot. I shall bow low to you like a woman swelling with milk, like a maiden ever yielding to the young man.

3.33.11 When the Bharatas, the cattle-seeking host, impelled and goaded by Indra, shall cross you, then let the current flow on, released in a rush — I choose your benevolence, O holy ones.

3.33.12 The Bharatas seeking cattle have crossed; the inspired one has won the benevolence of the rivers. Swell onward, nourishing and generous; fill your channels and flow swiftly!

3.33.13 Let the Śamyā's wave strike up for you, O waters — release the bonds! May the two sin-cleansing, guiltless cows not weary and come to grief!

3.34.1 Indra, the fort-cleaver, overpowered the Dāsa with his rays, winning wealth, distributing it among enemies. Impelled by prayer, waxing mighty in his body, the bountiful one filled both heaven and earth.

3.34.2 I send forth speech proclaiming the onset of you, the vigorous, the spirited, adorning it for immortal glory. O Indra, you are the foremost of human settlements, and you marched ahead even of the divine hosts.

3.34.3 Indra uncovered Vṛtra, irresistible in onslaught; he broke down the magic forms of the wily ones. He smote the broad-shouldered Vyaṁsa eagerly in the forests and made the cows of those who dwell afar manifest.

3.34.4 Indra, winning the sun, engendering the days, conquering battles with inspired men, his onslaught victorious — lighting up for Manu the banner of the dawns, he found light for the great contest.

3.34.5 Indra, pressing powerfully, entered with vigor, bearing many manly things as a man. He illumined these thoughts for the singer and surpassed with this brilliant color those others.

3.34.6 His great and many well-wrought deeds of Indra's are worthy of wonder. He crushed the wicked with the enclosure; with superior might and power he overwhelmed the Dasyus with his magic arts.

3.34.7 In battle, Indra, the lord of the good, the guardian of men, made wide room by his greatness for the gods. The inspired sages and seers proclaim those deeds of his in the seat of Vivasvat with their hymns.

3.34.8 The one who won all-subjugating, excellent, strength-giving gifts — who won the sun and the divine waters — who won this earth and heaven: the wise ones exult after Indra.

3.34.9 He won the swift horses, Indra won the sun, he won the cow that gives rich nourishment, he won golden treasure and enjoyment — having slain the Dasyus, he protected the Āryan color.

3.34.10 Indra won the herbs, he won the days and the lords of the forest, he won the atmosphere. He cleft open the Vala cave, drove away the Vivācs, and became the tamer of those who opposed him.

3.34.11 May we invoke for our well-being the bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle, in the contest for the prize — him who listens, the fierce one for help in combats, who slays the obstructions and wins the wealth.

3.35.1 Stand, O bay steeds, being yoked to the chariot! Come to us like Vāyu with his teams. Drink of the Soma poured forth for us — O Indra, svāhā! We have offered it to you for your exhilaration.

3.35.2 I yoke the swift bay horses, the two bays of the chariot-pole, for the much-invoked one. May they bring Indra hither to this sacrifice, swiftly, as one gathers gathered riches from all sides.

3.35.3 Lead the two powerful males near, O lord of self-power, and look down, O bull! Let the horses eat here, the red ones set free — eat the like-and-equal grain day by day.

3.35.4 With sacred prayer I yoke your two swift bay companions who exult together, yoked by holy prayer. Mounting the firm and comfortable chariot, knowing all, as one who understands, come to the Soma.

3.35.5 May your two bull bays with resplendent backs not be detained by other sacrificers. Come past them all to us who always call — we shall make ourselves fit for you with pressed Soma draughts.

3.35.6 This Soma is yours — come hither! Drink of it ever and again with a glad heart. Sit down upon the sacred grass at this sacrifice and hold this Soma-drop in your belly, O Indra.

3.35.7 The sacred grass is strewn for you, O Indra; the Soma is pressed; the roasted grain is made ready for your bays to eat. To you, who dwell in that home, the mighty bull attended by the Maruts, the oblations are offered.

3.35.8 These men, the mountains, and the waters, O Indra, have mingled it sweet with milk for you. Come to it with a glad heart, O tall one, and drink, knowing your own right paths as one who understands.

3.35.9 Those Maruts whom you, O Indra, shared in Soma, who strengthened you and became your troop — rejoicing along with them, eager and desirous, drink this Soma with the tongue of Agni, O Indra.

3.35.10 O Indra, drink of the pressed Soma even with sovereign joy, or drink with the tongue of Agni, O adorable one. Or take the gift from the adhvaryus' hands, O mighty one, or enjoy the sacrifice and oblation of the hotar.

3.35.11 May we invoke for our well-being the bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle, in the contest for the prize — him who listens, the fierce one for help in combats, who slays the obstructions and wins the wealth.

3.36.1 Place this offering for the winning, O Indra, ever seeking us with your constant aids. He who is celebrated by great deeds has waxed great through magnifications at each pressing.

3.36.2 The Soma presses have been known from of old for Indra — the skilled one who mounts the cloud-peaks in flight. Grasp what is being poured out, O Indra; drink of the bull's Soma, shaken by the bull.

3.36.3 Drink and grow, O Indra — indeed these pressed Somas are yours, both the first ones and these. Just as you drank the primordial Somas, O Indra, so drink now the admirable, the newer one.

3.36.4 Great is the drinking-vessel in the fold, overflowing; fierce power prevails, bold might. Not even the earth could contain him when the Soma draughts exhilarate him of the bay horses.

3.36.5 The great, the fierce one has grown for heroic power; the bull has fully readied himself with poetic wisdom. Indra is fortune; his prize-winning cows are born; his gifts and rewards are many.

3.36.6 When the rivers sped forth in their onward flow, the waters went like chariot-wheels to the ocean — yet from that seat Indra is yet more exalted when the milked Soma-stalk sates him.

3.36.7 The rivers flowing to the ocean, bearing well-pressed Soma for Indra — the hand-wielded pressing-stones milk the Soma-stalk; they purify it with a stream of sweetness through filters.

