Maṇḍala 7

7.1.1 Men generate the praiseworthy Agni by the friction of two fire-sticks, letting them fall from their hands — him who is visible from afar, the householder, the Atharvan.

7.1.2 The Vasus have kindled that Agni within, well-visible, for protection from every quarter — he who is ever capable and constant in the house.

7.1.3 Blazing forth, O Agni, shine before our dwellings with unceasing flame, O youngest one; to you, ever and again, the prizes of the contest come.

7.1.4 Your fires, excellent beyond all other fires, have blazed forth brilliantly, rich in heroes — there where the well-born men are assembled together.

7.1.5 Grant us, O Agni, through our prayer, wealth rich in heroes, a praiseworthy progeny, O mighty one — wealth which no malevolent sorcerer can overcome.

7.1.6 To him, the highly capable one, the youthful woman, bearing oblations, ghee-laden, comes by night and at dawn; and Aramati, seeking wealth, comes near to him.

7.1.7 Burn away, O Agni, all hostilities — with those heats wherewith you burned up the Jarūtha; chase away soundlessly the disease that afflicts us.

7.1.8 He who kindles your flame, O Agni — O Vasiṣṭha, O bright one, shining, purifying — may you be here with us through these praises.

7.1.9 Those mortal men, heroes following the fathers' way, who have shared in your flame in many places — may you be here, well-disposed, with us through these same praises.

7.1.10 Let these heroic men, in the slaying of Vṛtra, overcome all godless sorceries — those who admire my praiseworthy prayer.

7.1.11 May we not sit helpless among men, O Agni; may there be no childlessness and no herolessness around you; grant us houses and homes full of progeny, O householder.

7.1.12 The horse-possessing sacrifice ever approaches him: grant us an abode rich in progeny and in good offspring, grown great by its own birth and its remainder.

7.1.13 Protect us, O Agni, from the unpleasant demon; protect us from the trickery of the evil-minded, harm-seeking one; allied with you, may we overcome those who attack us.

7.1.14 May that Agni surpass all other fires — where the prize-winning son, strong-handed, gathers the thousand-footed, undying syllables.

7.1.15 That is the Agni who protects his kindler from the assailant, who rescues the sacrificer from distress — around whom the well-born heroes gather.

7.1.16 This is that Agni, invoked in many places, whom the lord, bearing oblations, kindles together; around whom the hotr-priest goes in the sacrificial rites.

7.1.17 Into you, O Agni, may we pour many oblations, sovereign and constant; we two making both the bridal pair go to the wedding feast.

7.1.18 These most eagerly desired oblations, O Agni — carry them as the undying one toward the gathering of gods; may the sweet-smelling ones come back to us.

7.1.19 Deliver us not, O Agni, to herolessness; not to ill-clad poverty; not to hunger; not to demons, O lord of ṛta; mislead us not in the house nor in the forest.

7.1.20 Proclaim my prayers now, O Agni; pour them forth, O god, for the generous lords; may we stand in your gift; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.1.21 You, O Agni, are pleasant to invoke, gladsome to behold; shine brightly, O son of strength, with fair light; may no son ever be lost from us who cling to you; may no manly hero perish from among us.

7.1.22 O Agni, in these god-kindled fires, proclaim not our ill-maintenance; may no evil thought of yours, however slight, O son of strength, destroy us.

7.1.23 That mortal is wealthy, O Agni of fair face, who pours oblations to you, the immortal; he places in the deity a treasure of goods — to him the wise patron comes asking his wish.

7.1.24 O Agni, knowing the great prosperity, bring ample wealth to the patrons; whereby, O mighty one, we may rejoice with undiminished life and fine heroes.

7.1.25 Proclaim my prayers now, O Agni; pour them forth, O god, for the generous lords; may we stand in your gift; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.2.1 Be pleased, O Agni, with our kindling-wood today; blaze high, sending forth the majestic smoke of worship; touch the back of heaven with your crests and spread out together with the rays of the sun.

7.2.2 We will praise with our sacrifices the greatness of Narāśaṃsa of the adorable ones — those gods, of good wisdom, pure, who are the layers of prayer, who savour both kinds of oblations.

7.2.3 We would always magnify for the sacrifice him who is praiseworthy, the mighty, highly capable lord, the truthful messenger between heaven and earth — Agni kindled by Manu after the manner of Manu.

7.2.4 The worshippers, carrying the offerings, kneel and strew the sacred grass in the fire with reverence; O adhvaryu-priests, cleanse the oblation while pouring — the spotted one whose back is anointed with ghee.

7.2.5 Wise in prayer, desiring the gods, the worshippers have thrown open the doors at the gathering of deities, eager as charioteers; the two (Dawn and Night), like two mothers licking their young, have anointed him who is one at the assemblies.

7.2.6 And the two great divine women — Dawn and Night — like a good-milking cow yielding milk: may those two wealthy, often-invoked, adorable ones who sit upon the sacred grass come near for our well-being.

7.2.7 Two inspired crafters — so I think — at human sacrifices do we invoke you both, O Jātavedas pair, to worship; make our sacrifice stand upright among the invocations; win for us the desirable things among the gods.

7.2.8 May Bhāratī with the Bhāratī goddesses, Iḷā with gods and men, and Agni, and Sarasvatī with the Sarasvatī beings come hither — may the three goddesses sit upon this sacred grass.

7.2.9 Pour that nourishing sap upon us, O god Tvaṣṭṛ, granting freely; from which is born the heroic, capable man of action, well-skilled, who works the pressing stones and desires the gods.

7.2.10 O Lord of the Forest, release the gods; Agni the sacrificer will prepare the oblation; he himself, the true hotr-priest, shall sacrifice as he knows the births of the gods.

7.2.11 Come hither, O Agni, blazing, together with Indra and the swift gods on one chariot; may Aditi of fair sons be seated on the sacred grass; Svāhā! — may the immortal gods rejoice.

7.3.1 Together, make Agni your god, together with the Agni flames — the most adorable, the divine messenger of the sacrifice — he who among mortals is the firm upholder of ṛta, of fiery forehead, ghee-fed, the purifier.

7.3.2 He snorts like a horse at pasture, straining forward, when he steps forth from his great enclosure; then the wind fans his flame after it, and your track is black.

7.3.3 When your ageless flames go forth as the new-born bull, O Agni, the reddish smoke ascends toward the sky; for you, the messenger, go to the gods.

7.3.4 Your blazing force has spread across the earth; when it crumples dry vegetation with its jaws, your attack goes forth like a loosed army; you separate the grain with your tongue like a wondrous being.

7.3.5 Him, the youngest, they groom at night and at dawn like a swift horse — the men who have sharpened him; the guest kindled in his own place blazes forth, the flame of the bull who receives the oblation.

7.3.6 Your face, of fair visage, is beautiful to behold when you blaze brilliantly at close range like golden ornament; your power surges like the thunder of heaven — show your brilliance, resplendent as the sun.

7.3.7 As we would offer to Agni with Svāhā, surrounded by ghee-laden oblations — with those unlimited great powers, O Agni, protect us with a hundred iron fortresses.

7.3.8 Or those unassailable gifts you have for the worshipper, or those words of praise with which you rescue him who has heroes — with those, O son of strength, O Jātavedas, protect us, our patrons and our praisers.

7.3.9 When like a pure axe he went forth shining, glowing with his own splendid body — he who was born, longed for, from the two mothers, the wise, purifying one for the worship of the gods.

7.3.10 Illuminate these auspicious things for us, O Agni; may we attain to clear-minded wisdom; may all these be for those who praise and hymn you; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.4.1 Bring forth for the bright, shining one, oblation and well-purified prayer for Agni — he who, moving among them with his knowledge, goes between all divine and human generations.

7.4.2 Let him be the wise Agni, ever young, since the youngest was born from his mother; he who draws the forests together, consuming the clean food, who eats up great quantities of food forthwith.

7.4.3 In the assembly and army of this god whom the mortals have grasped as the white one — he who has declared the human grip to be difficult of abode: Agni has shone forth for Āyu.

7.4.4 This Agni, the poet, the all-knowing among the ignorant, the immortal, has been placed among mortals; may he not lead us astray here, O mighty one; may we always be well-disposed toward you.

7.4.5 He who has settled into the god-made womb — for by his wisdom Agni has crossed over to the immortals — him, the all-nourishing embryo, the herbs, the trees, and the earth bear.

7.4.6 For Agni is master of great immortality, master of giving wealth and excellent heroism; may we not sit around you, O mighty one, without heroes, without cattle, without soma.

7.4.7 May we be lords of the possessions to be distributed, of the spontaneous wealth, of the eternal riches; O Agni, there is no residue born of another kind — do not lead astray the path of the mindless one.

7.4.8 The foreign one, though pleasant, born of another womb, is not truly to be grasped — it must be thought over with the mind; yet even he returns to his home again; may the new prize-winner come to us victorious.

7.4.9 Protect us, O Agni, from the assailant; protect us, O mighty one, from disgrace; may the dusty path converge toward you, and with it the thousandfold wealth worthy of longing.

7.4.10 Illuminate these auspicious things for us, O Agni; may we attain to clear-minded wisdom; may all these be for those who praise and hymn you; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.5.1 Bring forth your song to Agni the mighty, the pillar of heaven and earth; Vaiśvānara who has grown great in the lap of all the immortals, with those who keep vigil.

7.5.2 Agni is stationed in heaven and on earth; he is the leader of rivers, the bull of the standing waters; Vaiśvānara, grown great with his excellence, shines upon the human peoples.

7.5.3 Out of fear of you the dark peoples came, abandoning their unequal food; O Vaiśvānara, when you shone for Pūru, blazing, bursting open the enemy cities, O Agni.

7.5.4 Your threefold ordinance, O Vaiśvānara, O Agni, is followed by both earth and heaven; you have stretched out both world-halves with your light, blazing with your unceasing flame.

7.5.5 You, O Agni, the tawny, yearning hymns follow — the rushing, ghee-laden songs — calling you lord of the peoples, charioteer of wealth, Vaiśvānara, beacon of the dawns and of the days.

7.5.6 The Vasus have established lordly power in you; the great Mitra-friends have enjoyed your wisdom; you drove the Dasyus from their homes, O Agni, generating broad light for the Ārya.

7.5.7 Being born in the highest heaven, you at once guard the path like Vāyu; striding forth to generate the worlds, O Jātavedas, you bestow on offspring.

7.5.8 Direct that luminous refreshment toward us, O Agni Vaiśvānara, O Jātavedas — by which you fatten the bounty, O all-desired one, and give wide fame to the mortal worshipper.

7.5.9 Yoke for our patrons that abundant, glorious, prize-giving wealth, O Agni; O Vaiśvānara, grant us great shelter together with the Rudras and Vasus, O Agni.

7.6.1 I proclaim and praise the glory of the universal king, the mighty lord, the one to be extolled among the peoples — the mighty deeds like those of Indra; worshipping, I speak praise of the wood-Agni.

7.6.2 The seer, the beacon, the nourisher, the light of the rock — they urge forward the auspicious sovereignty of both worlds; with songs like those of the city-breaker I seek the ancient great ordinances of Agni.

7.6.3 The Paṇis, the knotted ones, the mumbling, the faithless, the ungrowing, the unsacrificing — Agni has repeatedly driven those Dasyus away; he made the former the latter, the non-sacrificers.

7.6.4 I praise that Agni, the mightiest in his deeds, who by his powers made the revelling ones in the western darkness into eastern ones — him who is lord of wealth, unbowed, who tames the attackers.

7.6.5 He who bent down the fortifications with his weapons, who made the dawns into consorts of the noble — that youthful Agni of Nahuṣa's people, by his powers, made the clans bring tribute.

7.6.6 All peoples rest in his protection, seeking his goodwill with their customs; Agni Vaiśvānara, the best of both worlds, has seated himself in the lap of the father and mother.

7.6.7 The god Vaiśvānara has taken the deep treasures at the rising of the sun; Agni has taken from the near sea and from the far, from heaven and from earth.

7.7.1 I urge forward for you even the powerful god Agni with reverences, as one urges a swift horse; be our knowing messenger of the sacrifice, O measuring one who is found among the gods through his own self.

7.7.2 Come, O Agni, along your own paths, joyful, enjoying the friendship of the gods; making the back of earth resound with your powers, you gladly burn up all the forests with your jaws.

7.7.3 The eastward-directed sacrifice, the well-laid sacred grass — Agni the invoked one pleases these, as a hotr-priest; calling upon the two all-desired mothers, O youngest, kindly one, from whom you were born.

7.7.4 The wise, discerning men of understanding instantly produce the expert charioteer at the sacrifice; Agni, the lord of the clans, has been placed in the house — joyous, honey-voiced, master of ṛta.

7.7.5 The chosen carrier has sat down, the one who has come — Agni the brahman-priest, the ordainer, who sits among men; both heaven and earth nourish him, and the hotr-priest sacrifices to him, the all-desired.

7.7.6 These have surpassed all with their glories — those manly ones who have fashioned the prayer and the choicest thing; who, hearkening, move the clans forward, who have meditated upon this truth of mine.

7.7.7 Now we Vasiṣṭhas implore you, O Agni, as lord of wealth, O son of strength; carry refreshment to the praisers and the generous patrons; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.8.1 The king is kindled together by the people with reverences, he whose face has been offered ghee; the men press together to propitiate him with oblations — Agni has shone at the forefront of the dawns.

7.8.2 He has been recognized as exceedingly great — the hotr-priest, the joyful, youthful Agni of Manu; spreading out light across the earth, with the dark-rimmed wheel he has swelled among the herbs.

7.8.3 With what will you clothe us in excellent praise, O Agni? What self-power will you grant when sung? When shall we be lords, O good giver, winning wealth that is hard to overcome and perfect?

7.8.4 This Agni of Bharata is proclaimed everywhere, shining with great brilliance like the sun; he who has stood over Pūru in battles, the divine guest, blazing, has shone forth.

7.8.5 Let the many invocations be real in you; be well-disposed with all your flames; even when praised, O Agni, you are heard when you are hymned; increase yourself by your own body, O well-born one.

7.8.6 May this word, hundredfold and thousandfold, rise up doubly great for Agni; that it may be auspicious for the praisers and the household, shining, disease-removing, demon-slaying.

7.8.7 Now we Vasiṣṭhas implore you, O Agni, as lord of wealth, O son of strength; carry refreshment to the praisers and the generous patrons; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.9.1 The wooer has awoken from the lap of the dawns — the joyful hotr-priest, the most poetic, the purifier; he sets the beacon of both kinds of beings and the oblations for the gods, wealth for the pious.

7.9.2 He is the wise one who bursts open the doors of the Paṇis, purifying the richly nourishing sun-beam for us; the joyful hotr-priest, the domestic one of the clans, is seen through the darkness of the nights.

7.9.3 The faultless seer, Aditi, Vivasvat, the well-spoken Mitra, the auspicious guest to us — Agni of brilliant radiance shines at the fore of the dawns; the embryo of the waters has entered into the plants.

7.9.4 The praiseworthy one for you, Jātavedas has blazed undimmed through the generations of Manu; he who shines with beautiful radiance — the cows have recognized him as he is kindled.

7.9.5 O Agni, go on your divine embassy, unharmed, toward the gods with the brahman-made band; sacrifice to Sarasvatī, the Maruts, the Aśvins, the waters, and all the gods for the bestowal of treasure.

7.9.6 Vasiṣṭha, kindling you, O Agni, strikes away Jarūtha; worship the bountiful goddess for wealth; of many kinds of ritual, O Jātavedas, grow old; preserve us evermore with blessings.

7.10.1 Like the lover of the dawn, he has reached his broad force, flashing, shining, blazing; the bull, the golden one, the pure, shines with his light; he who urges on prayers has stirred the eager ones.

7.10.2 Like the sun at the dawning of the days, he has shone forth; the prayer-devotees spread the sacrifice like a thought; Agni the god, knowing all births, runs as the messenger, devoted to the gods, the most winning.

7.10.3 The songs and prayers, desiring the gods, go to Agni begging for wealth — to him who is beautiful to behold, of fair visage, of good form, the bearer of oblations, the unwearying one of mankind.

7.10.4 O Agni, bring Indra together with the Vasus, bring the great Rudra together with the Rudras; bring Aditi with the Ādityas, she who belongs to all peoples; bring Bṛhaspati with the ṛk-singers, the all-desired one.

7.10.5 The clans praise at the sacrificial rites Agni the joyful hotr-priest, loved by the devout, the youngest; for he has become the lord of nights and of riches, the unwearied messenger for the worship of the gods.

7.11.1 Great art thou, the presiding spirit of the sacrifice; without thee the immortals do not rejoice. Come hither on the same chariot with all the gods, O Agni; sit here as Hotṛ, foremost of all.

7.11.2 Thee, the swift messenger, do the oblation-bearing men always invoke for embassy; he upon whose sacrificial grass thou, O Agni, hast sat down with the gods — for him the days become auspicious.

7.11.3 Thrice in the night do they discern the treasures stored within thee for the mortal worshipper. Like Manu, O Agni, worship the gods here for us; be our messenger and protector against malediction.

7.11.4 Agni is lord of the great sacrifice; Agni is lord of every oblation that has been made. The Vasus indeed delight in his will; therefore the gods appointed him the bearer of oblations.

7.11.5 O Agni, bring hither the gods to partake of the oblation; let those whose chief is Indra rejoice here. Place this sacrifice among the gods in heaven. Do ye ever guard us with all blessings.

7.12.1 With great reverence we have come to the youngest, who blazes when kindled in his own dwelling, the brilliantly shining one who fills the two wide worlds, who is well-fed with oblations, turned toward all sides.

7.12.2 He who overpowers all evils by his greatness — Agni, Jātavedas, is praised in the house. May he guard us from sin and reproach, both us who hymn him and our bountiful patrons.

