1. VARUNA, hear this call of mine: be gracious unto us this day. Longing for help I yearn for thee.
2. I ask this of thee with my prayer, etc., as in XVIII. 49.
3. Do thou who knowest Varuna, O Agni, put far away from us the God’s displeasure. Best Sacrificer, brightest One, refulgent, remove thou far from us all those who hate us.
4. Be thou the nearest unto us, O Agni, our closest Friend while now this Morn is breaking. Reconcile Varuna to us, be bounteous: show thy compassion and be swift to hear us.
5. We call to succour us the mighty Mother of those whose sway is just, the Queen of Order, Strong-ruler, far-expanding, ne’er decaying, Aditi gracious guide and good protectress.
6. Sinless may we ascend, for weal, this vessel rowed with good oars, divine, that never leaketh, Earth our strong guard, incomparable Heaven. Aditi gracious guide and good protectress.
7. May I ascend the goodly ship, free from defect, that leaketh not, Moved by a hundred oars, for weal.
8. O Mitra-Varuna, gracious Pair, with fatness dew our pasturage, With mead the regions of the air.
9. Stretch forth your arms and let our lives be lengthened: with fatness dew the pastures of our cattle. Ye Youthful, make us famed among the people: hear, Mitra-Varuna, these mine invocations.
10. Bless us the Coursers when we call, etc., as in IX. 16.
11. Deep-skilled in Law, etc., as in IX. 18.
12. Kindled is Agni with the brand, yea, kindled well, the excellent. The metre Gâyatrî, the steer of eighteen months, give power and life!
13. Tanûnapât whose acts are pure, our bodies’ guard Sarasvatî, Ushnihâ metre and the steer of two years’ age give power and life!
14. Agni with offerings, meet for praise, and Soma the immortal God, Anushtup metre and the steer of thirty months give power and life!
15. Agni with goodly grass spread out, deathless with Pûshan at his side, Brihatî metre and a steer of three years’ age give power and life!
16. The Doors divine, the mighty Regions, Brahma, God Brihaspati, The metre Pankti, here a bull in his fourth year, give power and life
17. The two young Darns of lovely form, the deathless Universal Gods, The Trishtup metre, here, a bull in his sixth year, give power and life!
18. The two celestial Hotars, both Physicians, Indra’s close-knit friends, The metre Jagatî, an ox who draws the wain, give power and life!
19. The Three, Ida, Sarasvatî, and Bhâratî, the Marut folk, Virâj the metre, here, a cow in milk, a bull, give power and life!
20. Tvashtar the wondrous, full of seed, Indrâgnî furtherers of weal, Dvipadâ metre, and a cow and vigorous bull give power and life!
21. Our slaughterer, Vanaspatî, Savitar who promoteth wealth, The metre Kakup, here, a cow who casts her calf, give power and life!
22. With Svâhâ mighty Varuna give healing power to Sacrifice! The Atichhandas, Brihat, and a steer and bull give power and life!
23. With the Spring Season may the Gods the Vasus praised with triple hymn And with Rathantara, give life to Indra, splendour, sacrifice.
24. With Summer may the Rudras, Gods, praised in the Pañchadasa hymn With Brihat, give to Indra strength; with fame, and sacrifice and life.
25. May the Âdityas with the Rains, lauded in Saptadasa hymn And with Vairûpa, with folk, strength, give Indra sacrifice and life.
26. With Autumn may the Ribhus, Gods, praised in the Ekavimsa hymn And with Virâja, give with grace to Indra grace, life, sacrifice.
27. With Winter may the Maruts, Gods, praised in the laud of thrice nine parts, The Sakvarîs, with strength give might to Indra, sacrifice and life.
28. With Dew-time may the deathless Gods praised in the Thirty-three-part laud, The Revatîs, with truth give sway to Indra, sacrifice and life.
29. Let the Hotar sacrifice with fuel to Agni in the place of libation, to the Asvins, Indra, Sarasvatî. A grey-coloured he-goat with wheat, jujube-fruit and sprouts of rice becomes a sweet salutary remedy, splendour, might, milk, Soma. Let them enjoy sweet butter with foaming liquor. Hotar, present offerings of butter.
30. Let the Hotar, Tanûnapât, worship Sarasvatî. A sheep, a ram, a salutary remedy on the honey-sweet path, bearing to the Asvins and Indra heroic strength, with jujube-fruit, Indra-grains, sprouts of rice, becomes a salutary remedy, milk, Soma. Let them enjoy, etc., as in verse 29.
31. Let the Hotar worship Narâsamsa and the Lord Nagnahu. A ram with Surâ a salutary remedy, Sarasvatî the Physician, the golden car of the Asvins, the victim’s omentum, with jujube-fruit, Indra-grains, and rice-sprouts, become a salutary remedy, the manly strength of Indra, milk, Soma. Let them, etc.
32. Let the Hotar, magnified with oblations, offering sacrifice, worship Sarasvatî and Indra, increasing them with strength, with a bull and a cow. Strength and medicine to the Asvins and Indra are meath with jujube-fruit, Mâsara with parched grain, milk, Soma. Let them, etc.