3.36.8 Like lake-like receptacles holding the Soma, the many pressings filled him full. When Indra first consumed the food — having slain Vṛtra — he chose the Soma.

3.36.9 Bring it here — let no one keep it from you! For we know you as the lord of riches. O Indra, whatever great gift of yours exists, grant that to us, O you of the bay horses.

3.36.10 Grant to us, O bountiful Indra, lord of the Soma-drops, wealth of all excellence in abundance. Grant us a hundred autumns to live, O Indra of the nose-ring — grant us heroes perpetually.

3.36.11 May we invoke for our well-being the bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle, in the contest for the prize — him who listens, the fierce one for help in combats, who slays the obstructions and wins the wealth.

3.37.1 For the slaying of Vṛtra, for might and for the conquest of armies, O Indra, we set you in motion.

3.37.2 Turn your mind and your eye hither to us, O Śatakratu; may the praisers make that for you, O Indra.

3.37.3 We seek your names, O Śatakratu, with all our songs, O Indra, in the conquest of those who hate us.

3.37.4 With a hundred dwelling-places of the much-praised one we magnify him — Indra, who upholds the clans.

3.37.5 I invoke the much-called Indra for the slaying of Vṛtra, for the winning of the prize in battles.

3.37.6 Be ever victorious in battles — we seek you, O Śatakratu, O Indra, for the slaying of Vṛtra.

3.37.7 In glorious battles, in combats, in contests for fame, O Indra, conquer those who oppose us.

3.37.8 Most impetuous and glorious, keep watch over the Soma for our aid, O Indra, O Śatakratu.

3.37.9 The Indra-powers which are yours among the five peoples, O Śatakratu — O Indra, those of yours I here choose.

3.37.10 Gain great fame, O Indra! Establish glory that cannot be overcome. We exalt your power on high.

3.37.11 Come to us from near, and also from afar, O mighty one. Whatever world is yours, O boulder-wielder, Indra, from that place come here to us.

3.38.1 I shall contemplate wisdom as if carving it; like a prize-winning horse well-harnessed and eager, I touch the beloved things and those beyond. Possessing good understanding, I wish to behold the seers.

3.38.2 Now ask of the births of the seers — the mind-firm, well-fashioning ones have carved the sky. These praises of yours, now growing, swift as mind and wind, have gone indeed upon the sacred law.

3.38.3 Laying down their hidden things here, they anointed both worlds together for power. They measured the wide ones with measures and held them firm; within the great pair they set the milch-cow for nourishment.

3.38.4 All beings adorned him as he stood firm; clothed in beauty, self-luminous he moves. Great is that name of the mighty lord; of all forms, he has stood firm in immortal things.

3.38.5 The elder bull brought forth a mightier; his overflows are many and primary. O sons of heaven — at the assemblies with prayers you two kings have established kingship from of old.

3.38.6 Three, O kings, are the many seats of the assembly; you adorn them all. I who came here with mind saw among them the Gandharvas who perform vows, with wind-tossed hair.

3.38.7 They measured out by names the fellowship of this bull's milch-cow. The lords of might, clothed in various forms, have laid down their magical shapes here, one after another.

3.38.8 That golden thought of Savitṛ — no one for me has stretched it out fully as he has. Heaven and earth resound throughout with his excellent praise; like a woman, he has covered the births.

3.38.9 You two accomplish the ancient great one's work, so that the divine boon of well-being may be around us. All the magical ones behold the manifold deeds of the standing cow-tongued one.

3.38.10 May we invoke for our well-being the bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle, in the contest for the prize — him who listens, the fierce one for help in combats, who slays the obstructions and wins the wealth.

3.39.1 Prayer spoken from the heart goes toward Indra, the lord, shaped into praise. That which, ever-wakeful, is being proclaimed in the assembly, O Indra — know it as born of you.

3.39.2 Coming from heaven even as primordial ones, wakeful and being proclaimed in the assembly, clothed in bright and fair garments — this is our ancient paternal wisdom.

3.39.3 Even what the mother of Yama bore here — the foremost fell from the tongue, for it has stood forth. The forms born as twins go together; these burn darkness from the base of the blazing fire.

3.39.4 None of those fathers of ours who were fighters for the cows are to be blamed among mortals. Indra their strengthener, of great power, opened the cow-pens by his wondrous deeds.

3.39.5 Where as a friend, with the Navagva friends, the knowers followed the cows with the warriors — truly then Indra, together with the ten Daśagvas, found the sun dwelling in darkness.

3.39.6 Indra found the honey gathered in the dawn-cow — what had feet, what had hooves, what could bow the neck of the cow. He placed what was hidden, the secret, concealed in the waters, in his right hand, he of the right hand.

3.39.7 He chose the light, distinguishing it from darkness; may we be far from adversity when near. Be pleased with these songs, O drinker of Soma, O one magnified by Soma, O Indra, of the singer's many offerings.

3.39.8 Light shall attend the sacrifice along heaven and earth; may we be far from many misfortunes. For even of a mortal who presses on, the Vasus are easy to cross by their great power.

3.39.9 May we invoke for our well-being the bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle, in the contest for the prize — him who listens, the fierce one for help in combats, who slays the obstructions and wins the wealth.

3.40.1 O Indra, we call upon you, the bull, at the pressed Soma. Drink then of the sweet Soma-plant.

3.40.2 O Indra, be pleased with the pressed Soma that knows the work, O much-praised one. Drink, O bull, your fill.

3.40.3 O Indra, carry our devotional sacrifice forward with all the gods. Do bear it across, O praised lord of the folk.

3.40.4 O Indra, these pressed Soma-drops advance toward you, O lord of the good — the bright shining drops to your abode.

3.40.5 Hold the pressed, excellent Soma in your belly, O Indra. The drops that dwell in the sky are yours.

3.40.6 O you who delight in songs, drink our pressed Soma — you are anointed with streams of sweetness. The glory given by you, O Indra, is indeed ours.