7.12.3 Thou art Varuṇa and also Mitra, O Agni; the Vasiṣṭhas strengthen thee with their hymns. May the readily won treasures be in thee. Do ye ever guard us with all blessings.

7.13.1 Bring forth the prayer and meditation for Agni, the all-purifying, the thought-sustaining, the slayer of Asuras; being gladdened on the sacrificial grass, like an offering brought, for Vaiśvānara, the marshaller of thoughts.

7.13.2 Thou, O Agni, blazing with thy flame, hast filled both worlds at thy birth. Thou hast freed the gods from malediction, O Vaiśvānara Jātavedas, by thy greatness.

7.13.3 When, O Agni, thou wast born, thou surveyedst all the worlds, moving freely like a herdsman among cattle, wandering everywhere. O Vaiśvānara, find the path for the brahman. Do ye ever guard us with all blessings.

7.14.1 With fuel, with invocations of the gods, with oblations to Jātavedas the divine, to the bright-flaming one — reverently we would serve Agni with our gifts.

7.14.2 We would tend thee, O Agni, with fuel; we would serve thee with good praise, O adorable one; we, O Hotṛ of the sacrifice, with ghee; we, O god, with oblation, O thou of auspicious flame.

7.14.3 Come to us with the gods at the invocation of the gods, O Agni, delighting in the vaṣaṭ-call. May we be givers to thee, the divine. Do ye ever guard us with all blessings.

7.15.1 Into the mouth of the bountiful, the approachable one, pour the oblation — he who is to us the nearest helper.

7.15.2 He who has sat down over the five tribes in house after house — the wise, the householder, the ever-young.

7.15.3 May Agni guard our wealth and household folk on every side, and also guard us from distress.

7.15.4 I have fashioned a new hymn for Agni, the falcon of the sky — will he win treasure for us?

7.15.5 His glories are desirable to behold, like wealth with abundance of heroes, as he blazes at the head of the sacrifice.

7.15.6 May Agni, the most skilled in worship, the bearer of oblations, come to this vaṣaṭ-call and be pleased with our songs.

7.15.7 Thee, the lord of the settlement, the brilliant one, O god, we would fix in our hearts; O Agni, thou who art invoked, bringer of good heroes.

7.15.8 Shine through the nights and through the days; through thee may we be possessed of good fire. Thou art rich in heroes, thou desirest us.

7.15.9 To thee do the inspired men come with their prayers, striving for gain — unto thee, the thousand-streamed, moving near.

7.15.10 Agni, the bright-flaming, the immortal, drives away the demons; the pure, the purifying one, he is worthy of praise.

7.15.11 May he, the lord, the offspring of strength, bring us riches; and may Bhaga grant the desirable gift.

7.15.12 Do thou, O Agni, grant fame with good heroes; and the god Savitṛ, Bhaga, and Diti give what is desirable.

7.15.13 O Agni, O god, protect us from distress, ward off the one who injures us; burn him, ageless, with thy most scorching flames.

7.15.14 Then the great one comes to us, unconquerable, for the protection of men; be thou a fortress with a hundred arms.

7.15.15 Protect us from sin, O thou undeceivable, from him who seeks to harm, at the fall of evening and of morning, by day and by night.

7.16.1 With this reverence I call Agni to you, the offspring of strength, the dearest, the most wakeful, the herald of the sacrifice, the messenger of all, the immortal.

7.16.2 He yokes the red steeds of universal bounty; he runs swiftly when well-fed with oblations. The sacrifice is well-praised and well-laid; the divine bestowal of riches comes to men.

7.16.3 His flame has risen up as he, the bountiful, is fed with oblations; the red smoke-columns that touch the sky rise up. The men kindle Agni together.

7.16.4 Thee, the most glorious, we make our messenger; bring the gods hither to the feast. O offspring of strength, grant all that mortals enjoy; give us that which we implore of thee.

7.16.5 Thou, O Agni, art our householder; thou art the Hotṛ at our rite; thou art the Potṛ, O thou who holdest all desirable things, O wise one; worship and seek the desirable.

7.16.6 Make a jewel for the sacrificer, O thou of good will; for thou art the giver of jewels. Set in order every priest at the rite, O thou of good praise, and him too who is capable.

7.16.7 In thee, O Agni, well fed with oblations, may the patrons be dear — the guiders, the bountiful ones among the people, who share out broad pastures and kine.

7.16.8 Those in whose house Iḍā with ghee-filled hands sits down at dawn — save them, O mighty one, from treachery and reproach; grant us shelter, O thou of far-famed might.

7.16.9 He, the carrier with his sweet tongue, the knower, with his mouth — O Agni, bring riches to us through the bountiful patrons, and set in order the gift of oblations.

7.16.10 Those who give horse-wealth and great gifts with desire for fame — save them from sin with those who ferry across; be thou a hundred fortresses for them, O most youthful.

7.16.11 The god, the giver of wealth, desires a full vessel for you. Either pour it out, or fill it up; then indeed the god will hear you.

7.16.12 Him, the Hotṛ of the rite, the wise one, the carrier — the gods have made him so. Agni places a jewel and heroic wealth for the worshipper, for the man who gives.

7.17.1 O Agni, be thou well-kindled with good fuel, and let the sacrificial grass be widely strewn.

7.17.2 And let the willing doors open wide, and here bring hither the willing gods.

7.17.3 O Agni, go forward with the oblation, worship the gods; make the sacrifice proceed well, O Jātavedas.

7.17.4 Jātavedas will make the sacrifice proceed well; he will worship the immortal gods and gladden them.

7.17.5 Win all desirable things, O wise one; may our wishes be fulfilled today.

7.17.6 Thee they have appointed as bearer of oblations, O Agni, the gods have set thee, the offspring of strength.

7.17.7 May we be givers to thee, the divine; distribute for us great jewels as thou movest.

7.18.1 In thee, O Indra, even our fathers won all good things for the praisers; in thee are the good milch cows, in thee indeed the horses; thou art the most bountiful with wealth for the godly man.

7.18.2 For thou dwellest with thy wives like a king, enlightening the days as a wise seer. Adorn our hymns, O bountiful one, with kine and horses; sharpen us who strive toward thee for riches.

7.18.3 These joyful, god-seeking songs have come to thee here competing. May the path of thy riches come toward us; may we be in thy good favor, O Indra, in thy shelter.

7.18.4 Wishing to milk thee like a cow in good pasture, Vasiṣṭha has sent forth the sacred songs to thee. May Indra, the lord of cattle for me, come to us every day with good favor.

7.18.5 Indra made the spreading waters fordable and easy to cross for Sudās; the new praiser silenced the raging Śimyu; he made the curses of the rivers into non-curses.

7.18.6 Turvaśa and Yakṣu were at the fore as defenders; the fish-like ones pressed close for gain; the Bhṛgus and the Druhyus rendered obedience; the friend ferried his friend across the diverging streams.

7.18.7 The Paktha, Bhalānas, Bhananta, Alina, Viṣāṇin, and Śiva clans came; he who led the Ārya's allies to battle against the Tṛtsus — through fighting he brought men with cattle-wealth.

7.18.8 The evil-minded, the senseless, dishonouring Aditi, they seized the Paruṣṇī river; he, the lord, shone forth mightily illumining the earth; the wise one like a beast lay in wait, watching.

7.18.9 They went toward the Paruṣṇī but not back from it; even the swift one did not reach the point of encounter. Indra, for Sudās, subdued the hasty foes, those castrated speakers in the human battle.

7.18.10 They went like cattle without a herdsman from the pasture, as the arranged ones toward their friend. The Pṛśnigāvas, sent by Pṛśni, obeyed; the Niyuts and Rantayas gave obedience.

7.18.11 The king cast down one and twenty men of the Vaikarṇa clans for the sake of fame. Like a wise one who sharpens the sacrificial grass at the altar, the heroic Indra let loose an onslaught against them.

7.18.12 Then the vajra-armed one, rolling down, struck the famous, mature Kavaṣa in the waters, and also the Druhyu.

7.18.13 Indra straightway burst asunder all their firm strongholds with might, seven cities of them; he distributed the household wealth of Ānavas to the Tṛtsu; we have overcome Pūru of foul speech in the assembly.

7.18.14 The Ānavas and Druhyus who fought for cattle — sixty hundreds, six thousands lay slain; sixty heroes over and above six who were eager for conflict — all the heroic deeds of Indra were accomplished.

7.18.15 Urged on by Indra, the Tṛtsus, eager for battle, flowed downward like released waters; the ill-befriended ones, making a din with their noise, abandoned all their enjoyments for Sudās.

7.18.16 He drove away to the earth half of the hero who drank the cooked offering without Indra, who boasted against him; Indra, the wrathful one, measured out wrath against him; as lord he took possession of the road's course.

7.18.17 Even with a poor instrument he accomplished that one deed; he struck down even the lion-like one with a needle. Indra cut away the corners of the enclosure and gave all enjoyments to Sudās.

7.18.18 Thy perpetual enemies have yielded to thee; find subjugation even for the boasting Bheda. Whoever brings guilt upon the mortal who praises thee — smite him with the sharp thunderbolt, O Indra.

7.18.19 The Yamunā and the Tṛtsus aided Indra; with utmost completeness he robbed Bheda of his strength; the Ajas, Śigrus, and Yakṣus brought him tribute, horse-heads.

7.18.20 Thy favors and thy riches, O Indra, neither the former dawns nor the new ones can count. Thou hast struck down even Devaka who thought himself worthy; of thyself thou hast shattered great Śambara.

7.18.21 They who, exhilarated by thee, have rejoiced from the house — Parāśara, Śatayātu, Vasiṣṭha — they do not forget thy bountiful friendship; may auspicious days dawn for the patrons then.

7.18.22 Two hundred cows belonging to Devavat's grandson, two chariots with their brides from Sudās — worthy of Agni, I walk around the dwelling of Paijavanesya singing like a Hotṛ, praising the gift.

7.18.23 Four gifts of Paijavanesya, well-aimed, adorned with gold pendants, stand out clearly; the dun ones with broad backs from Sudās bear me and my offspring to fame in succession.

7.18.24 His fame, distributed head by head, fills both wide worlds; seven rivers praise him like flowing streams; in the forefront of battle he has established himself as our champion, fighting there.

7.18.25 Follow this man, O Maruts, as ye followed Divodāsa, the father of Sudās; the heroic purpose of Paijavanesya is an imperishable, ageless lordship hard to assail, one that strives for service.

7.19.1 Who like a terrible bull with sharp horns, alone, shakes forth all the tribes; who art the dispenser of the wealth of the ever-constant non-worshipper toward the good Soma-presser.

7.19.2 Thou, O Indra, didst indeed aid Kutsa in that battle, hearkening with thy whole self; when thou didst subdue for him the Dāsa Śuṣṇa, the evil-harvesting one, bestowing favor on the son of Arjuna.

7.19.3 Thou, O bold one, with thy boldness didst aid Vītahavya; thou hast aided Sudās with all thy aids. Thou hast aided Paurukutsa Trasadasyu in the winning of fields and in the slaying of Vṛtra and Pūru.

7.19.4 With thy men's-minded heroes at the divine feast, O bay-horsed one, thou slayest many Vṛtras; thou hast lulled to sleep the Dasyu, Cumurin and Dhuni, for Dabhīta, striking well.

7.19.5 These are thy exploits, O holder of the vajra — that thou didst straightway burst asunder nine and ninety fortresses; in the hundredth at their settling thou didst pierce through; thou slewest Vṛtra and thou slewest Namuci.

7.19.6 These enjoyments of thine, O Indra, are of old for the sacrificer who gives the oblation, for Sudās. I yoke thy two powerful bay steeds, O virile one; may the sacred songs, O mighty one, gain strength.

7.19.7 May we not fall into this snare of thine for evil, O mighty, bay-horsed one. Save us with shelters free from wolves; may we be among thy beloved, O patron.

7.19.8 We, thy beloved men, O bountiful one, would rejoice as friends at the conquest, in thy shelter. Sharpen Turvaśa and Yādva for the one who is going to render the laudable thing for Atithigva.

7.19.9 Even now forthwith thy men declare praises, O bountiful, with well-ordered recitations; those who have outstripped the miserly Paṇis with their calls — choose us for that partnership.

7.19.10 These praises of men, O best of men, flow toward thee from us, the givers of bounties. O Indra, be gracious to them in the slaying of Vṛtra, be a hero-companion and a protector of men.

7.19.11 Now, O heroic Indra, urged by the sacred word, strengthen thyself with thy whole body as thou art being praised with aid. Measure out prizes for us, measure out strength. Do ye ever guard us with all blessings.

7.20.1 The self-sustaining one was born mighty for heroic deeds; he who is to work, the manly one, has worked the waters. He has come, the youthful one, to the seat of men with his aids; Indra is our protector even from great sin.

7.20.2 Indra, having grown mightily, will slay Vṛtra; the hero has now aided the praiser with his help. He will make a world for Sudās — yea, the giver of goods will be ever bountiful to the worshipper.

7.20.3 The warrior, unchallenged, maker of confusion, in the fight a hero, conqueror of all, from his birth invincible in this world — Indra spread apart the battle-lines with his own power and slew the whole hostile host.

7.20.4 Both worlds hast thou, O mighty Indra, filled with thy greatness by thy powers. Indra, the bay-horsed one, dripping with the thunderbolt, has spoken forth in his exhilarations amid the Soma drink.

7.20.5 The bull begat the bull for battle; the woman too gave birth to the manly one. He who is the foremost general, then, among men, the warrior seeking cattle, unwearied, that one is bold.

7.20.6 The man who seeks to please his terrible mind will surely not stumble nor come to harm. He who places services in Indra through sacrifices, the guardian of Ṛta, born of Ṛta, abides in riches.

7.20.7 When the former Indra bestowing favor on the later one — the greater one sacrificed the gift of the lesser — the immortal would sit far round about. O brilliant one, bring us the brilliant wealth.

7.20.8 That dear man of thine who has given to thee, O Indra of the stone-thunderbolt, who has been thy friend in the fight — may we be those most gladdened by this good favor of thine; may we be in thy protection, the unhurt, at the men's feast.

7.20.9 This hymn of praise has cried aloud for thee, the bull; and the praise-song too, O bountiful, has called to thee. The desire for wealth has come to thy praiser; do thou, O Śakra, verily be able to help us with treasure.

7.20.10 Do thou, O Indra, grant to us the strength of one who strives toward thee, and those too who are bountiful and drive forward. May thy power toward thy praiser be the power of giving wealth. Do ye ever guard us with all blessings.

7.21.1 The divine, strength-giving soma-juice has been pressed; in this very pressing Indra has spoken from birth. We invoke thee, O Haryaśva, with sacrifices; be wakeful of our hymn in the raptures of the soma.

7.21.2 They who are exhilarated by soma, the loud-voiced ones, advance the sacrifice and spread the sacred grass at the assembly. The bulls who attend men, whose approach is heard from afar, are installed in the seat of glory.

7.21.3 Thou, O Indra, art he who set the waters flowing — the many that had been hemmed in by the serpent, O hero. From thee, as from a coursing mare in a chariot-race, all created things tremble in awe.

7.21.4 Terrible, attacking with his weapons, knowing all their manly deeds, Indra, exulting, shook the fortresses, and with the bolt in his hand smote them asunder with his greatness.

7.21.5 The sorcerers, O Indra, have not prevailed against us; nor have obeisances availed the worshipper, O most mighty. He, the Ārya, shall rout the creature of alien race. Let not the phallus-worshippers approach our sacred rite.

7.21.6 By thy power, O Indra, thou art present here on earth; the regions could not contain thy greatness. For thou slewest Vṛtra by thine own might and valour, and no foe has ever found the limit of thy battle-strength.

7.21.7 Even the gods of old accorded their powers to thee for thy lordly sway and dominion. Indra distributes the prizes as he wills; they call upon Indra at the winning of the spoil.

7.21.8 Even the man of small praise has invoked thee for protection, O lord of abundant blessings, O Indra. Thou hast been our refuge, O thou of a hundred aids; the shelter of one like thee is a mighty shield for the suppliant.

7.21.9 May we ever be thy friends, O Indra, reverencing thee with offerings, victorious through thy greatness. With thy aid may they overcome in conflict the onslaughts of the foe who would oppress us.

7.21.10 Do thou, O Indra, grant us the strength of thy bounty, and to those who themselves exert their powers as Maghavans. May thy power as lord of wealth be with thy worshipper; do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.22.1 Drink the soma, O Indra; let it gladden thee — that which the stone, O Haryaśva, hath well pressed for thee; well-yoked is the bay-stallion by the arms of the presser.

7.22.2 That exhilaration of thine which is fitting and lovely, wherewith thou slayest the Vṛtras, O Haryaśva — may that intoxication, O Indra, overwhelm thee, O lord of abundant wealth.

7.22.3 Take heed, O Maghavan, to this my speech — the praise that Vasiṣṭha sings to thee. Be pleased with these prayers in the common joy of the soma feast.

7.22.4 Hear thou the invocation of the stone that has drunk deep; attend to the devotion of the inspired singer as he chants. Come, perform the nearest services and be our companion.

7.22.5 I do not disregard thy songs, knowing thine eager speed; nor do I disregard the praise of thee who art the lord of might. I ever speak thy name that is self-glorious.

7.22.6 For many are thy soma-pressings among men; many a sage invokes thee, thee alone. Be not far from us for long, O Maghavan.

7.22.7 For thee are all these soma-pressings, O hero; for thee I offer prayers that augment thee. Thou art invoked by men and art the sustainer of all.

7.22.8 Now indeed no one can fully comprehend thy greatness, O wonderful and fierce one who deems himself such. Thy heroic might, O Indra, and thy bounty are without limit.

