1. TAKEN upon a base art thou. Thee for the Âdityas. Here, O Far-striding Vishnu, is thy Soma. Guard it from injury. Let them not harm thee.
2. Ne’er art thou fruitless, Indra; ne’er dost thou desert thy worshipper. But now, O Liberal Lord, thy bounty as a God is poured forth ever more and more. Thee for the Âdityas.
3. Never art thou neglectful: thou guardest both races with thy care.The Soma feast, O Fourth Âditya, is thy strength. Amrit is stablished in the heavens. Thee for the Âdityas.
4. The sacrifice obtains the Gods’ acceptance. Be graciously inclined to us, Âdityas. Hitherward let your favour be directed and be our best deliverer from trouble. Thee for the Âdityas.
5. This is thy Soma draught, O bright Âditya: take delight therein.To this mine utterance, O ye men, give credence, what good the man and wife obtain by praying:A manly son is burn and gathers riches, and thrives for ever sinless in the dwelling.
6. Fair wealth, O Savitar, to-day, to-morrow, fair wealth produce for us each day that passes. May we, through this our song, be happy gainers, God! of a fair and spacious habitation.
7. Taken upon a base art thou. Savitar’s giver of delight art thou. Giver of joy art thou:vouchsafe me joy. Speed thou the sacrifice, speed thou the sacrifice’s lord to win his share. Thee for the God, for Savitar.
8. Taken upon a base art thou. Thou art a good protector, firmly stablished. To the Great Bull be reverential homage. Thee for the Visvedevas. This is thy home: Thee for the Visvedevas.
9. Taken upon a base art thou. May it be mine to prosper the libations of thee Brihaspati’s son, O radiant Soma, of thee, strong Indu, mated with thy Consorts. I am in heaven above, on earth beneath it. The intermediate region was my father. I saw the Sun both from above and under. I am what Gods in secret hold the highest.
10. Agni, associate with the Dames, accordant with the God Tvashtar, drink. All-hail! Thou art Prajâpati, strong male, impregner: may I obtain from thee, strong male, impregner, a son who shall himself become a father.
11. Taken upon a base art thou. Thou art bay-coloured, Yoker of Bay Coursers. Thee for the pair of tawny-coloured horses. United with the Soma, ye, for Indra, are corn for his two tawny steeds to feed on.
12. That draught of thine which winneth cows or horses, offered with sacrificial text and laudedWith chanted hymns and songs of adoration—of that permitted do I take permitted.
13. Of sin against the Gods thou art atonement. Of sin against mankind thou art atonement. For sin against the Fathers thou atonest. Of sin against oneself thou art atonement. Of every sort of sin thou art atonement. The sin that I have knowingly committed, the sin that unawares I have committed, of all that wickedness thou art the atonement.
14. We with our bodies have again united, with lustre, vital sap, and happy spirit. Giver of boons, may Tvashtar grant us riches and smooth whate’er was injured in our body.
15. Lead us with thought to wealth in kine, O Indra, to princes, Lord of Bounty! and to welfare. Lead thou us on to God-inspired devotion, to favour of the Gods who merit worship. All-hail!
16. Verse 14 repeated.
17. May this please Savitar and liberal Dhâtar, Prajâpati the Treasure-Guard, bright Agni, Tvashtar, and Vishnu: blessing him with children, grant store of riches to the Sacrificer.
18. Gods, we have made your seats easy of access, who, pleased with us, have come to this libation. Bearing and bringing hitherward your treasures, grant to this man, good Lords, abundant riches. All-hail!
19. The willing Gods whom, God, thou hast brought hither, send them to their own dwelling-place, O Agni. As all of you have eaten and have drunken, approach the air, the heat, the light of heaven.
20. Here, Agni, as this sacrifice proceedeth, have we elected thee to be our Hotar. Special have been thine offerings and thy labour. Well knowing sacrifice, as sage, come near us.
21. Do ye, O Gods, discoverers of the Pathway, go forward on the path when ye have found it. O God, thou Lord and Master of the Spirit, bestow— All-hail!—this sacrifice on Vâta.
22. Go, Sacrifice, to the sacrifice: seek thou the sacrifice’s lord, seek thine own home. All-hail! Lord of the sacrifice, this is thy sacrifice, followed by many heroes, loud with hymns of praise. Accept it thou. All-hail!
23. Become no serpent thou, become no viper. King Vat-tins hath made a spacious pathway, a pathway for the Sun wherein to travel. Where no way was he made him set his footstep, and warned afar whate’er afflicts the spirit. To Varuna be reverential homage! Varuna’s noose beneath our feet is trampled.
24. The waters, face of Agni, have I entered, O Waters’ Child, repelling evil spirits. Offer the fuel in each home, O Agni. Let thy tongue dart —All-hail!—to meet the butter.
25. Thy heart is in the flood, within the waters. With thee let plants and waters be commingled, That, Lard of Sacrifice, we may adore thee with singing praise and telling forth our homage. All-hail!