3.40.7 The inexhaustible glories like those of a forest accompany Indra. Having drunk of the Soma, he has grown great.

3.40.8 Come to us from near and from far, O Vṛtra-slayer. Be pleased with these our songs.

3.40.9 When you are called between the far and near, O Indra, from that place come here to us.

3.41.1 Come hither now, O Indra, turned benevolently toward us who call, for the drinking of Soma; come, O boulder-wielder, with your two bays.

3.41.2 Our seasonal hotar has sat down; the sacred grass is strewn in succession; in the morning the pressing-stones have been yoked.

3.41.3 These sacred prayers are being made, O bearer of prayer. Sit down upon the sacred grass. O hero, enjoy the sacrificial cake.

3.41.4 Grant us success at these pressings, at these praises, O Vṛtra-slayer, at these hymns, O Indra who delights in songs.

3.41.5 Prayers lick Indra the wide Soma-drinker, the lord of might, as mothers lick a calf.

3.41.6 Be exhilarated by the Soma-plant for bounty, for the great one himself. Do not put the praiser to shame.

3.41.7 We, longing for you, O Indra, bearing oblations, praise you. And you, O lord, desire us in return.

3.41.8 Do not release yourself away from us who love the bays — come hither! O Indra of sovereign power, be exhilarated here.

3.41.9 May the two mane-horses, dripping ghee, bring you hitherward on the comfortable chariot, O Indra, to sit upon the sacred grass.

3.42.1 Come to our pressed Soma mixed with milk, O Indra, with your two bays that desire us.

3.42.2 Come to that exhilaration, O Indra, to what is pressed on the sacred grass with the pressing-stones. Will you now be fully satisfied with it?

3.42.3 My songs thus directed go toward Indra, sent from here. For his return, for the drinking of Soma.

3.42.4 For the drinking of Soma we here invoke Indra with praises and with hymns. Will he now come?

3.42.5 O Indra, these Soma-drops are pressed — hold them in your belly, O Śatakratu, O lord of the prize-winning company.

3.42.6 For we know you as the winner of riches, O seer, bold in contests. So we seek your benevolence.

3.42.7 Drink this Soma of ours mixed with milk, and that mixed with barley, O Indra — the pressed draught with the bulls coming to it.

3.42.8 For you, O Indra, in your own home, I urge the Soma for drinking. Let this one delight your heart.

3.42.9 We the Kuśikas, seeking aid, invoke you, O ancient Indra, for the drinking of the pressed Soma.

3.43.1 Come hither, standing in the chariot-seat — from of old the Soma-drinking awaits you. The beloved friends are here; spread out the sacred grass. These fire-bearers call you.

3.43.2 Come past the many human settlements, O noble one, with your two bays and blessings upon us. For these prayers, shaped into praise, call you, O Indra, taking pleasure in friendship.

3.43.3 Come swiftly to our sacrifice that increases through obeisance, O divine Indra, in accord with us and with your two bays. For I call you repeatedly with prayers, preceded by ghee, to the feast of sweetness.

3.43.4 May these two bulls, your bay companions, well-harnessed and well-limbed, bring you here. May Indra enjoying the pressing-feast with grain, as a friend may hear the songs of the friend.

3.43.5 Will you make me guardian of the people? Will you, O bountiful Soma-lord, make me a king? Will you make me a seer who has drunk of the pressed Soma? Will you grant me your immortal wealth?

3.43.6 May the great bays, being yoked, bring you hither, O Indra, to the common feast — those who gleam high twice from heaven, well-adorned, the wise ones of the bull.

3.43.7 O Indra, drink of the bull's Soma shaken by the bull, which the eager falcon brought to you — in whose exhilaration you shake the peoples forth, in whose exhilaration you opened the cow-pens.

3.43.8 May we invoke for our well-being the bountiful Indra, most manly in this battle, in the contest for the prize — him who listens, the fierce one for help in combats, who slays the obstructions and wins the wealth.

3.44.1 May this Soma, desirable and pressed by the bays, be yours. Enjoying it with your bays, O Indra, come to us — mount the bay chariot.

3.44.2 Delighting, you illumined the dawn; delighting, you made the sun shine. Knowing and discerning, O you of the bay horses, you grow great, O Indra, encompassing all glories.

3.44.3 Indra upheld the sky with the bay's brilliance, the earth with bay-colored form. Between those two the green one moves with abundant nourishment of the bays.

3.44.4 Born as the golden-green bull, he illumines all the luminous realm. The bay-horsed one holds the golden-green weapon — the green thunderbolt in his arms.

3.44.5 Indra, who loves the gleaming, bright thunderbolt enveloped with bright rays — uncovering it with his bays and the pressing-stones, he pressed the Soma and drove the cows up with his bays.

3.45.1 Come, O Indra, with your pleasing bays with peacock-feather manes! Let no one hold you back — like a bird past the snare, go past them as over a desert.

3.45.2 The eater of Vṛtra, the breaker of Vala, the destroyer of forts, the driver of waters — the charioteer standing with the two bays, roaring onward, Indra, the smasher even of the firm.

3.45.3 You nourish wisdom as if filling deep seas, you nourish the cows. Well-guarded, they reach the pasture as cows reach a pond, as streams a lake.

3.45.4 Bring us driving wealth — a share not recognized by others. Shake the ripe fruit from the tree as if with a hook, O Indra — the carrying-across wealth.

3.45.5 Self-willed, O Indra, you are self-ruling, aiming well, more self-glorious. Waxing great in might, O much-praised one, be the best known to fame for us.

3.46.1 Great are the heroic deeds of you, O Indra, the combative, the bull, the self-king, the fierce, the youthful, the strong, the vigorous, the unaging wielder of the thunderbolt, the famous, the great one.

3.46.2 You are great, O buffalo-bull, by your bull-like powers — O fierce one who overwhelms others, winning wealth. You alone are king of the whole world; you set the peoples to war and to settlement.

3.46.3 He shines forth beyond measure, radiant; beyond the gods in every direction, unrivaled. Indra surpasses by his greatness sky and earth; the Soma-drinker surpasses the vast great atmosphere.

3.46.4 Wide, deep, fierce from birth, of universal reach, the refuge of prayers — into Indra the Somas pressed from of old flow and enter as rivers into the sea.