7.22.9 The seers of former times and they of the present, the inspired priests who have generated prayers for thee, O Indra — may thy auspicious friendships be with us. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.23.1 Rise up, O prayers, for glory's sake; glorify Indra in the battle, O Vasiṣṭha — he who has spread out all things by his might. He shall incline his ear to my living words.

7.23.2 I pour forth the shout, O Indra, born among the gods; let my poured speech resound as the bright ones desire. For the span of one's own life is not perceived among men — yet do thou carry us past those very difficulties.

7.23.3 I yoke the chariot that seeks cattle with the two bays; they have taken their stand beside the prayers with delight. Indra in his greatness has spread apart the two worlds; he has slain the Vṛtras that stood against him.

7.23.4 Even the waters swelled full like cows that had not been milked; thy worshippers have striven towards the sacred order, O Indra. Come to us as Vāyu with his team; for thou by thy wisdom distributest the prizes.

7.23.5 May those intoxications gladden thee, O Indra, vigorous one of abundant gifts, for the singer. For thou alone among the gods dost apportion men's fates; rejoice, O hero, at this pressing.

7.23.6 Thus do the Vasiṣṭhas sing their hymns to Indra the bull, the wielder of the bolt. Praised thus, may he grant us wealth in heroes and in cattle. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.24.1 A seat, O Indra, has been prepared for thee in the hall of rite; come hither to it with thy escort, O thou much-invoked. Be thou our protector and increaser; grant us riches, and be exhilarated with the soma-draughts.

7.24.2 Thy mind has been seized, O Indra of double might; the soma is pressed, the sweet juices are poured around. This fair-fashioned devotion, whose stream of praise is freely flowing, invokes Indra with longing.

7.24.3 Come, O Ṛjīṣin, from heaven and from earth to this sacred grass for the drinking of soma. May the bay steeds bring thee, who desirest exhilaration, towards our hymn of praise, O mighty one, for the joy of drinking.

7.24.4 Come to us, O Haryaśva, enjoying all our aids together, pleased with our prayer. Come, O fine-jawed Indra, striding mightily with thy stalwart steps, laying upon us the manly vigour of the bull.

7.24.5 This hymn has been fashioned for the great and fierce one, to be borne on the yoke-pole like a swift charger straining for the prize. This song invokes thee, O Indra, for the winning of wealth; grant us distinction above others as the sky is above heaven.

7.24.6 Thus, O Indra, fill us with the choicest treasure; we have sought thy great benevolence. Bestow on the Maghavans refreshment rich in heroes. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.25.1 Great Indra comes, O fierce one, when in equal fury the armies clash together in battle. The lightning-bolt flies from the arms of the manly god; let not thy mind wander in all directions.

7.25.2 O Indra, smite down into the abyss the enemies, the mortal men who assail us. Make the hostile incitement of the plotter to be far away; bring to us the gathering of riches.

7.25.3 Hundredfold, O Śiprin, be thy aids to Sudās; a thousandfold may thy praises and gifts be. Strike down the weapon of the mortal foe; lay upon us splendour and treasure.

7.25.4 For such a one as thee, O Indra, I exist in intelligence; for such a one as thee, O hero, in the bestowal of gifts. With vigour fiercely throughout all the days, O Harivaṇ, make thy dwelling with us; neglect us not.

7.25.5 These praises of the Kutsa clan move toward Indra the Haryaśva seeking vigour, seeking god-sped might. Make the Vṛtras altogether easy to smite, O hero; may we as victors win the prize.

7.25.6 Thus, O Indra, fill us with the choicest treasure; we have sought thy great benevolence. Bestow on the Maghavans refreshment rich in heroes. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.26.1 Without pressed soma Indra has not been exhilarated; without prayer have the pressed libations not exhilarated Maghavan. Therefore I generate a hymn, that as he has taken pleasure therein, the hero may hear our newer song.

7.26.2 With hymn after hymn, with pressed soma after pressed soma, Maghavan has been exhilarated. When men of equal will and vigour, hard-pressed like sons invoking a father, call on Indra for aid.

7.26.3 He has done these deeds, now making others that the priests speak of at the soma-pressings. Like a single husband ruling over wives, Indra has well cleansed all the cities.

7.26.4 Thus they speak of him; and hear, O Indra — thou art the sole distributor, the speedy apportioner of prizes. His many aids are for mutual protection; may his auspicious blessings follow after us as beloved gifts.

7.26.5 Thus does Vasiṣṭha praise Indra, the bull of the tribes, at the soma-pressing, for the welfare of men. Bring thousandfold prizes near to us. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.27.1 Men call on Indra with reverence, when they harness those thoughts that are to reach their goal. The hero who prostrates men, who delights in his own might — allot us our share in the cow-stall that yields cattle.

7.27.2 Whatever vigour is thine, O Maghavan, share it with thy friends, O much-invoked, with the heroes. For thou, O Maghavan, art the discerning one; release our bounty that is locked away, like water held back.

7.27.3 Indra is king of the moving world, of all peoples, over the earth, whatever there is of manifold form. From that position he gives riches to the worshipper, he who is praised stimulates bounty to flow hither.

7.27.4 Indra the Maghavan, when invoked together with us, shall in no way hold back the prize for giving, nor his aid. His bounteous gift — he whose south-offering has swelled to fullness — flows towards good things for the heroes and friends.

7.27.5 Now, O Indra, grant us wide room for wealth; we would turn thy mind towards our bounty. May we go forth rich in cattle, horses, and chariots. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.28.1 Come to us with the prayer, O Indra, O wise one; let thy bay steeds be turned hither and yoked. For indeed all mortals call upon thee; hear us, O thou who fillest all.

7.28.2 Thy greatness, O Indra, has answered our invocation when thou dost protect the prayer of the seers, O mighty one. When thou takest the bolt in thy hand, O terrible one, grim as thou art, thou wast born unconquerable by thy wisdom.

7.28.3 Those who call upon thee under thy guidance, O Indra, thou dost lead — just as thou dost lead together the two worlds and the men. For thou wast born for great dominion and might; the urger destroyed even the one who was not swift to urge.

7.28.4 With these days be gracious to us, O Indra; for the ill-friended peoples hasten away. Since the blameless one sees the falsehood directly, may deceitful Varuṇa turn away from us once and for all.

7.28.5 We would proclaim this Indra Maghavan for what he grants us of great wealth and bounty — he who protects the inspired singer's prayer of the one who sings. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.29.1 This soma, O Indra, is pressed for thee; come hither, O Harivaṇ who dwellest at home. Drink then of this well-pressed, lovely draught, coming to give us prizes, O Maghavan.

7.29.2 O Brāhmaṇ hero, be pleased with the prayer's fashioning; come swiftly hither with the bay steeds. Be exhilarated at this soma-pressing; hear these our prayers.

7.29.3 What adornment of thee is there with well-spoken hymns? When, O Maghavan, shall we make offering to thee? I have stretched forth all thoughts towards thee; set, O Indra, so that thou mayest hear when we invoke thee.

7.29.4 And indeed those men of thine have existed — the seers of former times to whom thou didst hearken. And so I keep calling upon thee, O Maghavan; thou, O Indra, art our guardian as a father.

7.29.5 We would proclaim this Indra Maghavan for what he grants us of great wealth and bounty — he who protects the inspired singer's prayer of the one who sings. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.30.1 Come to us, O divine Indra, with might, thou vigorous one; be thou the increaser of this our wealth. Come for great manly strength, O lord of men who wieldest the good bolt, come for great dominion and vigour, O hero.

7.30.2 The heroes call upon thee, calling thee with distinct voice in their own persons at the winning of the sun. Thou art to be called upon as a warrior among all peoples; cause the Vṛtras to yield — let them be easy to smite.

7.30.3 When, O Indra, thou hast shone forth in fair days illuminating, when thou dost plant the highest banner in battles — Agni takes his seat as the divine Ṛtvik-priest, inviting the gods here for the sake of blessedness.

7.30.4 We, and those gods too, O hero Indra, who praise thee the giver of prizes — grant to the pious patrons the highest protection, so that those born of good stock may attain to long old age.

7.30.5 We would proclaim this Indra Maghavan for what he grants us of great wealth and bounty — he who protects the inspired singer's prayer of the one who sings. Do ye always guard us with blessings.

7.31.1 Sing forth to Indra, the exhilarating hymn, O friends, to him of the bay steeds, the drinker of Soma.

7.31.2 Let heroic men recite the laud and the bright offering as is fit, for him of liberal gifts — we have made them for Indra, the truly bounteous.

7.31.3 Thou, O Indra, art the seeker of prizes; thou, O Lord of a hundred powers, art the seeker of cattle; thou art the seeker of gold, O bright one.

7.31.4 We who are devoted to thee, O Indra, praise thee exceedingly, O Bull; mark well this our song, O bright one.

7.31.5 Deliver us not to blame nor to the speech of the hostile one, nor surrender us to one who does not give; in thee too rests my purpose.

7.31.6 Thou art our wide-spreading armour and our champion in the forefront, O Vṛtra-slayer; with thee as ally I speak in reply.

7.31.7 Great indeed art thou, whose might, self-sustaining, follows; both the worlds, O Indra, acknowledge thee.

7.31.8 May the speech accompanied by the Maruts, moving together with the days, encompass thee, O Indra, reaching thee.

7.31.9 The Soma-drops, standing upright, have flowed to thee, the wondrous one, toward heaven; the people bow down together to thee.

7.31.10 Carry forward your praise to the great one, who is magnified by greatness, to the wise one; bestow your good-will; go forth, O many peoples who sustain human life.

7.31.11 Wise seers generate the well-fashioned prayer for Indra, far-reaching and mighty; the steadfast ones do not transgress his ordinances.

7.31.12 The sacred voices, ever unvanquished in wrath, have placed Indra together as king to drink in common; for the lord of bay steeds, press down and exhilarate the companions.

7.32.1 Let not the worshippers, nor any one, keep thee far from us; come hither from afar to our feast of exhilaration, or, being here, listen near at hand.

7.32.2 These hymn-makers of thine sit here with the pressed Soma as bees upon honey; the praisers desirous of wealth have set their desire in Indra, as a foot in a chariot.

7.32.3 Desirous of wealth, I call Indra of the bolt-hand, well-skilled, as a son calls upon a father.

7.32.4 These Soma-draughts mixed with curds have been pressed for Indra; come to them for exhilaration, O bolt-handed one, to drink — come home with thy bay horses.

7.32.5 The keen-eared one moves, hearing a call for riches; let him not now neglect our songs — he who can give thousands and hundreds in a day; no one can restrain the willing giver.

7.32.6 That hero, unassailable, has blazed forth with Indra amid warriors — he who presses for thee, O Vṛtra-slayer, the deep Soma-pressings and hastens hither.

7.32.7 Be a shelter, O Maghavan, for the bountiful, when thou dost conquer the insolent; may we share the wealth of the one struck by thee — O unstrikable one, bring home riches.

7.32.8 Press the Soma for the Soma-drinker Indra, the wielder of the bolt; cook the offerings for our aid — truly the bounty of the liberal man delights the liberal.

7.32.9 Do not falter, O Soma-pressers; be skilful; strive for great riches; truly the bold man wins, lives, and prospers — the gods are not for the niggardly.

7.32.10 No one encompassed the chariot of Sudās to detain it; he whose helper is Indra, toward whom the Maruts come — he reaches the stall rich in cattle.

7.32.11 The mortal whose helper thou art, O Indra, wins the prize while pressing for prizes; be thou our helper of chariots, our helper of heroes, O champion.

7.32.12 The portion of him truly springs up like the wealth of a victor — Indra with his bay horses; deceivers do not harm him; he who is at the Soma-pressing bestows skill.

7.32.13 Place at the sacred rites the mighty, well-set, well-adorned prayer; even many pursuings do not overtake him who is engaged in work for Indra.

7.32.14 What mortal would dare to assail him who has thee as his wealth, O Indra? Truly, O Maghavan, by faith in thee on the appointed day in heaven, the swift steed wins the prize.

7.32.15 Urge the bountiful in the slaying of Vṛtra, those who give dear wealth; under thy guidance, O lord of bay steeds, may we with the inspired patrons pass through all difficulties.

7.32.16 The lowest wealth is thine, O Indra, and thou dost cultivate the middle sort; thou reignest over all that is highest; no one excludes thee from the cattle.

7.32.17 Thou art the famed giver of wealth to all, whose victories come; O much-invoked one, this whole earthly world, desiring thy aid, begs thy name.

7.32.18 If I, O Indra, were as great as thou art, I would seek only the praiser to maintain; I would not give wealth, O giver, for wickedness.

7.32.19 I would indeed assist the magnanimous one day by day for wealth found somewhere; truly, O Maghavan, there is no kinsman, not even a father, more helpful than thou.

7.32.20 Truly the bold one wins the prize with Puraṁdhi as his ally; I bend Indra, the much-invoked, hither with a hymn, as a skilled carpenter bends a wheel-rim.

7.32.21 A mortal finds no wealth through ill-praise; riches do not come to the negligent; O Maghavan, good strength to thee — for one devoted to thee, a gift on the appointed day in heaven.

7.32.22 We praise thee exceedingly, O champion, as milch-cows that have not been milked; O Indra, the lord of this moving world, the heaven-beholder, the lord of the standing world.

7.32.23 No other, neither heavenly nor earthly, born or yet to be born, is like thee; we who desire horses, O Maghavan Indra, we who are swift and who seek cattle — we call on thee.

7.32.24 O Indra, bring thou that — the greater for the lesser, the greater to the needy; for thou, O Maghavan, art of abundant wealth from of old and art to be invoked in every battle.

7.32.25 Drive away the enemies, O Maghavan; make our riches easy to find; be thou our helper in the great contest, the strengthener of our friends.

7.32.26 O Indra, bring us resolve as a father brings it to his sons; help us, O much-invoked, in this our journey; may we living reach the light.

7.32.27 Let not unknown hostile powers, ill-intentioned, let not the inauspicious trample us; with thee, O champion, may we ever pass through the rushing streams.

7.33.1 The white-complexioned, right-tufted Vasiṣṭhas, who gladden the mind with hymns, have gladdened me; rising up I declare before the men at the sacred grass — the Vasiṣṭhas have not been far from me as helpers.

7.33.2 They brought Indra from afar with the pressed Soma, past Vaiśanta, past the mighty guardian; from the pressed Soma of Pāśadyumna Vāyata, Indra chose the Vasiṣṭhas.

7.33.3 So with these he crossed the Sindhu; so with these he smote the adversary; so in the Battle of Ten Kings did Indra protect Sudās through your sacred formulas, O Vasiṣṭhas.

7.33.4 Through the sacred prayer of your fathers, the inexhaustible beneficent deed was performed by devoted men — you do not perish; for in the Śakvarī verses with a great cry you, the Vasiṣṭhas, placed your might in Indra.

7.33.5 Thirsty, beseeching, as though yearning for heaven, they shone in the Battle of Ten Kings, beset; Indra heard Vasiṣṭha as he praised, and made wide space for the Tṛtsus.

7.33.6 The cattle-owners were like scattered staffs; the Bharatas were tiny and hemmed in; but Vasiṣṭha became their leader in the forefront, and straightway the clans of the Tṛtsus spread wide.

7.33.7 Three pour their seed in the worlds; three Āryan offspring head toward the light; three warmths attend the Dawn — all these the Vasiṣṭhas know fully.

7.33.8 Their radiance is like the shining of the sun; their greatness is deep as the ocean; their swiftness is like the wind — no one else, O Vasiṣṭhas, may follow up your praise.

7.33.9 They move together around the hidden thing of the heart with the thoughts of a thousand branches; weaving the enclosure stretched out by Yama, the Vasiṣṭhas sat down with the Apsarases.

7.33.10 When Mitra and Varuṇa saw thee flashing around the light of the lightning — that is thy one birth, O Vasiṣṭha; the other is when Agastya brought thee among the Viśas.

7.33.11 Thou art also the son of Mitra and Varuṇa, O Vasiṣṭha, born of Urvaśī from the mind, O brahmin; the seed that had fallen — all the gods received thee in the lotus with the divine prayer.

7.33.12 He, the discerner, knowing both worlds, giver of thousands and one who possesses eternally — Vasiṣṭha was born amid the Apsarases, about to weave the enclosure stretched by Yama.

7.33.13 Born together at the sacrifice, urged by devotion, they poured their commingled seed into a jar; thence Māna rose up in the midst; thence the seer born is called Vasiṣṭha.

7.33.14 He bears the bearer of laud, the bearer of Sāman, and bearing the pressing-stone he speaks forth first; approach him with goodwill — Vasiṣṭha will come to you, O Pratṛdas.