3.46.5 That Soma which the earth and heaven carry for you as a mother carries an embryo for the sake of you, O Indra — that the adhvaryus send for you, they cleanse it for you too, O bull, for the drinking.

3.47.1 O Indra, bull attended by the Maruts, drink the Soma for battle, drink of your own nature for exhilaration. Pour the sweet wave into your belly — you are the king from of old of the pressed Somas.

3.47.2 In accord, O Indra, in a troop together with the Maruts, drink the Soma, O Vṛtra-slayer, O hero, knowing all. Strike the enemies, drive back the despisers, and make us fearless on all sides.

3.47.3 O guardian of the seasons, drink at the proper seasons our pressed Soma, O Indra, with the gods your companions. Those Maruts whom you shared, who followed you and slew Vṛtra — they gave their might to you.

3.47.4 Those who strengthened you, O bountiful one, in the slaying of the serpent, who were with you in the slaying of Śambara, O bay-horsed one, who were with you in the winning of the cows, those inspired men who exult with you now — drink the Soma, O Indra, together with the Maruts.

3.47.5 We would here invoke for our protection the new-praising Indra attended by the Maruts — the bull who has grown great, the heavenly one of irresistible command, the all-conquering, the fierce giver of might.

3.48.1 Scarce born, the bull, the youthful one, was eager to bear away the pressed Soma juice; drink, as pleases thee, O potent one, the first draught of the excellent Soma blended with milk.

3.48.2 On that very day when thou wast born, in thy desire thou drankest the first milk of the Soma stalk that grows on the mountain; that milk, O youth, thy mother, thy genetrix, poured out for thee first in the great father's house.

3.48.3 Coming to his mother he sought food; sharp-eyed, he beheld the udder of the Soma; driving others away he moved on, the impetuous one, manifold in aspect — he accomplished great deeds.

3.48.4 Fierce, the crusher of strongholds, overpowering in might, he shaped his body as he willed; Indra, having overcome Tvaṣṭṛ at his very birth, drank the Soma from his bowls.

3.48.5 With blessing let us call Indra the bountiful, the foremost hero in this contest for the prize; him who hearkens, the fierce one, for our aid in battles — slayer of Vṛtras, conqueror of wealth.

3.49.1 Proclaim the greatness of Indra in whom all Soma-drinking peoples find their full desire; him of keen purpose, wrought wide by Dhiṣaṇā, the destroyer of Vṛtras, whom the gods brought to birth.

3.49.2 Whom none at all in battles overcomes — the self-ruler, foremost of heroes, standing in the tawny steeds; who, most powerful with his fighters and shouts, with far-extending flame cut short the life of the Dasyu.

3.49.3 Prevailing in battles, the rapid one, not to be overcome, he who fills both worlds with his greatness; to be invoked as Bhaga in the rite, worthy of the prayers, dear as a father, easy of invocation, the bestower of strength.

3.49.4 The upholder of heaven, exalted upon the back of the firmament, like a chariot of wind yoked with good steeds; he who clothes the night, the begetter of the Sun, the distributor of shares like Dhiṣaṇā distributes the prize.

3.49.5 With blessing let us call Indra the bountiful, the foremost hero in this contest for the prize; him who hearkens, the fierce one, for our aid in battles — slayer of Vṛtras, conqueror of wealth.

3.50.1 Let Indra, svāhā, drink of him whose Soma is pressed — the strong bull accompanied by the Maruts, who has come hither; wide-reaching, may he satisfy us with these foods; may the oblation of thy body prosper according to desire.

3.50.2 I yoke for thee thy two worshipful steeds for speed, through whom thou hast ever followed obedience from of old; may the bay steeds bring thee here, O fair-lipped one; drink now of this, the beautifully pressed Soma.

3.50.3 The singers, mixing him with milk, established Indra, easy to cross over, for supreme nourishment; thou who art gladdened, who hast drunk the Soma, O Ṛjīṣin, drive together for us the cows in manifold ways.

3.50.4 Gladden this desire with cows and horses and with thy brilliant gift that is extended far; the inspired Kuśikas have made their conveyances for Indra with joyous hymns of praise to thee.

3.50.5 With blessing let us call Indra the bountiful, the foremost hero in this contest for the prize; him who hearkens, the fierce one, for our aid in battles — slayer of Vṛtras, conqueror of wealth.

3.51.1 The broad hymns have sung forth in praise of Indra, the bountiful, cherished by all peoples, worthy of laud; him who ever waxes strong, invoked by many, with beautiful praises — the immortal one who is lauded day by day.

3.51.2 My hymns approach Indra from all sides — the man of a hundred powers, the flood-like, the mighty, the winner of prizes, the breaker of strongholds, the swift, the one never missed, abiding in the dwelling, united with glory, the finder of light.

3.51.3 At the mine of riches the singer is celebrated; Indra, blameless, is pleased with praises and gives service; for he delights in the dwelling of Vivasvat — praise him who conquers all, who slays the assailants.

3.51.4 Sing forth together with hymns and lauds the hero, the foremost of men; he who is full of craft springs up to meet your strength; reverence to him who alone is lord from of old.

3.51.5 Many are his resting-places among mortals; the earth bears many treasures for him; the skies, the herbs, the waters, the swift streams, and the forests guard the wealth for Indra.

3.51.6 For thee are these prayers and hymns, O Indra; for thee entirely have they been established, O lord of bays — be pleased with them; be an ally for the help of the new song, O friend, O Vasu; bestow vigour upon the singers.

3.51.7 Indra, with thy Marut host, drink here the Soma as thou drankest of what was pressed for Śāryāta; under thy leadership, in thy protection, O hero, the wise poets who sacrifice well seek favour.

3.51.8 He, eagerly desiring, drink here the Soma pressed for us, O Indra, with thy friends the Maruts; when the gods adorned thee at birth for the great contest, O much-invoked, all of them.

3.51.9 In the rite of the waters these Maruts are his allies, the givers of gifts, who gladden Indra; may the devourer of Vṛtra drink together with them the pressed Soma of the worshipper in his own dwelling place.