7.34.1 Let the divine bright prayer go forth from us, well-fashioned as a swift racing-chariot.

7.34.2 The flowing waters hear and know the birth-place of earth and heaven.

7.34.3 Even the wide waters swell for him; in the battles against Vṛtras the mighty champions take thought.

7.34.4 Yoke the horses for him at the pole, as Indra the bolt-wielder with arms of gold.

7.34.5 Go forth toward the sacrifice as on a given day; urge it of yourselves, as if going on a journey.

7.34.6 Of yourselves urge the sacrifice in the battles; set up a standard, a hero for the people.

7.34.7 From his might the radiance has not faltered; the earth bears the weight as the ground.

7.34.8 I invoke the gods; O Agni, unchecked, completing the work with holy order, I set my thought.

7.34.9 Direct your divine thought; send forth your voice toward the gods.

7.34.10 The mighty Varuṇa of a thousand eyes looks upon the depths of these rivers.

7.34.11 He is the king of kingdoms, the ornament of rivers; imperishable sovereignty, life for all, belongs to him.

7.34.12 Protect us in all the clans; make our fame shine forth this day for the praiser.

7.34.13 Let the sinister lightning of enemies depart; ward off from all sides the blemish from our bodies.

7.34.14 Agni has protected us and our oblations with devotions; the most beloved praise has been placed for him.

7.34.15 Make the Child of Waters our friend in common with the gods; may he be gracious to us.

7.34.16 With hymns I praise the water-born serpent sitting in the dust at the base of the rivers.

7.34.17 Let Ahi Budhnya not place us in harm; let not the sacrifice of this one who lives by holy order fail.

7.34.18 And may these heroic men lay fame upon us; may noble ones go forth boldly for wealth.

7.34.19 Their great armies scorch the foe as the sun scorches the earth with its swift rays.

7.34.20 When our consorts come forward to us, may Tvaṣṭar of the fair hands bestow heroic men.

7.34.21 May Tvaṣṭar be pleased with our praise; may Aramati, seeking wealth, abide with us.

7.34.22 May they, the bountiful ones, bestow wealth upon us; may Rodasī and Varuṇānī hear; may there be good refuge for us with their many protections; may Tvaṣṭar of good gifts distribute riches.

7.34.23 May the mountains give us that wealth, may the waters, may the bountiful herbs and heaven; may earth, united with the forest-trees, may both the world-halves guard us around.

7.34.24 May the wide two world-halves extend for that; may the mighty Varuṇa, Indra's friend; may all the powerful Maruts follow — may we be the firm foundation of wealth to contemplate.

7.34.25 May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, the waters, the herbs, and the forest-trees bestow that on us; may we be in the lap of the Maruts for shelter; protect us ever with blessings.

7.35.1 May Indra and Agni be auspicious to us with their aids; may Indra and Varuṇa, to whom oblations are given, be auspicious; may Indra and Soma be gracious for our well-being; may Indra and Pūṣan be auspicious in the winning of prizes.

7.35.2 May Bhaga be auspicious to us; may our praise also be auspicious; may Puraṁdhi be auspicious; may riches also be auspicious; may the praise of truth and good governance be auspicious to us; may Aryaman, born of many, be auspicious.

7.35.3 May Dhātṛ be auspicious to us; may the Sustainer also be auspicious; may the wide-shining one be auspicious with her offerings; may the great Rodasī be auspicious; may the mountain be auspicious; may the good invocations of the gods be auspicious.

7.35.4 May Agni, the radiant-faced, be auspicious to us; may Mitra and Varuṇa be auspicious, and the Aśvins; may the good deeds of the good be auspicious to us; may the swift wind blow auspiciously upon us.

7.35.5 May Dyāvāpṛthivī be auspicious at the morning invocation; may the midspace be auspicious for us to behold; may the herbs and the forest-trees be auspicious; may the victorious lord of the dust-realm be auspicious to us.

7.35.6 May Indra the god be auspicious with the Vasus; may Varuṇa of fair praise be auspicious with the Ādityas; may Rudra the healing one be auspicious with the Rudras; may Tvaṣṭar with the Gnās hear and be auspicious.

7.35.7 May Soma be auspicious to us; may the sacred prayer be auspicious; may the pressing-stones be auspicious; may the sacrifices also be auspicious; may the timbers of the stakes be auspicious; may the sacrificial ladle be auspicious and the altar be auspicious.

7.35.8 May the Sun of wide vision rise auspiciously for us; may the four directions be auspicious; may the firm mountains be auspicious; may the rivers and the waters be auspicious.

7.35.9 May Aditi be auspicious to us with her ordinances; may the Maruts who win the light be auspicious; may Viṣṇu be auspicious; may Pūṣan also be auspicious; may our prosperity be auspicious and Vāyu be auspicious.

7.35.10 May the god Savitṛ, protecting us, be auspicious; may the brightly shining Dawns be auspicious; may Parjanya be auspicious for our offspring; may the lord of the field, the bringer of blessing, be auspicious.

7.35.11 May the All-Gods be auspicious to us; may Sarasvatī along with understanding be auspicious; auspicious be those who encompass us, auspicious those who give gifts; may the divine, the earthly, and the aqueous beings be auspicious.

7.35.12 May the lords of truth be auspicious to us; may our horses be auspicious; may the cows also be auspicious; may the Ṛbhus, the well-doing, the skilled of hand, be auspicious; may the Fathers be auspicious to us at the invocations.

7.35.13 May the god Aja Ekapād be auspicious to us; may Ahi Budhnya and the ocean be auspicious; may Apāṁ Napāt Pūru be auspicious; may Pṛśni, guarded by the gods, be auspicious.

7.35.14 May the Ādityas, Rudras, and Vasus be pleased with this renewed prayer being offered; may the divine, the earthly, the cow-born ones, and all those worthy of worship hear us.

7.35.15 Those who among the gods are most worthy of sacrifice, the adorable ones of Manu, the immortal knowers of holy order — may they bestow on us ample room this day; protect us ever with blessings.

7.36.1 Let the sacred prayer go forth from the seat of holy order; the Sun has sent out his rays and released the cows; the wide earth has spread herself along her ridge; Agni has shone with his broad face.

7.36.2 I make this well-fashioned hymn for you two, O Mitra and Varuṇa, lords of might — a newer refreshment; another of you two, the inviolable Ino, follows the path, and Mitra, as he speaks, maintains the people.

7.36.3 They came to rest in the path of the rushing wind; the cows — like good milch-kine — have caused to swell; born in the seat of the great heaven, the Bull has bellowed in that same udder.

7.36.4 He who would yoke with a song those thy two beloved bay steeds, O Indra, with the beautiful chariot — O champion, the two who give nourishment — and who by his wrath destroys the attacker, I would turn hither Aryaman of good counsel.

7.36.5 Both birds and the reverent ones worship his friendship in the seat of holy order; having been praised by men, he spreads forth his nourishment — this most beloved reverence to Rudra.

7.36.6 When, crying out together for glory, Sarasvatī the seventh, mother of streams, and those who have sounded well — the good-milking, good-streaming ones — swell up with their own milk.

7.36.7 May these swift Maruts, rejoicing, protect our prayer and our offspring; may the imperishable ones moving around not overlook us; may they foster our wealth fit to be yoked.

7.36.8 Proclaim the great Aramati; proclaim Pūṣan, the hero of the assembly; proclaim Bhaga, the protector of understanding at this winning, the prize-seeker Puraṁdhi.

7.36.9 May this call go toward you, O Maruts; may it go toward Viṣṇu, the overseer of the pressed drink, with your aids; and may they assign strength for offspring to the singer; protect us ever with blessings.

7.37.1 May the unimpeded chariot, O Ṛbhukṣans, the swiftest bearer of prizes, carry you hither to be praised; at the pressings fill yourselves with the triple-ridged Soma-draughts in exhilaration, O fair-cheeked ones, with great gifts.

7.37.2 You, O unimpeded Ṛbhukṣans, truly place the imperishable jewel among the bountiful, the heaven-beholding ones; drink your fill with your own power at the sacrifices; distribute your gifts to us with your thoughts.

7.37.3 For thou, O Maghavan, hast spoken of the gift in the distribution of great and small wealth; both thy arms are full of wealth; true speech cannot be constrained when there is desire for riches.

7.37.4 Thou, O Indra, art the self-glorious Ṛbhukṣan; O praised one, like a good steed thou goest home; may we, the Vasiṣṭhas, be worshippers devoted to thee, composing the sacred prayer, O lord of bay horses.

7.37.5 Thou art the winner of the downward-rushing streams even for the worshipper, O lord of bay steeds, through those thoughts with which thou aidest; let me be joined to thy allied aids — when, O Indra, wilt thou bestow wealth upon us?

7.37.6 Thou art as if clothing us, O wise one; when, O Indra, hast thou heeded our speech? With thought going home, bring wealth rich in heroes; may our steed bring the prize-winning nourishment for us.

7.37.7 Whom even the goddess Nirṛti controls — the autumns of good nourishment reach Indra.

7.37.8 May gifts come to us to be praised, O Savitṛ; may wealth come at the bounty of the mountain; may the divine guardian attend us always; protect us ever with blessings.

7.38.1 The god Savitṛ has stretched upward the golden luster which he put on.

7.38.2 Rise up, O Savitṛ, O golden-handed; hear this, at the proper presentation of holy order; sending forth the wide, flat radiance, bestowing on men the food of mortals.

7.38.3 May the god Savitṛ, praised by all, be here — he whom all the Vasus also sing; may he who deserves reverence bestow on us and his devotees his grace with the praise; may he protect the wise men with all his guardians.

7.38.4 Whom the divine Aditi praises, rejoicing in the stimulation of god Savitṛ; whom the sovereign Varuṇa praises; whom the Mitras and Aryaman praise together.

7.38.5 Those who win against each other in rivalry, seeking the gift of heaven, the bounty-sharers of earth — may Ahi Budhnya hear us too, and may Varūtrī protect us with her single milch-kines.

7.38.6 Following that, may the lord of the family take thought, seeking the jewel of god Savitṛ; the mighty man repeatedly calls on Bhaga for aid; the mighty man, following Bhaga, then finds the jewel.

7.38.7 May those who win prizes be auspicious to us at the invocations — the swift-running ones, winners of light, in their divine succession.

7.38.8 Protect us prize-winners in every contest for wealth, O wise immortal knowers of holy order; drink of this mead and make yourselves exhilarated; go satisfied along the god-traveled paths.

7.39.1 Agni, erect, has reached good thought and wealth; the aging one goes to meet the divine succession; the two pressing-stones have found their path as of a chariot; the Hotṛ, impelled by holy order, sacrifices for us.

7.39.2 The sacred grass has been well spread for these; the two lords of the clan move here like a fissure; at the morning invocation of the people, at the Dawn, Vāyu and Pūṣan harnessed for well-being come hither.

7.39.3 Here on the earth the Vasus and the bright gods have rejoiced; in the broad midspace they have cleansed themselves; O far-going ones, make the paths hither; hear the message of this our envoy who has gone.

7.39.4 For they, the worshipful, the helpful at the sacrifices — all the gods are about the common station; O Agni, worship those who long for the sacrifice — the gift, the Nāsatyas, and Puraṁdhi.

7.39.5 O Agni, bring hither by our songs from heaven and earth: Mitra, Varuṇa, Indra, and Agni; Aryaman, Aditi, and Viṣṇu of these — may Sarasvatī and the Maruts exhilarate them.

7.39.6 He has bestowed the oblation with the thoughts of those worthy of sacrifice; it reaches the desire of mortals, making them content; may Dhātṛ grant the inexhaustible wealth of those who sit at ease — may we conquer now with the allied gods.

7.39.7 Now Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni, possessors of holy order, are praised through these Rodasīs by the Vasiṣṭhas; may the bright ones bestow the highest praise upon us; protect us ever with blessings.

7.40.1 Let the auspicious call come together at the assembly; let us set up our praise for the swift ones; whatever the god Savitṛ stimulates today, may we be among those who share in his jewels.

7.40.2 May Mitra grant us that, and Varuṇa, and the Rodasīs, and Indra the heaven-apportioned share, and Aryaman; may the divine Aditi show the way to wealth; and Vāyu and Bhaga, whom they yoke together.

7.40.3 He shall be mighty and powerful, that mortal whom ye, O speckle-horsed Maruts, protect; and Agni and Sarasvatī urge him on — the limits of his wealth are not to be passed.

7.40.4 For this Varuṇa is the guide of holy order; the royal Mitras and Aryaman have set the waters in their place; the divine Aditi, easily invoked, the unassailable — may they carry us past our afflictions, unharmed.

7.40.5 We are a branch of this bountiful god, in the forward offering of advancing Viṣṇu with oblations; for Rudra knows his mighty Rudrean greatness; may the Aśvins, possessing refreshment, find the most excellent track.

7.40.6 O Pūṣan, radiant, when the shelter and the bountiful givers bestow gifts — may those who are sources of joy guard our horses; may the all-encompassing wind grant us rain.

7.40.7 Now Varuṇa, Mitra, and Agni, the possessors of holy order, are praised through the Rodasīs by the Vasiṣṭhas; may the bright ones bestow the highest praise upon us; protect us ever with blessings.

7.41.1 At dawn we invoke Agni, at dawn Indra, at dawn Mitra and Varuṇa, at dawn the Aśvins; at dawn Bhaga, Pūṣan, the Lord of Prayer, at dawn Soma, and also Rudra we call.

7.41.2 We invoke Bhaga the mighty, won at dawn, son of Aditi, who apportions — even the impoverished man, even the swift warrior, even the king, says of him: 'May I obtain Bhaga's share.'

7.41.3 O Bhaga, guide and leader, Bhaga of true bounty — lift up and sustain this our prayer; O Bhaga, enrich us with cattle and horses; O Bhaga, make us strong with men, that we may be heroes.

7.41.4 May we be possessed of Bhaga now, and at the departure of day, and in its middle; and, O Bountiful One, at the rising of the sun — may we dwell in the favour of the gods.

7.41.5 May Bhaga alone among the gods be the possessor of fortune — through him may we be fortunate; 'thee, O Bhaga, all men everywhere invoke' — be thou, O Bhaga, our forerunner here.

7.41.6 The Dawns bow down together for the sacrifice, as Dadhikrāvan hastens to the lustrous track; may prize-winning steeds bring Bhaga, the finder of wealth, toward us — as horses draw a chariot.

7.41.7 Rich in horses, rich in cattle, rich in heroes — auspicious Dawns, may they always shine for us; yielding ghee, well-nourished on every side — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.42.1 Let the Brahman-priests, the Aṅgirases, go forth; let the roaring of the celestial one advance; let the swelling milk-cows low — may the two press-stones be yoked, the ornament of the sacrifice.

7.42.2 Thy path, O Agni, is well-trodden and renowned; yoke thy tawny and thy red horses at the pressing; those ruddy ones who, seated in the dwelling, carry heroes — I invoke the birthplaces of the gods.

7.42.3 Magnifying your sacrifice with homage, the joyful Hotṛ has raised his voice in the near presence; O thou of many faces, sacrifice well to the gods — may thou attract holy Aramati to the rite.

7.42.4 When, resting softly, the guest Agni comes to presence in the home of the prosperous hero — Agni well-pleased, well-kindled in the house, gives the desirable boon to the people who come before him.

7.42.5 O Agni, favour this our sacrifice; make us glorious among the Maruts and Indra; let Night and Dawn come to sit upon the sacred grass — here let me worship Mitra and Varuṇa who bring peace.

7.42.6 Thus Vasiṣṭha, desiring riches, has praised Agni the mighty, giver of all nourishment; may he spread out vigour, wealth, and strength among us — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.43.1 Those who love the gods have sung your praise at the sacrifices, with homage to Heaven and Earth for refreshment — those whose prayers spread abroad in every direction like the boughs of a great tree.

7.43.2 Let the sacrifice proceed like a swift racehorse; uplift, O like-minded ones, the ghee-sprinkled ladles; spread the sacred grass well for the rite — the god-seeking flames have risen upward.

7.43.3 Let the gods sit upon the ridge of the sacred grass like sons coming to their mother, bearing gifts; let Viśvācī anoint the assembly — O Agni, let there be no failure in our worship of the gods.

7.43.4 The adorable ones rejoice with delight, milking the streams of Ṛta that yield sweetly; come hither today, O ye of one accord, to the greatest of your great riches, to where ye stand.

7.43.5 Thus, O Agni, honour us among the peoples; with thee, O mighty one, we are unharmed; allied with riches, rejoicing together, unscathed — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.44.1 For your aid I invoke first Dadhikrāvan, the Aśvins, Uṣas, Agni well-kindled, and Bhaga; Indra, Viṣṇu, Pūṣan, Bṛhaspati, the Ādityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Sunlight.

7.44.2 Rousing Dadhikrāvan with homage, raising their voices as they advance upon the sacrifice, seating the divine Iḷā upon the sacred grass — O inspired poets, we invoke the well-invoked Aśvins.

7.44.3 Being awake I address Dadhikrāvan, Agni, Uṣas, Sūrya, and the Dawn-cow; the vast yellow one, the tawny steer of the two heavens and of Varuṇa — may they drive all evil far from us.

7.44.4 Dadhikrāvan the prize-winner comes first to the fore of the chariots, knowing the way; in accord with Uṣas, with Sūrya, with the Ādityas, the Vasus, and the Aṅgirases.

7.44.5 May Dadhikrāvan anoint our path for us, that we may follow the path of Ṛta; may Agni, the divine host, hear us; may all the wise and mighty ones hear.

7.45.1 Let the god Savitṛ come hither, rich in true gifts, filling the midair, borne by his horses; holding in his hand many heroic gifts, both bringing to rest and urging on all beings.

7.45.2 His two broad, outstretched, golden arms, unfailing, reach to the ends of heaven; truly his greatness is to be praised — even the Sun has followed his course of activity.

7.45.3 May that god Savitṛ, mighty of impulsion, the lord of riches, bestow riches upon us; spreading abroad the vast abundance, he then grants us the food allotted to mortals.

7.45.4 These hymns praise Savitṛ of fair tongue, full-handed, beautiful-palmed; may he bestow bright, ample sustenance upon us — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.46.1 These songs for Rudra of the firm bow, the swift-arrowed god, self-nourishing, unconquered, all-enduring, wise, sharp-weaponed — sing them; let him hear us.

7.46.2 For with sovereign rule over earthly creatures, and with lordship over the divine, he governs; be thou, O Rudra, free from anger, our protector at our doors, come to our aid — be gracious to our offspring.

7.46.3 Thy lightning-bolt that has been shot and ranges abroad over the earth — may it pass us by; O thou of good sleep, thy thousand remedies exist — injure us not in our children and our offspring.

7.46.4 Strike us not, O Rudra, nor abandon us; let us not be caught in the snare of thee when wrathful; grant us a share at the sacred grass, in our hymn of life — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.47.1 O Waters, the wave which the god-loving Iḷā first fashioned for Indra's drinking — that pure, stainless, ghee-sprinkling, honey-sweet wave of yours we now claim.

7.47.2 May Apāṁ Napāt, swift in impulse, protect that sweetest wave of yours, O Waters — the wave in which Indra rejoices with the Vasus; may we who love the gods attain that wave of yours today.

7.47.3 The divine Waters, purified by a hundred streams, rejoicing with their own power, reach the realm of the gods; they do not transgress Indra's ordinances — offer the oblation, rich in ghee, to the rivers.

7.47.4 Those which the Sun has spread with his rays, those for whom Indra carved a path, a wave — O rivers, grant us wide space — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.48.1 O Ṛbhukṣan, O Vājas, rejoice in us — you heroes, generous ones, in the pressed Soma; may your resolves come hither toward us; may the Vibhvans turn the heroic chariot.

7.48.2 May we, through the Ṛbhus, be Ṛbhu-like for you; through the Vibhvans may we prevail with great strength; may Vāja protect us in the winning of prizes — yoked with Indra, may we overcome the foe.

7.48.3 For even they have many commandments that prevail, winning over all foes and overcoming resistance; may Indra with Vibhvan, Ṛbhukṣan, Vāja, and Ārya, through mutual combat, shatter the enemy's might.

7.48.4 Now, O gods, make wide space for us; be all of one accord for our protection; may the Vasus bestow refreshment upon us — do ye ever protect us with your blessings.

7.49.1 Flowing from the midst of the flood, purifying themselves, led by the ocean, never resting — those divine Waters that Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, the bull, has cleft open — may they protect me here.

7.49.2 Those divine Waters that flow from heaven, or those that flow in channels dug by man, or those that spring up of themselves — pure, cleansing, making their way to the ocean — may those divine Waters protect me here.

7.49.3 Those in whose midst King Varuṇa moves, beholding the truth and falsehood of men — honey-dripping, pure, and cleansing — may those divine Waters protect me here.

7.49.4 Those in which King Varuṇa dwells, in which Soma dwells, in which all the gods take delight in their vigour, into which Agni Vaiśvānara has entered — may those divine Waters protect me here.

7.50.1 Protect me here, O Mitra and Varuṇa; let not the nesting, all-pervading one come upon me; I conceal the ill-formed, ugly thing — let not the creeping evil, the sickness, find me.

7.50.2 Whatever knotty obstruction may exist in the joints, whatever may cleave around the knees and ankles — let blazing Agni drive that away from here — let not the creeping evil, the sickness, find me.

7.50.3 Whatever poison exists in the silk-cotton tree, whatever is in the rivers, whatever venom arises from the plants — let all the gods press that out from here — let not the creeping evil, the sickness, find me.

7.50.4 Those Waters that flow downward, those that flow upward, those that flow along ridges, those that are full of water and those that are dry — flowing with milk for our good, may they be auspicious and divinely benign, unhindering of foot; may all the rivers be ungrudging of food.

7.51.1 With the fresh aid of the Ādityas may we obtain the most blissful shelter. In a state of sinlessness, in a state of Aditi's grace, may the swift ones — listening — establish this sacrifice.

7.51.2 Let the Ādityas and Aditi rejoice — Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa the most righteous. May they be guardians of our world; let them drink the Soma today for our protection.

7.51.3 All the Ādityas, all the Maruts, all the gods, and all the Ṛbhus — Indra, Agni, and the Aśvins being praised — do ye all protect us always with blessings.

7.52.1 May we be Ādityas, may we be Aditis — foremost among gods, Vasus among mortals. Winning through Mitra-Varuṇa as we win, may we become as Heaven and Earth endure.

7.52.2 May Mitra and Varuṇa, as guardians, grant us shelter for our offspring and progeny. May we not enjoy what sin belongs to others; O Vasus, may we not commit that deed you would requite.

7.52.3 The swift Aṅgirasas, going toward the treasure of divine Savitṛ, approach it swiftly. That great adorable Father — may all the gods with one mind accept it for us.

7.53.1 With sacrifices I earnestly laud Heaven, and Earth with reverences — the two vast, adorable ones. For even the ancient seers, while singing praise, set these two great, divine-born ones in the forefront.

7.53.2 Honor these two primeval Parents with ever-fresh hymns in the seat of Ṛta. O Heaven and Earth, come to us with your divine host; great is your protection.

7.53.3 For yours are the many treasure-gifts, O Heaven and Earth, for the liberal sacrificer. Bestow upon us what shall be inexhaustible; do ye protect us always with blessings.

7.54.1 O Lord of the homestead, recognize us; enter graciously and be free of disease for us. Whatever we think of you, accept that; be auspicious to us for our bipeds and our quadrupeds.

7.54.2 O Lord of the homestead, be for us a furtherer — prospering with cattle and horses our home, O drop of Soma. May we be ageless in your friendship; as a father to his sons, accept us graciously.

7.54.3 O Lord of the homestead, may we join your gracious and joyful assembly that opens a path. Protect our rest and our labor; give us the best. Do ye protect us always with blessings.

7.55.1 O Lord of the homestead, dispeller of disease, entering all forms, be a gentle and kindly friend to us.

7.55.2 O white-toothed son of Saramā, tawny one, when you snarl — your fangs glitter as spear-points at your jaws while you gnaw; do sleep now.

7.55.3 Son of Saramā, go back again after the thief or the robber. Why do you bark at Indra's praisers and trouble us? Do sleep now.

7.55.4 You tear the boar apart; let the boar tear you. You bark at Indra's praisers — why do you trouble us? Do sleep now.

7.55.5 Let the mother sleep, let the father sleep, let the dog sleep, let the lord of the clan sleep. Let all the kinsmen sleep; let all the people round about sleep.

7.55.6 Those who sit, those who move about, those who look upon us — their eyes we close together, just as this mansion is shut up.

7.55.7 The thousand-horned bull who has risen up from the ocean — with him, the mighty one, we lull the people to sleep.

7.55.8 Women who lie on cushions, women who lie in carriages, women who lie on couches — all the fragrant women, all of them we lull to sleep.

7.56.1 Who, sharing the same nest, has clearly made them known — Rudra's young men, well-horsed indeed?

7.56.2 For no one truly knows their births; they themselves know each other's origin.

7.56.3 Roaring like the wind, like eagles they strove with one another, sprinkling with their own purifying streams.

7.56.4 These secret things the wise man has discerned — what great udder the dappled cow, Pṛśni, bore.

7.56.5 May that tribe be rich in heroes with the Maruts, ever victorious, ever flourishing in manly might.

7.56.6 Most swift in their course, most lovely, most lustrous, mixed with splendor, mighty with their strength.

7.56.7 Fierce is your might, firm are your powers; verily the troop with the Maruts is strong indeed.

7.56.8 Bright is your breath, it shakes the mind to anger, like a sage of the bold host who trembles with power.

7.56.9 Turn away the lightning-bolt from us; let not your ill-will come upon us here.

7.56.10 I invoke your dear names, O swift ones, when the Maruts, eager, have drunk their fill.

7.56.11 Well-armed, impetuous, adorned with fine necklaces, they themselves adorn their own bodies.

7.56.12 Pure are your oblations, O Maruts, pure ones; I send forth the pure sacrifice to the pure. By Ṛta the guardians of Ṛta came to truth — pure-born, pure, and purifying.

7.56.13 On your shoulders, O Maruts, are bracelets; on your chests, gold ornaments are pressed. Flashing like lightning with the rains, guiding your weapons according to your own nature.

7.56.14 Forth proceed your deepest greatnesses; spread forth your names, O you most worthy of worship. Enjoy this share worthy of a thousand, fit for the household, the home-sacrificer's portion, O Maruts.

7.56.15 If, O Maruts, you attend to the praise of the inspired poet rich in offerings, swiftly bestow the wealth of heroic strength — even that which some niggardly stranger has held back.

7.56.16 Like swift coursers striding forward, like young men of fair appearance bright as divine visions, dwelling in stately homes, bright as calves that gambol and are full of milk.

7.56.17 Honoring us, may the Maruts grant us bliss; favoring us, O well-formed Heaven and Earth. May your destructive weapon be far from our cattle and our men; O Vasus, bow to us with grace.

7.56.18 Your Hotā, seated and singing praises, constantly calls you and calls the Maruts for a joint gift. He who is guardian of those who travel — that guileless one invokes you with lauds.

7.56.19 These Maruts grant swift delight; these bow their force before force. These protect the praise of him who would win, and they lay heavy enmity on the malevolent.

7.56.20 These Maruts impel even the feeble; even the violent they welcome as Vasus. Drive away the darknesses, O bulls; bestow on us all offspring and progeny.

7.56.21 Let us not fall away from your gifts, O Maruts, nor be left behind in the distribution of wealth. Grant us a share in the desirable Vasu-treasure — whatever is well-born among you, O bulls.

7.56.22 When people clash in fury, heroes among the young herbs in the settlements — then, O Maruts, sons of Rudra, be our protectors and noble defenders in the battles.

7.56.23 Many are the ancestral hymns fashioned for you, O Maruts, that were recited in the past. Mighty with the Maruts is one vanquished in battle; only with the Maruts does the horse win strength.

7.56.24 May there be a vigorous hero among us, O Maruts — one who is asura among men, the upholder. With him may we cross the waters to a good dwelling; then may we be at home in your presence.

7.56.25 May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, Agni, the Waters, the plants, and the forests accept that for us. May we be in the shelter of the Maruts' lap; do ye protect us always with blessings.

7.57.1 Sweet is your name, O adorable Maruts; with power they exult in the sacrifices — they who make even the wide Heaven and Earth tremble and fill the fountain when they have gone forth in their might.

7.57.2 For the Maruts are discerners of the singer, guides of the worshipper's thought. Today, well pleased, sit on our sacred grass in the assemblies for your refreshment.

7.57.3 No others shine as these Maruts do, glittering with their golden ornaments, their weapons, their bodies. Adorning Heaven and Earth with all-manner shapes, they smear the same ointment for their own beauty.

7.57.4 Aside from us let that lightning of yours be, O Maruts, whatever offense we mortals may commit. May we not come under its stroke, O adorable ones; let your most kindly grace be ours.

7.57.5 Even in the fray delight us here, O Maruts, blameless, pure, and purifying. O adorable ones, protect us with your graces; send us forward with prizes for our flourishing.

7.57.6 Let the praised Maruts, heroes, come with all their names to our oblations. Grant us offspring of immortal kind; seize riches, cheerful bounties.

7.57.7 Come, O praised Maruts, with all your aids to the lords of Soma for complete protection. They who by themselves increase our hundredfold strength — do ye protect us always with blessings.

7.58.1 Sing praise to the troop that exults together, mighty in the dwelling of the divine. By their greatness they make Heaven and Earth tremble and reach the vault of heaven, away from Nirṛti's domain.

7.58.2 Even your birth, O Maruts, is fearsome with its violence — dreadful, fiercely wrathful, tireless ones. They who surpass all with their greatness and strength — all that has sight of the sky fears at your passage.

7.58.3 Grant great vigor to the bountiful ones; the Maruts have indeed enjoyed our good praise. A pathless road does not foil the creature; lead us forward with your desirable aids.

7.58.4 From you, O Maruts, the inspired poet gains a hundredfold; from you the horse becomes enduring and thousandfold. From you the sovereign ruler slays Vṛtra; let that gift of yours be proclaimed, O shakers.

7.58.5 I seek that company of the bountiful Rudra; will the Maruts return to us again? Whatever offense was turned away, whatever was brought to light — we seek forgiveness of that from the swift ones.

7.58.6 In speech this goodly praise of bountiful ones goes forth; let the Maruts enjoy this hymn. Turn hatred far away from us, O bulls; do ye protect us always with blessings.

7.59.1 Him whom you protect here and there, O gods, and him whom you guide — to him, O Agni, Varuṇa, Mitra, Aryaman, and Maruts, grant shelter.

7.59.2 Under your protection daily, O gods, he who sacrifices with devotion passes beyond his foes. He who offers to you for his choosing passes beyond his home and wins great refreshments.

7.59.3 Not even the last of you does Vasiṣṭha despise. Today, O Maruts, all of you, willingly, drink together at our Soma pressing.

7.59.4 Your aid fails not in battles for him to whom you, O heroes, grant it. May your ever-fresher grace turn toward us; come swiftly, you who are eager to drink.

7.59.5 O Maruts of impetuous bounty, do come and bring the food-draughts for drinking. These oblations are offered to you; I give them with goodwill — do not go elsewhere.

7.59.6 Come and sit on our sacred grass, and as helpers give us the desirable wealth. Unerring Maruts, in the sweet Soma draught, be gladdened here with Svāhā.

7.59.7 Adorning their own bodies, like blue-backed swans they flew here. The whole troop settled around me — heroes joyful and exulting at the Soma-pressing.

7.59.8 He who, O Maruts, maliciously plans against us, who wishes to slay us across our thoughts, O Vasus — may he loose himself into the noose of deceit; smite him with the most burning stroke.

7.59.9 O Sāntapana Maruts, enjoy this oblation; under your protection, O destroyers of enemies.

7.59.10 O Maruts, masters of the household, come; do not be absent. Under your protection, O liberal givers.

7.59.11 Here and here I invoke you, O Maruts — self-strong seers, bright as the skin of the sun — to the sacrifice.

7.59.12 We worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, increaser of flourishing. As a cucumber is freed from its stalk, may I be released from death — not from immortality.

7.60.1 What sinless truth you speak today, O Sūrya, rising to Mitra and Varuṇa — may we be dear to Aditi among the gods, praising you, O Aryaman.

7.60.2 This Sūrya, the man-beholding, rises up for both of you, O Mitra-Varuṇa, over the earth. Guardian of all things moving and still, beholding among mortals the straight and the crooked.

7.60.3 He yoked the seven bay mares from his station that carry Sūrya, the bright-rayed ones. Mitra-Varuṇa seized their dwellings — he who surveys births together as if a herd.

7.60.4 The honey-sweet refreshments have risen for you both; Sūrya has climbed the bright ocean. For him the Ādityas clear the paths — Mitra, Aryaman, Varuṇa in accord.

7.60.5 These are indeed the punishers of abundant falsehood — Mitra, Aryaman, and Varuṇa. These have grown strong in the house of Ṛta, benign sons of Aditi, inviolable.

7.60.6 These Mitra and Varuṇa, hard to deceive, rouse even the unthinking with their powers. Guiding one toward right wisdom, even through straits they lead by good paths.

7.60.7 These, sleepless watchers of heaven and earth, guide even the thoughtless one. Even in the desert there is a ford in the river; may they carry us across the expanse of this flood.

7.60.8 In that auspicious shelter which Aditi guards, which Mitra and Varuṇa grant to the liberal sacrificer — therein placing offspring and progeny, may we swift ones not commit offense against the gods.

7.60.9 He who has been swayed by Varuṇa — let him worship away from the altar with priestly calls whatever sins he bears. May Aryaman cut the foe away; O bulls, free the world for the liberal one.

7.60.10 Their encounter is always fearsome; with secret power they overcome. The bulls tremble in fear of you; by the might of wisdom do you show grace to us.

7.60.11 He who has worshipped to win goodwill for the brahman — to win food, the highest wealth — may the bountiful lords suppress the wrath of the noble one and make a wide and well-founded abode.

7.60.12 O Mitra-Varuṇa, divine ones, this priestly office has been performed for you both in the sacrifices. Carry us through all difficulties; do ye protect us always with blessings.

7.61.1 Up goes the eye of Varuṇa, bright-faced and all-pervading — the Sun, spreading wide, who surveys all beings; he perceives the wrath that is among mortals.

7.61.2 For you, O Mitra-Varuṇa, that wise and far-famed one of true order sends forth his hymns; you two, of excellent power, have supported his prayers — as with creative force you fulfil the years.

7.61.3 From the wide earth and from the lofty and vast heaven, O Mitra-Varuṇa of liberal gifts, you have set your spies among the plants and peoples — watching unblinking from the place whence they arose.

7.61.4 Declare the ordinance of Mitra and Varuṇa — their might has filled both worlds with its greatness. The months of those who offer no sacrifice pass without heroic issue; but the one whose thought is sacrifice carries his community through.

7.61.5 All these worlds, O mighty bulls, are your domain; in them no wondrous portent or goblin is unseen. The wicked among men who follow deception — your secret works have not gone unobserved by you.

7.61.6 I magnify your rite and call upon you both, O Mitra-Varuṇa, with reverences and earnest petition; may these new hymns, composed for the poem, delight you — prayers fashioned and offered to you.

7.61.7 This priestly service, O Mitra-Varuṇa, has been rendered to you both at the sacrifices. Carry us through all difficulties; guard us ever with blessings.

7.62.1 The Sun has risen on high, ascending with his broad blazing rays over all the manifold origins of humankind; shining equally across the sky he is seen — fashioned by wisdom, made excellent by his makers.

7.62.2 Rise, O Sūrya, before our dwellings as before, with these hymns, with these swift steeds as your paths; speak forth our guiltlessness to Mitra and Varuṇa, to Aryaman and to Agni.

7.62.3 May Varuṇa, Mitra and Agni — keepers of holy order — open to us a thousand refreshing streams; may the gleaming ones bestow on us the highest gift of praise, and may they, when glorified, satisfy our desire.

7.62.4 O Heaven-and-Earth, O Aditi, protect us — you to whom those of beautiful birth have been born, high and great ones; may we not incur the wrath of Varuṇa or Vāyu, nor of Mitra who is most dear to men.