3.51.10 This indeed has been pressed with strength, O lord of bounties; drink now of this, O thou who art praised with hymns.

3.51.11 Whosoever shall be with thee according to thy will at the pressing, pour thyself down upon him; let him delight in thee who art full of Soma.

3.51.12 Let the sacred prayer penetrate thy two flanks, O Indra, and thy head; and reach thy two arms, O hero, for the bestowal of bounty.

3.52.1 The offering with parched grain, the mixture with groats, the cake, together with the laud — be pleased with these of ours at dawn, O Indra.

3.52.2 The cake to be cooked, O Indra — be pleased with it and accept it; for thee the oblations are poured out.

3.52.3 Enjoy our sacrificial cake and delight in our hymns, as a bridegroom delights in maidens.

3.52.4 The sacrificial cake at the morning pressing — be pleased with ours, O thou who hast been praised of old; for thy will, O Indra, is great.

3.52.5 Make the parched grains and the sacrificial cake of the midday pressing beautiful here, O Indra; when the praiser, the singer, swift of purpose, desiring thee, approaches thee with hymns.

3.52.6 At the third pressing the parched grains and the offered cake — exalt us, O thou who art praised by many; thee, O sage, who art accompanied by the Ṛbhus and prizes, may we approach with our prayers, bearing oblations.

3.52.7 We have made the groat-mixture for thee who art accompanied by Pūṣan, and the parched grain for thee who lovest the bay steeds; eat the cake with thy company of Maruts; drink the Soma, O hero, slayer of Vṛtra, thou who knowest.

3.52.8 Bring quickly to him the parched grains and the cake — to him who is the most heroic of men; day by day may the fitting offerings increase thee, O Indra, for the drinking of Soma, O bold one.

3.53.1 O Indra and Parvata, bring here with the great chariot the choicest refreshments, ye who bestow good heroes; enjoy the oblations at the rites, O gods; may ye two wax great, gladdened by our hymns and by Iḷā.

3.53.2 Stay well, O bountiful one, do not pass away; I will now sacrifice to thee with the beautifully pressed Soma; as a son grasps his father's skirt, so I take hold of thee, O Indra, O powerful one, with the sweetest hymn.

3.53.3 Let us two recite, O Adhvaryu, answer my words; let us make the chariot-offering agreeable to Indra; let Indra sit on this sacrificial grass of the sacrificer, and then let the laud be proclaimed to Indra.

3.53.4 The wife is the home, O bountiful one, and she is the womb — may the yoked bay steeds bring thee there; whenever we press the Soma, may Agni as messenger speed toward thee.

3.53.5 Depart and return, O bountiful one; O Indra, O brother, thy purpose lies in both directions — both where the great chariot is put to rest and where the prize-winning horse is unyoked.

3.53.6 Thou hast drunk the Soma; proceed home, O Indra; a fair wife awaits thee joyfully in thy house — where the great chariot is laid to rest and the prize horse is unyoked on the right side.

3.53.7 These Bhoja princes of various forms, sons of heaven, heroes of the lord of might — giving gifts to Viśvāmitra, they extend their life to a thousandfold pressing.

3.53.8 The bountiful one assumes form after form, working his wonders about his own body; when he has come three times around heaven for a moment — he who seasons not the seasons, yet the master of holy law, by his own spells.

3.53.9 The great seer, god-born and god-driven, beholding men, stayed the flooded river Sindhu; when Viśvāmitra was conveying Sudās, Indra became friendly through the Kuśikas.

3.53.10 Like swans ye make your sound with the pressing stones, gladdened at the rite when the Soma has been pressed together with hymns; O inspired sages, seers who behold men, O Kuśikas, drink separately the sweet Soma mead.

3.53.11 Come near, O Kuśikas, be attentive; release the horse of Sudās for wealth; the king has slain the foe to east, to west, and to the north — now let him sacrifice in the choicest place of the earth.

3.53.12 I who have praised Indra — both these worlds — the sacred prayer of Viśvāmitra protects the people of Bharata.

3.53.13 The Viśvāmitras have offered the sacred prayer to Indra who wields the thunderbolt; may he make us rich in good bounty.

3.53.14 What do the cows do for thee among the Kīkaṭas? They yield no admixture of milk, nor do they heat the ritual drink; bring us the wealth of Pramaganda, O bountiful one, and subdue for us the low-branched one.

3.53.15 The far-spreading one, given by Jamadagni, having repelled ignorance, measured out greatly; the daughter of the Sun stretched out fame that is immortal and undecaying among the gods.

3.53.16 The far-spreading one quickly brought fame to these five peoples; bearing new life for the wing, which the Palastis and Jamadagnīs gave to me.

3.53.17 May the two oxen be firm, the axle strong; remove the ram, let not the yoke be shattered; may Indra give what is hidden in the peg-hole — O thou whose wheel-rim is uninjured, be thou with us.

3.53.18 Place strength in our bodies, O Indra, place strength in our bulls; place strength in our immediate offspring and in our descendants for life — for thou art the giver of strength.

3.53.19 Wrap thyself in the heartwood of the Khadira tree; place thy strength in the trembling Śiṁśapā wood; axle, O firm one, be firmly made firm; do not slip away from this chariot of ours.

3.53.20 Let this forest tree neither abandon us nor injure us; may it bring us safely, with good shelter, from house to the place of unyoking.

3.53.21 Quicken us today, O Indra, with thy many aids, with the best of them, O bountiful one, O hero; let him who hates us fall low; and him whom we hate — let his own breath forsake him.

3.53.22 Even the axe splits apart; even the silk-cotton tree is cut through; even the cooking-pot, O Indra, when it rushes forward, well offered, throws off its foam.

3.53.23 People understand not the arrow; thinking it an animal, they lead the Lodha tree; they do not put the non-prize-winner to shame with the prize-winner, nor do they place the donkey before the horses.

3.53.24 These sons of Bharata, O Indra, have understood retreat, not advance; they urge the horse like a wild, not domestic one, and lead around the bowstring-impelled one in battle.

3.54.1 They have sung forth this strength for the great, ever-adorable one, again and again; may he hear us with his domestic hosts; may Agni, the inextinguishable one, hear us with his heavenly hosts.

3.54.2 Greatly do I sing in praise of great Heaven and Earth; my desire wanders knowing what it seeks; in their laud, at the assemblies, the gods who worship delight together in both of them.

3.54.3 Let the holy law of you two, O Heaven and Earth, be true; be ye great for our great well-being; I pay homage to Heaven and to Earth, O Agni; I seek with offerings, I approach for the treasure.

3.54.4 For your ancient ones have found you, O Heaven and Earth who keep holy law and speak truth; even heroes have praised you both in the assembly at the contest of heroes, O Earth, knowing you well.

3.54.5 Who truly knows, who here could declare which path leads toward the gods? Their lowest seats are seen, those that are in the higher, secret observances.

3.54.6 The seer who beholds men has looked upon them both, delighting in the ample source of holy law; like a bird's two wings, they have made their dwelling separate, yet with one purpose, understanding each other.

3.54.7 Of the same origin yet parted, far and near, they stand in the firm, wakeful station; and the two sisters, being young maidens, utter the names of the couples.

3.54.8 All this origin has become clearly distinguished; bearing the great gods, they do not totter; one thing, moving yet firm, rules the universe; another moving, winged, is born in various directions.

3.54.9 I approach from afar the ancient thing of old, the kinship with the great father and begetter; where the gods, marvelling with their wonders, have stood apart in the wide path, between the two.

3.54.10 I speak this hymn to Heaven and Earth, may they with gentle bellies, with Agni as their tongue, hear it — Mitra, the young sovereign Varuṇa, the Ādityas who are wise seers, spread widely.

3.54.11 Savitṛ of golden hands, of good tongue, ruling in the assembly three times from heaven; and O Savitṛ, thou who hast spread thy fame among the gods — now drive toward us all-embracing totality.

3.54.12 The god Tvaṣṭṛ, the well-doer, of fair hands, possessed of goodness, guardian of holy law — may he set these things for our help; O Ṛbhus accompanied by Pūṣan, be ye gladdened; with upraised pressing stones ye have fashioned the sacrifice.

3.54.13 The Maruts, whose chariots are lightning, armed with spears, the youths of heaven, born of holy law, untiring; may Sarasvatī hear them, the worthy of worship; may Dhātṛ, the victorious, grant wealth accompanied by heroes.

3.54.14 Hymns and praises have come to Viṣṇu of many wonders on his path, like those of Bhaga's worshippers; the wide-striding one who is the summit — his many young mothers who bore him never fail him.

3.54.15 Indra, ruling with all his heroic powers, has filled both worlds with his greatness; the breaker of strongholds, the slayer of Vṛtra, of bold army — grasping firmly, bring us many cattle.

3.54.16 The two Nāsatyas are my fathers, to be asked of kin; the lovely name of the Aśvins is of the same clan; for ye two are the givers of riches to us among the wealthy; ye guard the gift, unblind and undeceived.

3.54.17 That lovely name of yours is great, O wise ones, whereby ye all, O gods, are present in Indra; O friend, O much-invoked, with thy beloved Ṛbhus, fashion this thought of ours for victory.

3.54.18 Aryaman, Aditi, the worthy of worship, the undeceived ordinances of Varuṇa — ward off from us childlessness and going away; may our path be fruitful in offspring and rich in cattle.

3.54.19 May the messenger of the gods, sent forth in many ways, declare our freedom from guilt in all wholeness; may Earth hear us, and Heaven, and the Waters, the Sun, and the wide atmosphere with the stars.

3.54.20 May the bull-like mountains hear us, those of firm abode, gladdened by Iḷā; may Aditi hear us together with the Ādityas; may the Maruts grant us excellent shelter.

3.54.21 May the path ever be easily traversable and full of nourishment; may the gods mingle the herbs with sweetness; O Bhaga, O Agni, fail me not in thy friendship; may I attain the abode of riches, the seat of plenty.

3.54.22 Savour the oblations, kindle the refreshments, measure out the glories toward us; O Agni, conquer all those enemies in battles; shine upon us graciously through all the days.

3.55.1 From the former dawns — when they dawned — the great imperishable was born at the station of the cow; the ordinances of the gods have now come to their fullness: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.2 Let not the gods deceive us here, O Agni, nor the forefather who know the track; the banner stands between the two ancient dwellings: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.3 My desires fly apart in many directions; toward the fire-staff the ancient things shine forth; at the kindled fire let us speak only truth: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.4 The one king, spread over many places, lies down in the resting places, sent forth along the forests; one mother carries the calf and dwells apart: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.5 He has occupied the earlier ones; the later has spread further within the young ones just born; the pregnant ones bring forth without having been approached: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.6 There lies a dweller; then the one calf with two mothers wanders unbound; these are the ordinances of Mitra and Varuṇa: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.7 The priest with two mothers is the sovereign at the assemblies; following the first, he dwells upon the foundation; they carry forth the joys, those whose speech is joyous: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.8 Like that of the most intimate hero in combat, all that approaches is seen face to face; the insight moves within what is settled of the cow: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.9 The grey-haired one flashes back and forth among them as messenger; the great one moves within them with luminous splendour; bearing forms, he looks out upon us: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.10 Viṣṇu the protector guards the highest station, bearing the beloved immortal abodes; Agni knows all these beings: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.11 The two siblings, twin-like, have made their forms separate; of the two, one shines dark, the other differently; when the dark one and the ruddy one are sisters: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.12 Where mother and daughter, both milch cows, milk together in unison and give suck face to face — I praise them within the seat of holy law: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.13 Licking another's calf, she measured out; in what manner does the cow lay down her udder? By the milk of holy law does Iḷā fill it: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.14 Clothing herself in footsteps, many-formed in shapes, she has stood erect licking the three-year-old; knowing this, I wander through the seat of holy law: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.15 As if laid in a footprint, wondrous, between the two — one hidden, the other manifest; that path going together yet running in different directions: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.16 Let the cows low, those not suckled, milking together, lying down, not yet fully milked; ever becoming newer and newer as young maidens: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.17 When the bull bellows among some cows, he deposits seed in another herd; for he is the possessor of night, he is Bhaga, he is the king: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.18 Let us now declare the might of horses of the hero; the gods know of it; thrice six times yoked, they carry five by five: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.19 The god Tvaṣṭṛ, Savitṛ, of all forms, has nourished progeny; he has begotten them in manifold ways; and all these beings are his: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.20 The great one has brought together two bowls face to face; both have been filled with his treasure; the hero is heard, finding wealth: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.21 Upon this earth of ours, all-sustaining, he dwells as a king who keeps his friends well-disposed; the heroes sit before in safety as if seated in shelter: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.55.22 The herbs that restrain, O Indra, the waters and the earth bear wealth for thee; may we be thy friends, partakers of thy bounty: great is the one divine lordship of the gods.