7.62.5 Stretch out your arms for our life; sprinkle our pasture-land with ghee. Make us heard among our people, O you two youths — hear our call, O Mitra-Varuṇa, as I invoke you.

7.62.6 Now may Mitra, Varuṇa, and Aryaman grant us wide scope for ourselves and our offspring; may all paths be easy-going for us; guard us ever with blessings.

7.63.1 Up rises the bountiful, all-seeing Sun, common to all mankind; the divine eye of Mitra and Varuṇa, who has spread away the darkness as if it were a skin.

7.63.2 Up rises the great impeller of people, the mighty banner, the flood of the Sun — seeking to set the common wheel in motion, when the bay steed is yoked and draws at the pole.

7.63.3 Blazing forth from the lap of the Dawns, he rises, praised by the singers; this god Savitṛ has pleased me — he who does not diminish the common ordinance.

7.63.4 The golden ornament of heaven, the far-sighted, the swift, the brilliant, rises with his goal afar; now, driven forth by the Sun, men set out on their journeys and accomplish their tasks.

7.63.5 Where the immortals have fashioned his way — he follows the path like a falcon swooping down; at the rising of the Sun we honor you two, O Mitra-Varuṇa, with reverences and oblations.

7.63.6 Now may Mitra, Varuṇa, and Aryaman grant us wide scope for ourselves and our offspring; may all paths be easy-going for us; guard us ever with blessings.

7.64.1 Dwelling in heaven above the realm of earth, may the streaming libations of ghee be offered to you both. May Mitra and Aryaman of noble birth, the good king, the good ruler Varuṇa, delight in our oblation.

7.64.2 Come hither, you two kings, great guardians of holy order, lords of the rivers, rulers — come to us; O Mitra-Varuṇa of swift bestowal, send down to us refreshing food and rain from heaven.

7.64.3 May Mitra, Varuṇa and the noble god Aryaman lead us forth by the safest paths; may none harm Sudās when he speaks — may we rejoice in nourishment, guarded by the gods.

7.64.4 He who fashions for you in his mind this seat of honor, who holds his thought upright and sustains it — drench him, O Mitra-Varuṇa, with ghee; you two kings, satisfy him with good dwellings.

7.64.5 This praise, O Varuṇa, this hymn, is dedicated to you and Mitra, pure as soma for Vāyu; protect our thoughts, grasp our minds; guard us ever with blessings.

7.65.1 At the rising of the Sun I call upon Mitra and upon Varuṇa of pure might with well-spoken hymns — whose lordly power is imperishable and supreme, both perceived and advancing in the journey of all.

7.65.2 For they are the lords of the gods, those two nobles; may they make our dwellings vigorous with strength. May we, O Mitra-Varuṇa, attain to you two — where heaven and the days nourish and delight.

7.65.3 You two have many snares and are barriers of falsehood, hard to cross for the mortal enemy; along the path of holy order, O Mitra-Varuṇa, may we cross difficulties as if by boat across the waters.

7.65.4 Come, O Mitra-Varuṇa, be pleased with our oblation; sprinkle our pasture-land with ghee and with refreshing food; bestow upon the people here the best of gifts; fill us with the fair waters of heaven.

7.65.5 This praise, O Varuṇa, this hymn, is dedicated to you and Mitra, pure as soma for Vāyu; protect our thoughts, grasp our minds; guard us ever with blessings.

7.66.1 Let our mighty praise go forth to Mitra and Varuṇa, full of reverence — to the two born of great strength.

7.66.2 Those two gods of excellent discernment, the fathers of discernment, uphold all with their lordly greatness.

7.66.3 You two who guard the body and protect the person of singers — O Varuṇa, O Mitra, further our thoughts.

7.66.4 What blameless gift Mitra, Aryaman, Savitṛ, and Bhaga send forth today at the rising of the Sun —

7.66.5 May that abode be well-aided; may the liberal ones, in their course, carry us beyond the trouble — those who lead us past distress.

7.66.6 And the self-sovereign Aditi, along with those who govern the uninjurable ordinance — those great kings are lords.

7.66.7 At the rising of the Sun I praise Mitra and Varuṇa, and Aryaman the destroyer of enemies.

7.66.8 This thought is for the golden wealth and the inviolable might; this inspired prayer is for the winning of the sacred drink.

7.66.9 May we be yours, O Varuṇa, yours, O Mitra, together with the generous patrons; may we hold fast nourishment and light.

7.66.10 Many are they, the eye of the Sun, Agni-tongued, increasers of holy order, who have governed with their thoughts the three assemblies, encompassing all things.

7.66.11 They who have established the year, the month, the day, the sacrifice, the night, and the sacred verse — Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman have attained to the sovereignty which none can approach; the kings have encompassed it.

7.66.12 This we meditate upon for you today with well-spoken hymns at the rising of the Sun — that which Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman bear together: you are the charioteers of holy order.

7.66.13 Keepers of holy order, born of holy order, increasers of holy order, awesome and haters of falsehood — in the most glorious shelter of your favor may we men and our patrons be.

7.66.14 Up goes that beautiful form visible from afar on the back of heaven — when the divine swift steed Etaśa carries it onward, sufficient for the sight of all.

7.66.15 Lord of every moving and stationary being, pervading all the realm alike — the seven bay mares in the chariot carry the Sun for the good of all.

7.66.16 That bright eye set in place by the gods rises high — may we see a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns.

7.66.17 Come, O inviolable Varuṇa, and Mitra, splendidly, with your poetic powers, to drink the Soma.

7.66.18 With the forms of heaven, O Varuṇa and Mitra, come — you who are without deceit; drink the Soma eagerly.

7.66.19 Come hither, O Mitra-Varuṇa, delighting in the oblation, O lords; drink the Soma, O increasers of holy order.

7.67.1 To praise your chariot, O lords of men, with a mind full of oblation and devoted to the sacrifice — as a son speaks to his two fathers, so I address you who are like an envoy arousing two high-minded ones.

7.67.2 Agni has been kindled and blazes in our midst; even the borders of the darkness have become visible. The banner of Dawn in the east has been perceived — the daughter of heaven is being born in beauty.

7.67.3 The skilled invoker now follows you two, O Aśvins, the speakers of truth, with hymns as he raises his voice. Come hither along the ancient paths with your light-winning, wealth-laden chariot.

7.67.4 Now with yearning I call you two, O Aśvins, for help, when, at the pressing of the Soma, one desirous of wealth calls to you two who are sweet. May your strong horses bring you; drink the sweet draughts pressed here for us.

7.67.5 Turn my eastward-directed, unfailing, wealth-seeking thought toward winning, O divine Aśvins. Help all the wise ones in the contest; grant us that, O lords of power, with your powers.

7.67.6 Help our thoughts, O Aśvins; may our seed among them be fruitful and shameless. Hastening to you in respect of our offspring and progeny, may we, rich in good gifts, come to the feast of the gods.

7.67.7 This treasure of sweetness, as in a former friendship, has been placed and given to us by you two. Come hither with a friendly mind and enjoy the oblation among the human peoples.

7.67.8 In one single draught, at the common yoke, your chariot goes around the seven streams; they do not tire, the vigorous ones yoked by the gods, those fleet ones who draw you at the pole.

7.67.9 Be inexhaustible to the generous ones who speed on with wealth to the gift of bounty, who press forward with true words to cross over kinship-obligations, mixing cattle-wealth with horse-wealth as their gifts.

7.67.10 Now hear my call, O two young ones; come, O Aśvins, on a path that brings refreshment. Bestow treasures and let the patrons grow old in honor; guard us ever with blessings.

7.68.1 Come with your bright, fair-horsed chariot, O wonder-working Aśvins, delighting in the hymns of one who longs for you; enjoy the oblations brought to you — come to us.

7.68.2 The intoxicating drinks have gone forth to you; come readily to enjoy my oblation; hear our invocations across the distance of the stranger's land.

7.68.3 Your swift-as-thought chariot sets out, O Aśvins, bearing a hundred aids across the realms of space — moving toward us, O you who have the Sun for your treasure.

7.68.4 When this pressing-stone, rising high, speaks for you the god-seekers, O Soma-presser, to you two — may the inspired singer turn to you with beautiful oblations.

7.68.5 Truly wondrous is your gift; keep the buffalo-drinker away from Atri — he who being dear to you places his trust in your protection.

7.68.6 And that, O Aśvins, which was given to Cyavana as an oblation-gift approached you for protection — because you bestow special form and aid upon him.

7.68.7 And Bhujyu whom his companions, hard to live with, had abandoned in the midst of the sea — carry him out, O Aśvins, the one who is without a helper but longs for you.

7.68.8 Grant help even to the wolf that is in distress, and hear when Śaya calls upon you — you two who filled the barren cow with milk like water for a dry one with your powers, O Aśvins.

7.68.9 This singer wakes and praises with well-spoken hymns in the van of the Dawns, of good intention. May the inviolable cow enrich him with her milk; guard us ever with blessings.

7.69.1 Let your chariot come to us, O Aśvins — golden, filling the two worlds, drawn by bulls and horses; with its track of ghee, flashing with its wheel-rims, the lord of men who bears nourishment and wins prizes.

7.69.2 Spreading itself across the five regions, triple-thonged, moving with purpose, let it come harnessed; with which you two visit god-seeking peoples wherever you choose to direct your course, O Aśvins.

7.69.3 Come hither with your glorious fair horses, O wonder-workers; drink the honey-sweet treasure. Your chariot, moving with the wife beside it, drives back the ends of heaven with its wheel-tracks.

7.69.4 The Sun's daughter has chosen the glory of you two in the race; when you have aided the god-seeking one with your powers, your strength goes around the heat of the sun with your protection.

7.69.5 He who dresses at dawn as your charioteer — that chariot, as it is yoked, circles its track. With that, O Aśvins, at the shining forth of the Dawn for our wellbeing and ease, convey us to this sacrifice.

7.69.6 O two lords, thirsting like a buffalo-cow for lightning, come today to our pressing; for in many places men call upon you with their thoughts — may no other god-seekers constrain you away from us.

7.69.7 You two lifted Bhujyu who had fallen into the sea, carrying him up from the flood with your boats that do not tire, that do not swerve, that do not sink — with your wondrous craft, O Aśvins, bearing him across.

7.69.8 Now hear my call, O two young ones; come, O Aśvins, on a path that brings refreshment. Bestow treasures and let the patrons grow old in honor; guard us ever with blessings.

7.70.1 Come to us, O Aśvins of universal bounty; that place has been proclaimed for you on the earth. Like a prize-winning horse with the dog on its back standing ready — when you two sit down as in a fixed station.

7.70.2 That goodwill most dear to you two follows close; the hot oblation is shared in the house of the mortal; he who fills the rivers to the seas for you, harnessing as if with well-yoked steeds — even the swift one.

7.70.3 The stations which you two Aśvins have established — on the great rivers of heaven, among the plants, among the peoples — sitting on the peak of the mountain, carry refreshment to the worshipping mortal.

7.70.4 The gods have delighted in the plants and waters — what the sages attain to when fit for yoking — you two have laid many treasures down for us, looking after the former ages in order.

7.70.5 Even though you have heard many a prayer of the sages, O Aśvins, you look upon them; come and bring the best to the people; may the goodwill most dear to you be ours.

7.70.6 Whichever sacrifice to you, O Nāsatyā, has oblations, with prayers composed and fit for the assembly — come near and bring the best to Vasiṣṭha; these prayers are sung for you two.

7.70.7 This meditation, this song, O Aśvins — delight in this eloquent praise, O mighty bulls; these prayers have come longing for you two; guard us ever with blessings.

7.71.1 Away from her sister Uṣas night retreats; the dark one yields the path to the ruddy Dawn. O Aśvins, rich in horses, rich in cattle, we call upon you — ward off the shaft from us by day and night.

7.71.2 Come near, O Aśvins, to the mortal worshipper, bringing bounty on your chariot. Drive away from us weakness and disease; protect us sweetly by day and night.

7.71.3 May the well-wishers, the mighty ones, turn your chariot at the breaking of this last dawn; come, O Aśvins, bearing wealth on the rein-grasping chariot yoked with horses joined by holy order.

7.71.4 That chariot of yours, O lords of men, the bearer, three-seated and richly laden, that reaches at dawn — come to us, O Nāsatyas, upon it, for your all-nourishing car draws near to us.

7.71.5 You two freed Cyavana from old age, you transported to Pedu the swift horse; you rescued Atri from distress and darkness, and placed Jāhuṣa within the yielding earth.

7.71.6 This is the thought, this is the song, O Aśvins; be pleased with this praise, O mighty bulls. These prayers have come to you, yearning for you — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.72.1 Come, O Nāsatyas, on your chariot rich in cattle, rich in horses, splendid with many lights. All the teams attend upon you, you two who shine beautifully with desirable radiance.

7.72.2 Come hither to us with the gods, O Nāsatyas, on your chariot together with Uṣas. For ancestral friendships between you and us endure — the bond is the same; know that bond.

7.72.3 The praises of the Aśvins have arisen; the kindred hymns and the divine Uṣas attend on Heaven and Earth. The inspired priest declares aloud toward you, O Nāsatyas, who dwell in the two worlds.

7.72.4 When the dawns shine forth, O Aśvins, the poets bring prayers forward to you; divine Savitṛ has raised his light on high, and the fires blaze greatly with the kindling.

7.72.5 Come, O Nāsatyas, from behind and from before; O Aśvins, come from below and from above; come from all directions with the wealth belonging to the five peoples — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.73.1 We have crossed to the farther shore of this darkness, offering praise as we strive toward the gods. The hymn calls upon the Aśvins, of many wonders, most excellent, immortal from of old.

7.73.2 The dear human Hotṛ has sat down, O Nāsatyas — he who worships and glorifies you. Taste the sweet drink close at hand, O Aśvins; the oblation-offerer calls upon you at the assemblies.

7.73.3 May we have ample breadth of paths for the sacrifice; be pleased with this praise, O mighty bulls. Vasiṣṭha, singing your praises with hymns, has awakened like one sent swiftly to meet you.

7.73.4 May those two conveyors come to our folk — the slayers of demons, assembled, with strong hands. The exhilarating draughts have met together; do not disregard us — come with favour.

7.73.5 Come, O Nāsatyas, from behind and from before; O Aśvins, come from below and from above; come from all directions with the wealth belonging to the five peoples — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.74.1 These morning invocations call upon you, O Aśvins. I summon you here for help, O you rich in mighty deeds, for you go to every dwelling.

7.74.2 You two, O lords, have granted wondrous nourishment; urge it on for him who speaks gracious words. Turn your chariot hither with one accord; drink the sweet Soma.

7.74.3 Come near, adorn yourselves, drink the sweet drink, O Aśvins. O mighty bulls, rich in desired wealth, drink the milked draught — do not disregard us, come.

7.74.4 The horses that swiftly carry you two toward the home of the worshipper — come with swift-going steeds, O divine Aśvins, O lords, eager for us.

7.74.5 Indeed, as the Aśvins go, the refreshing foods attend the generous patrons. Grant to the bountiful ones lasting glory and shelter — and to us, O Nāsatyas.

7.74.6 Those who have gone forward unhurt, like chariots, protectors of men — they have grown mighty through their own power, O lords, and they dwell in a beautiful dwelling.

7.75.1 Uṣas has shone forth, born of heaven, come disclosing her greatness by holy order. She has driven away the hateful, unwelcome darkness; most like the Aṅgiras-priests, she has set the paths in motion.

7.75.2 Be wakeful for us today for great well-being, O Uṣas; reach forth for great good fortune. Place on us, O goddess, brilliant and glorious wealth — O human goddess among mortals, eager for renown.

7.75.3 These brilliant, immortal rays of visible Uṣas have come; generating divine ordinances, filling the atmosphere, they have spread across the sky.

7.75.4 This one, yoking her team from afar, at once encircles the five settlements. Looking upon the appointed ways of the peoples, she is the daughter of heaven, the mistress of the world.

7.75.5 The youthful bride of the sun, rich in prize horses, mistress of brilliant treasure and riches, praised by sages, O bountiful one — Uṣas shines forth, hymned by the bearers of oblation.

7.75.6 The ruddy, bright horses of the glittering Dawn were seen carrying Uṣas; she journeys in her shining chariot, all-adorned, bestowing treasure on the pious worshipper.

7.75.7 True among the true, great among the great, divine goddess among the adorable gods — breaking open the pens, giving gifts belonging to the cows, the cattle have lowed back in answer to Uṣas.

7.75.8 Now bestow on us, O Uṣas, a treasure rich in cattle, rich in heroes, rich in horses and much nourishment. Do not make our sacred grass a reproach among men — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.76.1 The immortal, universal light has risen; divine Savitṛ, all-knowing, has ascended. By the will of the gods the eye was born — Uṣas has made all of the world visible.

7.76.2 The paths of the gods have appeared before me, unfailing, adorned with riches. The banner of Uṣas appeared in the east; she has come, facing toward us, over the dwellings.

7.76.3 Many indeed were those days in the past at the earlier rising of the sun, from which Uṣas has wandered about like a lover — yet she is never seen striving to return.

7.76.4 Those ancient seers, righteous and wise, were feast-companions of the gods. Our fathers found the hidden light; with true incantations they brought forth the dawns.

7.76.5 Gathered together in the same pen they know one another and do not strive against each other — they do not transgress the ordinances of the gods, unfailing as they move with riches.

7.76.6 The Vasiṣṭhas, waking at dawn, praise thee with hymns, O auspicious one, having glorified thee. O Uṣas, leader of cattle, mistress of bounty, O nobly born, shine forth first, age gracefully.

7.76.7 This Uṣas, leader of bounty and gracious words, shining, is praised by the Vasiṣṭhas; bestowing on us long-famed wealth — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.77.1 She has shone forth like a youthful girl, rousing all that lives to move. The fire has been kindled for the kindling of men; driving away the darkness, she has made the light.

7.77.2 Facing all, she has arisen in full breadth, wearing her gleaming robe and shining bright. Gold-coloured, fair to behold for the beautiful to look upon, the mother of kine, leader of days, she has shone.

7.77.3 Eye of the gods, auspicious, bearing the white horse of beautiful appearance — Uṣas was seen, made manifest by her rays, with brilliant gifts, shining over all the world.

7.77.4 Shining near your bounty, drive the foe afar; make for us a wide pasture free from fear. Drive away enmity, bring riches, urge your bounty, O bountiful one, toward the singer.

7.77.5 Shine upon us, O Uṣas, goddess, with your finest rays, extending our life. Bestowing on us refreshment, O all-choosing one, and a bounty rich in cattle, rich in horses, rich in chariots.

7.77.6 You whom the Vasiṣṭhas magnify, O Uṣas, daughter of heaven, nobly born, with their thoughts — do thou bestow upon us sublime and lofty wealth — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.78.1 The first banners have appeared; the anointing beams of this Dawn spread upward. O Uṣas, bring to us wealth on your great, luminous chariot drawn hitherward.

7.78.2 The kindled fire blazes in her honour; the inspired priests hymn her with their thoughts. Uṣas comes with light, the goddess, driving away all darkness and ill.

7.78.3 There, those shining dawns were seen in the east, stretching out their light. They brought forth the sun, the sacrifice, the fire; the hateful darkness has gone away to the west.

7.78.4 She, the bountiful daughter of heaven, has become visible; all behold the shining Uṣas. She has mounted the chariot, harnessed by its own power, which the well-yoked horses draw.

7.78.5 To you today, with good thoughts, may our bountiful patrons and we ourselves awaken. Rejoice in the shining Uṣases — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.79.1 Uṣas has shone forth, opening the paths of the peoples, awakening the five human settlements. She has climbed the light with well-visible bulls; the sun has opened wide the two worlds with its gaze.

7.79.2 They adorn the nights at the ends of heaven; like harnessed folk the Uṣases strive onward. The cows for her turn the darkness round; she extends the light like Savitṛ's arms.

7.79.3 Uṣas has arisen, most Indra-like, most bountiful; she has brought forth glories for well-being. The divine daughter of heaven, most like the Aṅgiras-priests, apportions riches to the pious.

7.79.4 Grant us, O Uṣas, as much bounty as you have given to your singers when being praised. You who, at the bull's roar, opened wide the firm doors of the mountain.

7.79.5 Spurring god after god to grant bounty, sending forth gracious words toward us — shining forth, do thou set our thoughts toward winning gain — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.80.1 The Vasiṣṭha priests, the inspired ones, first awakened Uṣas with their hymns and songs — she who turns the two realms on all sides and reveals all worlds.

7.80.2 This very one, bestowing new life, hiding the darkness with her light — Uṣas has awakened. She goes in front, the youthful one, unabashed; she has made the sun, the sacrifice, the fire appear.

7.80.3 May the auspicious Uṣases always shine forth for us, rich in horses, rich in cattle, rich in heroes. Milking ghee, satiated on every side — do you ever protect us with blessings.

7.81.1 She is seen coming forth, the Daughter of Heaven as she rises; she spreads the great waters wide for sight to behold, the gracious one makes light and dispels the darkness.

7.81.2 The Sun releases the ruddy cows together as he rises, bright like a burning star. At thy dawning, O Uṣas, and at the arising of the Sun, may we come together to share in our allotted portion.

7.81.3 We, alert and eager, have greeted thee, O Uṣas, Daughter of Heaven; who, all-triumphant, bringest many things worthy of desire — joy as a jewel to the worshipper.

7.81.4 She who, rising, with her greatness illumines all for sight, O Goddess, that heaven's brilliance may be seen — may we be sharers in her treasure, as sons are in their mother's.

7.81.5 Bring that wondrous, most far-famed bounty, O Uṣas; that portion for mortals which belongs to thee, O Daughter of Heaven — bestow it, and let us partake of it.

7.81.6 Fame, immortality, wealth of possessions, prizes rich in cattle — bestow these upon the liberal lords, upon us. May Uṣas, the rouser of the bountiful, rich in true speech, shine forth and drive away all foes.

7.82.1 O Indra and Varuṇa, grant great shelter to our people for the sacrifice. May we conquer in battles the obstinate foe who seeks to overcome him long-lauded in prayer.

7.82.2 One of you is called Samrāj, the other Svarāj; both are great — Indra and Varuṇa, great in wealth. All the gods in the highest heaven have joined together your strength and your might, O you two bulls.

7.82.3 With your power you clove open the channels of the waters; you drove the Sun, the lord, aloft in the sky. O Indra and Varuṇa, in the exhilaration of this sage's soma, speed his unimpeded thoughts; let his prayers flow freely.

7.82.4 You alone are the bearers in battles and in wars; you two are wisely known at the impelling of prosperity. Lords of both kinds of wealth, you craftsmen — O Indra and Varuṇa, easy to invoke, we call upon you.

7.82.5 O Indra and Varuṇa, when you by your greatness made all these creatures of the universe — Mitra serves Varuṇa with security, and the other, the mighty one, goes in glory with the Maruts.

7.82.6 For Varuṇa's great tribute the splendour and fixed might which is his own are measured out. The one transcends the unrestrained assailant; with little he makes the other choose the many.

7.82.7 No anguish, no evil deeds, no torment from any quarter can reach that mortal, O Indra and Varuṇa, to whose sacrifice you two go and feast. No mortal's affliction can overtake him.

7.82.8 Come hither, O heroes, with divine protection; hear my call if you take pleasure in it. Grant us, O Indra and Varuṇa, that friendship of yours, or that alliance — your gracious favour.

7.82.9 Be our vanguard fighters in every contest, O Indra and Varuṇa, with the strength of your peoples. When men on both sides call upon you in the contest, in the battles for offspring and descendants.

7.82.10 May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman grant us radiance and great far-spreading shelter. We meditate upon the unfailing light of Aditi that augments holy order, and upon the glorifying word of the god Savitṛ.

7.83.1 Gazing upon your alliance and seeking cows, the Pṛthupārśvas went eastward. Slay both the Dāsa and Ārya foes; protect Sudās, O Indra and Varuṇa, with your aid.

7.83.2 Where the banner-bearing warriors come together, where in the contest something dear is won, where the heaven-seeing worlds tremble with fear — there speak on our behalf, O Indra and Varuṇa.

7.83.3 The brilliant ends of earth were seen together; the battle-cry rose to heaven, O Indra and Varuṇa. Enemies of the peoples have stood against me — come hither with protection, ye who hear our call.

7.83.4 O Indra and Varuṇa, winning an irresistible breakthrough with your weapons, protect Sudās. Hear the prayers of these men along with their oblations; true was the office of the Tṛtsus' priest.

7.83.5 The hostile enemies of the noble one press upon him with their spells, O Indra and Varuṇa. You two are kings of both kinds of wealth — therefore protect us in the supreme heaven.

7.83.6 Both parties called upon you in the contests — Indra and Varuṇa — for the winning of wealth. Where he was pressed hard by ten kings, protect Sudās together with the Tṛtsus.

7.83.7 Ten kings assembled, offering no sacrifice, yet could not vanquish Sudās, O Indra and Varuṇa. True was the praise of the table-companions among men; the gods were theirs at their invocations of the gods.

7.83.8 In the Battle of the Ten Kings, when all pressed round, Indra and Varuṇa aided Sudās. Where the Tṛtsus, white-robed and knotted-haired, devout in thought and rich in prayer, spread out with homage.

7.83.9 One of you smites the foes in battles; the other protects the sacred ordinances for ever. We invoke you both, O mighty bulls, with well-fashioned praises — grant us shelter, O Indra and Varuṇa.

7.83.10 May Indra, Varuṇa, Mitra, and Aryaman grant us radiance and great far-spreading shelter. We meditate upon the unfailing light of Aditi that augments holy order, and upon the glorifying word of the god Savitṛ.

7.84.1 I would turn you two kings toward our sacrifice with oblations and acts of reverence, O Indra and Varuṇa. She who holds clarified butter in her two arms, manifold in form, courses around of her own accord.

7.84.2 Heaven quickens your great sovereignty, you who bind with bands without a cord. May we be turned aside from Varuṇa's wrath; may Indra make a wide space for us.

7.84.3 Make our sacrifice beautiful in the assemblies, make our prayers celebrated among the patrons of worship. Let god-sped wealth come near us; lead us forward with your longed-for aids.

7.84.4 Grant to us, O Indra and Varuṇa, a wealth all-excellent, rich in substance, abounding in plenty. The Āditya destroys those who transgress his ordinances; the immeasurable hero shares out his goods.

7.84.5 This my hymn has reached Indra and Varuṇa; rushing swiftly it has helped in progeny and offspring. Possessed of good treasure may we come to the feast of the gods. Preserve us evermore with your blessings.

7.85.1 I purify for you both a demon-free prayer, pouring out soma for Indra and for Varuṇa. Like a goddess whose face is clarified butter — like Uṣas — may those two protect us on our path in the encounter.

7.85.2 They indeed compete at this invocation of the gods, those upon whose banners the lightning-bolts fall. Smite those enemies, O Indra and Varuṇa, with your arrows, scattering them in all directions.

7.85.3 Even the self-luminous divine Waters at their seats have held Indra and Varuṇa as their deity. The one sustains the peoples spread apart; the other smites foes that cannot be withstood.

7.85.4 Let him be a wise-minded, truth-knowing hotar, who O Ādityas, reverently approaches you with your strength. The one who has turned to you for aid with oblations — let him indeed be endowed with prosperity.

7.85.5 This my hymn has reached Indra and Varuṇa; rushing swiftly it has helped in progeny and offspring. Possessed of good treasure may we come to the feast of the gods. Preserve us evermore with your blessings.

7.86.1 The wise know well by his greatness — he who propped asunder the two great worlds, heaven and earth. He thrust high and aloft the lofty vault of heaven; he spread out the starry firmament on two sides, and the earth too.

7.86.2 I shall commune with my own self about that — when shall I be within Varuṇa's grace? When will he, unangered, enjoy my oblation? When shall I, joyful, behold his mercy?

7.86.3 I ask what that sin is, O Varuṇa — longing to see, I come to question the wise. The seers have told me the same thing: 'Varuṇa himself is wrathful toward you.'

7.86.4 What was the chief transgression, O Varuṇa, that you wish to slay your praising friend? Declare that to me, O hard-to-gain, self-sustaining one; I shall come swiftly to propitiate you with homage, free from this.

7.86.5 Release us from the inherited sins of our fathers; release also those which we ourselves have committed in our own bodies. Release, O King, as a thief who has satisfied himself with cattle — release Vasiṣṭha as a calf from a rope.

7.86.6 It was not my own will, O Varuṇa; it was intoxication, dice, anger, thoughtlessness. The older one is present near to the younger; even sleep is a promoter of sin.

7.86.7 I shall do service to the bountiful one as a slave, sinless, to the god who is wroth. The noble god has enlightened the unperceiving; the wise one spurs on the inspired to wealth.

7.86.8 May this hymn of praise, O Varuṇa, self-sustaining one, abide well lodged within your heart. May there be welfare for us in repose, and welfare in action. Preserve us evermore with your blessings.

7.87.1 Varuṇa carved out paths for the Sun; he spread out the great flood of the rivers of the sea. Acting in accord with holy order, like a released racehorse, he made the great streams flow for the days.

7.87.2 The wind is your breath; it has renewed the realm. Like a restless beast pasturing on the meadow, these two great expanses, the earth and heaven, abide between — all your dear dwelling-places, O Varuṇa.

7.87.3 Varuṇa's keen-eyed spies look out from both the well-adorned worlds, heaven and earth. The holders of holy order, the seers wise in sacrifice, the far-sighted ones who speed thought forward — they behold.

7.87.4 Varuṇa has spoken to me, the wise one; the inviolable cow bears thrice seven names. The knowing one shall not declare the hidden secrets of the track — teaching the inspired poet of the later age.

7.87.5 Three heavens are set within him; three earths, the upper ones arranged sixfold. The wise King Varuṇa has made this golden swing in the sky for splendour.

7.87.6 Varuṇa has stood over Sindhu like heaven, like a white drop, a mighty beast. Deep-voiced, he who measures out the realm, the king of all that exists, the lord of good protection.

7.87.7 He who shows mercy even to one who has sinned — may we be sinless before Varuṇa. Thriving in accord with the ordinances of Aditi, preserve us evermore with your blessings.

7.88.1 Purify and bring the most beloved prayer to Varuṇa, O Vasiṣṭha, to the bountiful one — he who makes the worshipful, the thousandfold blessed, the mighty bull turn toward us.

7.88.2 Having gone to his sight, I shall contemplate the face of Agni and of Varuṇa. When upon a rock the guardian of heaven's intoxicant would lead my form to see the radiance.

7.88.3 When Varuṇa and I shall embark upon the boat and drive it out to the middle of the ocean, when we shall roam upon the ridges of the waters — shall we then swing together on the swing for splendour?

7.88.4 Varuṇa placed Vasiṣṭha in the boat; by his great deeds he made him a seer, skilled in works. The inspired lord, on the bright days which the heavens have stretched out and which the dawns have stretched, glorified his praiser.

7.88.5 Where have those friendships of ours gone? We two used to keep companionship without hostility, as in former times. I have entered your great, thousanddoored, self-sustaining house, O Varuṇa.

7.88.6 He who is your eternal companion and dear one, O Varuṇa, yet commits transgressions against you — let us not, being sinful, enjoy your worship, O holy one; give shelter to the poet who praises you.

7.88.7 May Varuṇa release from us the fetters while we dwell in these firm abodes. Winning the favour from the lap of Aditi, preserve us evermore with your blessings.

7.89.1 May I not go, O King Varuṇa, into the house made of clay. Have mercy, O thou of good dominion, have mercy.

7.89.2 When I go about trembling like an inflated bladder, O lord of the stone-pressing — have mercy, O thou of good dominion, have mercy.

7.89.3 Through lack of strength, O shining one, I have gone against your will in my wretchedness. Have mercy, O thou of good dominion, have mercy.

7.89.4 Thirst has found the singer standing in the middle of the waters. Have mercy, O thou of good dominion, have mercy.

7.89.5 Whatever transgression against the divine order we mortals commit among the divine people, O Varuṇa — whatever of your ordinances we have violated through ignorance — do not injure us for that sin, O God.

7.90.1 The pure soma-draughts, sweet and pressed by the adhvaryus, have been prepared heroically for you two. Come hither with your teams, O Vāyu; drink the pressed soma juice for exhilaration.

7.90.2 He who has made the oblation reach you the master, the pure soma, O pure-drinking Vāyu — you make that man praiseworthy among mortals; again and again a champion is born to him.

7.90.3 These two worlds, heaven and earth, were born for wealth; the divine Dhiṣaṇā sets the god for wealth. Then his own teams accompany Vāyu, and the white one, the holder of goods, in the distinction.

7.90.4 As Uṣas shines forth, pure on the bright days, the meditating ones have found the wide light. Even the cowpen the Uśijs have opened wide; for them the waters have flowed onward from day to day.

7.90.5 They, meditating with a truthful mind and yoked with their own will, drive onward. The refreshments accompany your chariot that carries heroes, O Indra and Vāyu, you two lords.

7.90.6 Those who are lords and who establish for us the sun with cows, horses, goods, and gold — may the wise lords prevail for Indra and Vāyu with a full span of life, with steeds and heroes in battles.

7.90.7 Like coursing steeds seeking fame, the Vasiṣṭhas invoke Indra and Vāyu with fine praises. Striving for the prize, we call upon you for your own protection. Preserve us evermore with your blessings.

7.91.1 Were there indeed those blameless gods of old who waxed great by homage? They, for Vāyu's sake and for distressed Manu, made the Dawn depart by means of the Sun.

7.91.2 Like willing messengers, like unwounding guardians, the months are your paths, and many autumns have been. O Indra-Vāyu, this hymn of praise comes to you seeking your grace and new well-being.

7.91.3 The wise and radiant one, who increases wealth and whose lustre clings to rich food, accompanies the swift teams. For Vāyu's sake those men of one accord spread abroad, and performed all things for the welfare of their offspring.

7.91.4 So far as the vigour of the body, so far as the strength, so far as the men contemplating with vision — O pure drinkers Indra-Vāyu, drink the pure Soma pressed for us; be seated on this sacred grass.

7.91.5 Harnessing your desirable steeds, the swift teams, O Indra-Vāyu, come hither on one chariot. For this is the first portion of the mead offered to you; be satisfied and release your bounty upon us.

7.91.6 Whatever hundred, whatever thousand swift teams belonging to you, O Indra-Vāyu, all-desirable, attend you — with these most excellent ones come hither, O heroes, and drink of the mead that is offered.

7.91.7 We Vasiṣṭhas, like steeds craving renown, invoking Indra-Vāyu with well-wrought praises, seeking the contest, call you for protection. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.92.1 Come, Vāyu, O pure drinker, adorn yourself for us — your thousand swift teams are all-desirable. To you, O god, I bring the invigorating intoxicating drink of which you hold the right of first draught.

7.92.2 The swift presser has stood forth at the sacrifices to press the Soma for Indra and Vāyu to drink. When the adhvaryus, devoted to the gods, bring forward with their acts the first portion of the mead for you two —

7.92.3 With whatever swift teams you advance, O Vāyu, toward the worshipper for enjoyment in the house — yoke for us wealth rich in good food, yoke a hero, and cattle-wealth and horse-wealth as a gift.

7.92.4 O Vāyu, those who bring joy to Indra, ungodlike, ever goading the noble foemen — smiting the obstructions together with generous patrons, may we, having overcome foes in battle with men, prevail.