3.56.1 Neither the deceitful nor the wise ones transgress the first, firm ordinances of the gods; neither do Heaven and Earth bowing before the altars, nor the mountains that have stood firm.

3.56.2 The one, moving alone, carries six burdens; the holy law, most abundant, the cows have come up to; three great ones stand above as if on swift horses; two are hidden in secret, one is visible.

3.56.3 The bull of triple gait, of all forms, likewise three-weaponed, prolific in many forms, of three faces, rules as one of greatness; he the seed-depositor, the bull of eternal ones.

3.56.4 The path of these ones was suddenly awakened; the lovely name of the Ādityas was called out; even the divine waters rested for him; going separately, they encompassed him on every side.

3.56.5 Three stations of the rivers, three of the wise ones, and the sovereign at the assembly has three mothers; the three holy women who keep the law, those sunk in the waters, ruling three times in the assembly from heaven.

3.56.6 Three times from heaven, O Savitṛ, impel the desirable things; day by day drive them thrice for us through the day; drive to us wealth of threefold nature; O Bhaga, O protector, O Dhiṣaṇā, set them for our gaining.

3.56.7 Savitṛ has driven three times from heaven; the two kings Mitra and Varuṇa, of fair hands; even the waters and the wide Heaven and Earth beg for the gem at the driving-forth of Savitṛ.

3.56.8 Three highest, hard to assail are the luminous realms; three are the heroes of the lord of might who rule; may the gods who keep holy law, the vigorous, hard to reach, be present three times in the assembly from heaven.

3.57.1 The discerning one has found my insight, the cow roaming freely, sent forth, without a herdsman; she who even now has milked abundantly from the overflowing — Indra and Agni are the admirers of her.

3.57.2 Indra and Pūṣan, both bulls, of fair hands, well pleased as from heaven, have milked what lay still; when all the gods shall delight in her, may I here attain the favour of the Vasus.

3.57.3 Those who are the kinswomen who desire the power of the bull, reverently honouring them, knowing the embryo within — the cows calling aloud go toward the son, bearing splendid forms.

3.57.4 I speak forth to Heaven and Earth, both fair-thighed, with insight yoked to the pressing stones at the rite; these many-choiced, visible, worthy-of-worship gifts of thine for the sacrificer rise upward, O Manu.

3.57.5 That tongue of thine, honey-sweet, O Agni, wide-reaching, the wise one, called out among the gods — with it seat here all the worthy-of-worship ones for our protection; and cause them to drink the sweet drinks.

3.57.6 That care of thine which shines gloriously, O god, following like a stream from the mountain, which nourishes — grant that care to us, O Jātavedas, O Vasu; grant us the goodwill that belongs to all people.

3.58.1 The cow yielding the cherished milk of the ancient one — her son roams within the southern region. (Dawn) drives forward the luminous one with bright course; the hymn of praise has awakened the two Aśvins.

3.58.2 The well-yoked steeds carry (your car) toward you, O Aśvins; the prayers rise upward like the fathers (of old). Drive away from us the miserliness of the Paṇi; we have rendered your praises — come hither to us.

3.58.3 With well-yoked horses and a well-rolling chariot, O Dasras, hear this invocation from the stone-pressing. What is the reply, O Aśvins, that the inspired sages — born of old — give back to you?

3.58.4 Take heed and come, by whatever roads you travel; all peoples call upon you, O Aśvins. For these sweet drinks of the mountain-cow (Goṛjīkā) have been poured forth at dawn like gifts among friends.

3.58.5 O Aśvins, bountiful lords, the hymn of praise has sounded for you across many realms among the peoples. Come hither by the god-traversed paths, O Dasras — here are your stored treasures of sweet draughts.

3.58.6 Your ancient abode, your auspicious friendship, O heroes, and your wealth (are) on the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā). Renewing these blessed bonds of fellowship, may we rejoice together with you in sweetness now, united.

3.58.7 O Aśvins, both skilled in good works, together with Vāyu and with your teams of horses, young and pleased together — O Nāsatyas, delighting beyond the passing of day, drink the Soma unfailingly, O gracious givers.

3.58.8 O Aśvins, your many refreshments have circled round you, borne on by songs, unimpeded. Your chariot born of Order, urged by the stone-presser, circles Heaven-and-Earth in a single day.

3.58.9 O Aśvins, come to the dwelling — the most honey-sweet Soma calls out for you; drink it. Your chariot of many a changing form gleams brightly; it has come most swiftly to the presser who has pressed the Soma.

3.59.1 Mitra, when he speaks, sets people in their proper order; Mitra upholds both the earth and the sky. Mitra watches over the peoples with unwinking eye — pour the oblation rich in ghee to Mitra.

3.59.2 Let that mortal prosper, O Mitra, O Āditya, who strives to please you in accordance with your ordinance. He is not slain, not overcome, protected by you; distress does not reach him, neither from near nor from afar.

3.59.3 Free from disease, rejoicing in refreshment, treading lightly across the breadth of the earth, dwelling near the ordinance of Āditya — may we be in the good grace of Mitra.