7.92.5 Come to our rite with your hundredfold swift teams, come to the sacrifice with your thousandfold. O Vāyu, rejoice at this pressing. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.93.1 May Indra-Agni, slayers of Vṛtra, take pleasure today in this pure, newly-born hymn. For I invoke you both with full voice — you who are easy to call; do you two, most eager to grant, immediately bestow the prize.

7.93.2 You two have truly been prosperous, jointly waxing in strength, growing together in might. Ruling over abundant wealth and rich pasture, mix for us the mighty, impetuous prize.

7.93.3 When the eloquent, wise men went to the assembly of the prize-winners, seeking guidance through their prayers — like steeds straining toward the goal, those men call upon Indra-Agni.

7.93.4 The sage, seeking guidance through his hymns, implores the glorious wealth that falls to the first share. O Indra-Agni, slayers of Vṛtra, wielders of the fine bolt, advance us further with new gifts.

7.93.5 When the two great shining ones contend together, competing in the gain-of-heroes with self-radiant splendour — strike down the ungodly in the assembly together with the godly, as a body pressing the Soma.

7.93.6 Come to us now at this Soma-pressing for our well-being, O Indra-Agni. For you have always paid attention to us; may I win you ever and again through the prizes.

7.93.7 O Agni, kindled with this oblation and homage, speak to Mitra, to Varuṇa, to Indra. Whatever sin we have committed — forgive that well; may Aryaman and Aditi loosen that bond.

7.93.8 O Agni, through these swiftly performed rites, may we attain the prizes in concert with both of you. May Indra not pass us by, nor Viṣṇu, nor the Maruts. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.94.1 This ancient praise-song to you two, O Indra-Agni, from this mind, has been born like rain from a cloud.

7.94.2 Hear the call of the singer, O Indra-Agni, take pleasure in the hymns. As lords, swell our prayers with your favour.

7.94.3 O Indra-Agni, do not deliver us, O heroes, to wickedness, nor to blame. Do not abandon us to reproach.

7.94.4 We raise up the great homage and the well-fashioned praise to Indra and Agni, seeking help through prayer and song.

7.94.5 For the eloquent men have ever thus invoked you two for help, in the press of battle, for the winning of the prize.

7.94.6 We who are eloquent, offering our libations, call upon you two with our hymns, seeking to win the sacrifice and the bounty.

7.94.7 Come to us with your protection, O Indra-Agni, overcomers of men. Let no evil-speaker have power over us.

7.94.8 Let no treachery of any hostile mortal injure us. O Indra-Agni, bestow shelter upon us.

7.94.9 The wealth rich in cattle, rich in gold, rich in horses — that which we implore of you two, O Indra-Agni, may we win that.

7.94.10 When the men who worship with horses call on Indra-Agni at the pressing of the Soma —

7.94.11 Those two who are greatest slayers of Vṛtra — they, rejoiced even by the hymn, are worshipped with praises and with lauds.

7.94.12 Those two — let them strike down with their weapon the evil-speaking, ill-knowing, demon-possessed mortal; the greedy one — strike him down with your weapon; the flood-like one — strike him down with your weapon.

7.95.1 This Sarasvatī, the iron-built fortress, surges forward with her flood and nurturing stream. Pressing onwards like a charioteer she goes, surpassing in greatness all other rivers and streams.

7.95.2 Sarasvatī alone has perceived among rivers — pure, flowing from the mountains to the sea; perceiving the wealth of the abundant world, she has yielded milk and ghee for Nahuṣa.

7.95.3 She has grown mightily among the women, a bull-calf, a bull among the sacred females. She bestows the prize-winning horse upon the generous patrons, and spreads herself wide for the winning.

7.95.4 And may that fair Sarasvatī, well-pleased, hearken to us at this sacrifice; coming with those who reverently bow their knees in homage, may she, even with wealth as her companion, be supreme among friends.

7.95.5 O Sarasvatī, as we pour oblations to you, be pleased with this hymn of praise offered from our homage. May we, established in your most beloved shelter, stand under you as under the shelter of a tree.

7.95.6 O Sarasvatī, this Vasiṣṭha has thrown open for you the two doors of Ṛta, O beautiful one. Increase the one who praises you; grant him prizes, O bright goddess. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.96.1 I shall sing a great word of lordly power — O Vasiṣṭha, magnify Sarasvatī alone with well-wrought praises, with hymns to both worlds.

7.96.2 Since the Pūrus dwell in your two bright, mighty floods, O Sarasvatī — be our protectress, allied with the Maruts, and urge forward the bounty of the generous ones.

7.96.3 The auspicious Sarasvatī, wholly free from flaw, the prize-bearing, shall bring about what is auspicious. Being praised as Jamadagni praises, and lauded as Vasiṣṭha lauds.

7.96.4 Seeking wives, O first-born ones, seeking sons, O liberal givers — we invoke Sarasvat.

7.96.5 O Sarasvat, your waves that are sweet as honey and dripping with ghee — with these become our protector.

7.96.6 May we partake of the swollen breast of Sarasvat who is visible to all, receiving offspring and nourishment.

7.97.1 At the sacrifice, in the seat of men of heaven and earth, where the godly men rejoice — where the Soma-pressings are pressed for Indra, and the first nourishment and delight come —

7.97.2 We choose the divine aids; may Bṛhaspati be our great ally and friend, that we may stand blameless before the bountiful one who gives to us from afar like a father.

7.97.3 Him, the eldest, the most pleasant lord of prayer, I praise with homage and oblations. May the great divine praise cleave to Indra, who is the king of the prayer that is god-made.

7.97.4 May Bṛhaspati, who is all-desirable and most dear, take his seat in our place. May he grant the desire of wealth with heroic offspring, and lead us safely past all unbroken dangers.

7.97.5 These immortals, ancient-born, have set up that song of praise dear to the immortal. We invoke Bṛhaspati, the pure-voiced, worthy of worship, lord of households, unwounded.

7.97.6 Vigorous, ruddy horses carry Bṛhaspati, drawing together. His assembly-place too, clothed in a form red as the sun, is deep-dark in its strength, like a cloud.

7.97.7 He is pure, hundred-winged, cleansing, swift with a golden axe, winning the light. Bṛhaspati of good appearance, noble, is most capable of bringing the libation to many friends.

7.97.8 The two divine worlds, heaven and earth, mothers of the god, have increased Bṛhaspati by their greatness. May the power of friends, fit for mastery, make the prayer easy to ford and easy to sound for the lord of prayer.

7.97.9 O Lord of Prayer, this well-wrought prayer-hymn has been fashioned for you and for bolt-wielding Indra. Strengthen our thoughts, seize the full minds, consume the noble man's hostile treasures.

7.97.10 O Bṛhaspati, you and Indra are lords of heavenly and earthly wealth. Bestow riches on the one who praises, even on the one who sings your glory. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.98.1 O Adhvaryus, offer the red-pressed, milked stalk to the bull of the peoples. Indra comes nearer than the wild ox to the drinking-place, ever going and seeking the pressed Soma.

7.98.2 Whatever fair food you have accepted from of old, day by day you carry off his draught. O Indra, enjoying it with heart and mind, and longing, protect the Soma-draughts set forth.

7.98.3 At your very birth you drank the Soma for strength; your mother has proclaimed your greatness. O Indra, you spread out the wide atmosphere, and in battle you made room for the gods.

7.98.4 When you made those who deemed themselves great fight each other, and we overcame them with our arms repeatedly — when you, O Indra, surrounded by heroes, fight against them — may we win through you that battle of good fame.

7.98.5 I will proclaim the former deeds of Indra, and the new ones that the bountiful one has performed. When he overcame the ungodly magical powers, then the Soma became his alone.

7.98.6 All this world around you that is rich in cattle — all that you see with the eye of the Sun — you alone are the master of the cows, O Indra. May we partake of your offered wealth.

7.98.7 O Bṛhaspati, you and Indra are lords of heavenly and earthly wealth. Bestow riches on the one who praises, even on the one who sings your glory. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.99.1 Growing beyond measure with your body, none attain to your greatness. We know your two realms of space and of earth, O Viṣṇu, god — you know the highest.

7.99.2 Neither one being born nor one already born, O Viṣṇu, god, has attained the farthest limit of your greatness. You have propped up the lofty, vast vault of heaven, and you have established the eastern direction of the earth.

7.99.3 You two have truly been rich in nourishment and cattle, rich in good pasture, conferring gifts upon Manu. O Viṣṇu, you have propped apart these two worlds, you have established the earth on all sides with your pillars.

7.99.4 You two made wide room for sacrifice, giving birth to the Sun, to Dawn, to Fire. O heroes, you smashed the sorceries of the Dāsa Vṛṣaśipra in the battles.

7.99.5 O Indra-Viṣṇu, you smashed the ninety-nine fortresses of Śambara. Together you slew a hundred and a thousand warriors of the irresistible Asura.

7.99.6 This great wisdom, growing great with power, with wide strides — I have offered you this hymn at assemblies, O Viṣṇu. O Indra, swell our refreshments in the communities.

7.99.7 O Viṣṇu, I make the vaṣaṭ-call to your mouth — O Śipiviṣṭa, take pleasure in my oblation. May my praises and my hymns increase you. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.100.1 Now the mortal who worships and wishes to gain — who has offered to Viṣṇu of the wide stride — he who with a wholehearted mind has worshipped and sought to please this manly one —

7.100.2 O Viṣṇu of swift course, grant us a goodwill that is universal, never-failing, and a prayer — so that we may have the abundant well-being, the horse-rich and greatly-glorious wealth.

7.100.3 Three times has this god strode across this earth of a hundredfold abundance by his greatness. Let Viṣṇu be mightier than the mighty; for the name of this ancient one is terrible.

7.100.4 This Viṣṇu strode across this earth to grant it as a field to Manu. His peoples stand firm and immoveable; he of noble birth has made a broad dwelling.

7.100.5 This your name, O Śipiviṣṭa — your noble name — I, knowing your manifestations, proclaim today. I praise you who are mighty, stronger than the strong, ruling over this realm in the far distance.

7.100.6 What, O Viṣṇu, should be concealed by you, when you declare, 'I am Śipiviṣṭa'? Do not hide this form from us — that form in which you appeared of altered shape in the battle.

7.100.7 O Viṣṇu, I make the vaṣaṭ-call to your mouth — O Śipiviṣṭa, take pleasure in my oblation. May my praises and my hymns increase you. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.101.1 Speak forth the three voices, light-tipped, those that milk this sweet-milking udder — he who makes the calf, the germ of plants, roars aloud as a bull, born at once.

7.101.2 He who nourishes the plants, who rules the waters, who is lord of all that moves, O god — may he grant us threefold shelter and comfort, and the three-turning light for our own satisfaction.

7.101.3 From you the barren becomes fruitful, and from you the fertile one — this one has shaped the body as he willed. The mother receives the father's milk; by that the father grows, by that the son grows.

7.101.4 In him all beings stand; the three heavens have flowed in three ways, and the waters flow — three vessels, ladle-like, drip the honey-mead around the mighty one.

7.101.5 May this word be inmost in the heart of Parjanya the self-ruler, may he take joy in it. May the rains bring well-being upon us; may the herbs be well-beaded and god-protected.

7.101.6 He is the seed-sower, the bull of all the eternal ones; in him rests the Self of the moving and the standing. May that Ṛta protect me for a hundred autumns. Do you always guard us with blessings.

7.102.1 Sing forth to Parjanya, son of heaven, the bountiful. May he seek out pasture for us.

7.102.2 Parjanya — who makes the germ of the plants, of the cows, of the mares, of women.

7.102.3 To him — pour into his mouth the most honey-sweet oblation. May he bring us the combined refreshment of Iḷā.

7.103.1 Lying still for a year like Brāhmaṇas observing their vow, the frogs have raised their voice set in motion by Parjanya.

7.103.2 When the heavenly waters came over him — like a dry bladder lying in a pool — the voice of the frogs, like the lowing of cattle and the lowing of cows with calves, comes together here.

7.103.3 When the rains came down upon them as they were longing and thirsty at the coming of the rainy season, one approaches the other who is speaking, as a son approaches his father, making the akhkhalī sound.

7.103.4 One grasps the other of the two when, rejoicing at the flowing of the waters — when the frog rained upon leaps about, the spotted one mingles its voice with the green one.

7.103.5 When one of them speaks the voice of the other like a pupil practising — everything of them, when you speak well on the waters, is like a season of their prosperity.

7.103.6 One of them is cow-lowing, one is goat-lowing, one is spotted, and one is green. Bearing the same name though different in form, they have patterned their voice in many ways as they speak.

7.103.7 Like Brāhmaṇas at the all-night Soma-feast, speaking all around like a full lake — that day of the year has come round on which the frogs have entered the rainy season.

7.103.8 The Brāhmaṇas, Soma-drinkers, have raised their voice, performing the annual prayer. The sweating adhvaryus heating the cauldron appear — as if none are hidden.

7.103.9 They have guarded the divine ordinance of the twelve months; these men do not transgress the season. At the coming of the rainy season in the year, the heated caldrons obtain their discharge.

7.103.10 The cow-lowing one has given, the goat-lowing one has given, the spotted one has given, the green one has given us goods. The frogs who give hundreds of cows extend their life at the thousandfold pressing.

7.104.1 O Indra-Soma, scorch the demon, crush it, hurl down those that increase darkness, O mighty ones. Cast them away from us, burn them up — strike them, drive away, and utterly destroy the devourers.

7.104.2 O Indra-Soma, let a heated cooking-pot of fire pursue the evil-speaker, the sinful one. Place an inescapable hatred upon the hater of prayer, the flesh-eater, the one of terrible glance, the kimīdin.

7.104.3 O Indra-Soma, pierce the evil-doers into the cave, into the darkness which has no foothold. May not one of them emerge from there again — let that wrathful strength of yours accomplish this.

7.104.4 O Indra-Soma, hurl down the weapon from heaven, the crusher from the earth upon the evil-speaker. Hew out the solar bolt from the mountains with which you smite the demon that has waxed great.

7.104.5 O Indra-Soma, hurl from heaven with your fire-heated stone-smiting weapons, with your burning, ageless weapons, pierce the devourers in the ribs — let them go to silence.

7.104.6 O Indra-Soma, may this thought encompass you on all sides, like a girth around a prize horse. With this oblation I send forth to you both — quicken these prayers as a king of men.

7.104.7 Remember with your smiting courses — slay the deceitful demon, the destroyer. O Indra-Soma, let there be no easy path for the evil-doer who at any time would harm us treacherously.

7.104.8 He who assails me as I go with a simple mind, attacking me with false words — like waters clasped by a shining sieve, let his speech be empty, O Indra, let him who sits there be a speaker of nothing.

7.104.9 Those who scatter the praise of the simple man with tricks, and those who corrupt the good with their crooked ways — may Soma deliver them to the serpent, or place them in the lap of Nirṛti.

7.104.10 O Agni, whoever would injure the taste of our food, or of our horses, of our cattle, of our bodies — the traitor, the thief, the one who commits theft, a little let him come — let him be abandoned with body and descendants.

7.104.11 Let him be far off with body and descendants; let all three earths be below him. O gods, let the glory of him wither who would harm us by day and he who does so by night.

7.104.12 To a person of discernment, the two speeches — truth and untruth — contend. Of these two, whichever is the truth, whichever is the more straight — that Soma protects; he slays the false.

7.104.13 Soma does not advance the crooked man, nor the warrior who holds power falsely. He slays the demon; he slays the speaker of falsehood — both of them lie in the snare of Indra.

7.104.14 If I have been a worshipper of false gods, O Agni, or have prayed to the gods in vain — why, O Jātavedas, are you angry with us? Let the treacherous speakers accompany Nirṛti to destruction.

7.104.15 May I die today if I am a sorcerer, or if I have scorched any man's life-breath. Let him be torn asunder by ten heroes who calls me falsely a sorcerer.

7.104.16 He who calls me a sorcerer, a wizard, and he who being an impure demon claims 'I am pure' — let Indra smite him with his great weapon; let him fall to the lowest place of all beings.

7.104.17 She who roams like an owl by night, hiding her body with treachery — let her fall into an endless pit. May the pressing stones strike the demons with their sounds.

7.104.18 Spread out, O Maruts, searching through the peoples — seize and grind to pieces the demons. Those who have become birds and fly by night, and those who have placed treachery in the divine sacrifice —

7.104.19 Hurl down the stone of heaven, O Indra, sharpened by Soma, O bountiful one, sharpen it well. From east, from west, from below, from above — smite the demons with the mountain.

7.104.20 These — look, they fly about, the dog-wolves, seeking to harm inviolable Indra, the harmers. The Mighty One is sharpening the weapon against the slanderers; now he will let fly his bolt against the sorcerers.

7.104.21 Indra became the destroyer of sorcerers, the supreme one for those who were stealing the oblations as they sought to please. The Mighty One, like an axe splitting a forest, goes forth cleaving to pieces the demons.

7.104.22 Slay the owl-sorcerer, the young-owl-sorcerer, slay the dog-sorcerer, the cuckoo-sorcerer. Slay the eagle-sorcerer, the vulture-sorcerer — O Indra, crush the demons, O stone-crusher.

7.104.23 Let no demon harm us; let the pair of kimīdins, those who belong to the sorcerers, drive us away. May the earth protect us from earth-dangers; may the atmosphere protect us from heavenly dangers.

7.104.24 O Indra, slay the male sorcerer and also the female who is striking repeatedly with her magic. Let those with bent necks, the foolish-godded ones, be crushed — may they not see the Sun rising.

7.104.25 Look around, look about — O Indra and Soma, be vigilant. Hurl your weapon at the demons, the thunderbolt at the sorcerers.