3.59.4 This Mitra is worthy of homage, most kind, a king of good dominion — he was born as the ordainer. May we be in the good grace and blessed benevolence of him, the sacred one.

3.59.5 Great is Āditya, to be approached with homage; he who orders mankind is most kind to the singer. Pour into the fire this oblation offered to Mitra, most worthy of admiration.

3.59.6 The protection of Mitra, upholder of peoples, of the divine, ever-gaining — (that protection is) the most brilliantly renowned glory.

3.59.7 Mitra, by his greatness, has encompassed the sky with wide expanse; (he has encompassed) the earth with his glories.

3.59.8 The five peoples have submitted themselves to Mitra for his conquering strength. He sustains all the gods.

3.59.9 Mitra, among the gods possessing life-force, has made nourishing foods for the one who has cut the sacrificial grass, for one whose vows are accomplished.

3.60.1 Hither and thither, O men, the kinship with you has come by thought; the Auśijas reached those (deeds) with wisdom. By those magic skills, swiftly-changing in form, the Saudhanvanas — sons of Sudhanvan — attained their sacred share.

3.60.2 By those skills with which they adorned the cups; by that insight with which they freed the cow from its skin; by that mind with which they fashioned the two bay steeds — by that the Ṛbhus attained divinity.

3.60.3 The Ṛbhus attained the friendship of Indra; the grandsons of Manu pressed forward with their works. The Saudhanvanas ascended to immortality, having pervaded everywhere through their labors — the well-doers through well-doing.

3.60.4 You travel on the same chariot as Indra at the pressing; and you share in the glory of the oblation-offerers. The singer cannot match your good deeds, O Saudhanvanas, O Ṛbhus, nor your heroic acts.

3.60.5 O Indra, with the Ṛbhus possessing prizes, sprinkle the pressed Soma in your two hands. O bountiful one, urged by prayer in the house of the pious worshipper, take joy together with the Saudhanvana men.

3.60.6 O Indra, together with the Ṛbhus and the prize-winners, rejoice here in us at this pressing by your power, O much-praised one. These daily observances have been set in order for you through the ordinances of the gods and of Manu.

3.60.7 O Indra, together with the Ṛbhus and the prize-winners, seeking prizes, come here to the sacrificial hymn of the singer. With a hundred swift banners, O guide of thousands, come to the oblation-pouring of this sacrifice.

3.61.1 O Uṣas, possessing prize-wealth, prize-winning, all-knowing — be pleased with the hymn of the singer, O bountiful one. O ancient goddess, ever-young, full of insight, you walk according to the eternal ordinance, O all-desired one.

3.61.2 O Uṣas, immortal goddess, shine forth — you who travel in a bright chariot, bringing pleasant truths. Let the well-guided steeds bear you, golden-hued, broad in splendor.

3.61.3 O Uṣas, facing all beings of the universe, you stand high as the banner of immortality. Moving toward the same goal, roll forward like the wheel of a new (wagon).

3.61.4 Gathering like threads from a spindle, O bountiful Dawn, the consort of the sun goes forth. Generating light, the fortunate one of beautiful works has spread herself from the edge of the sky to the earth.

3.61.5 Toward the shining goddess Uṣas bring forward your well-fashioned hymn of praise with homage. The honey-placing one has stretched her power aloft in the sky; the radiant spaces have blazed forth, delightful to behold.

3.61.6 The guardian of Order was awakened by the rays of the sky; the rich one has stood brilliantly on both world-halves. O Agni, you who beg, you approach lovely wealth — the far-coming, brightly shining Uṣas.

3.61.7 From the foundation of cosmic Order, urging on the Dawns, the bull has entered the mighty heaven-and-earth. The great magic wisdom of Mitra and Varuṇa has spread its light in many places like the moon.

3.62.1 These Bhṛgus, meditating upon you, have become (powerful) like missiles driven by you two. Where, O Indra and Varuṇa, is that glory of yours by which you ever bring gain to your friends?

3.62.2 This one, most numerous of your worshippers, rich in wealth, calls out again and again for your help. O Indra and Varuṇa, united with the Maruts, hear my invocation from heaven and earth.

3.62.3 May that treasure be ours, O Indra and Varuṇa; may that wealth of all heroes be ours, O Maruts. May the protective goddesses shelter us with their shelters; may Bhāratī (Sarasvatī), as Hotrā, (favor) us with her bounties.

3.62.4 O Bṛhaspati, lord of all the gods, be pleased with our offerings. Bestow precious gifts upon the pious worshipper.

3.62.5 Worship Bṛhaspati the pure with hymns at the sacrifices. He has shown forth matchless strength.

3.62.6 Bṛhaspati the bull of the peoples, all-formed, undeceivable — him we choose as most excellent.

3.62.7 O Pūṣan, O radiant god, this newest excellent praise-song is recited by us for you.

3.62.8 Be pleased with this speech of mine that seeks the prize; promote (my) thought — as a bridegroom (desires) a maiden.

3.62.9 He who looks out over all the worlds and surveys them together — may that Pūṣan be our protector.

3.62.10 We meditate upon that most excellent splendor of divine Savitṛ — may he impel our thoughts.

3.62.11 We, seeking the prize with (our) insight, implore the divine gift of Savitṛ (and) of Bhaga.

3.62.12 The inspired men, urged by prayer, worship divine Savitṛ with well-formed sacrifices and with homage.

3.62.13 Soma goes, knowing the way; he proceeds to the purified (dwelling) of the gods. He takes his seat in the womb of cosmic Order.

3.62.14 May Soma make nourishing foods, free from disease, for us — both for the two-footed and the four-footed creature.

3.62.15 Increasing our life-span, overwhelming our adversaries, may Soma take his seat in the common gathering-place.

3.62.16 O Mitra and Varuṇa, sprinkle our pasture with ghee; O you of good wisdom, bedew the realms with sweetness.

3.62.17 O widely praised ones, growing great through homage, you two reign by the greatness of (your) power. With your longest (reach), O pure in vow.

3.62.18 Being praised by Jamadagni, sit in the womb of cosmic Order. Drink the Soma, O you who strengthen Order.