1.1.1

a For food thee, for strength thee!

b Ye are winds, ye are approachers.

c Let God, the Light-giver, impel you to the most excellent offering.

d O invincible ones, swell with the share set apart for the sake of God,

Full of strength, of milk, rich in offspring, free from sickness, from disease.

e Let no thief, no evil worker, have control over you.

f Let the dart of God the Healer and Avenger avoid you.

g Abide ye, numerous, with this keeper of the cattle.

h Do thou protect the cattle of the giver.

1.1.2

a Thou art the substance of the offering.

b The evil ones are burned up, the evil spirits are burned up.

c The altar hath come to the strewn grass,

Made by man, fashioned with the call of consecration.

The sages fetch it from in front,

The delightful grass to sit upon here for the worship of God.

d Thou art sent by God.

e Thou art made to grow by the rains.

f O grass given by God, let me not hit thee either across or along,

g Let me hit thy joints,

h Let me come to no harm in cutting thee.

i O grass, rise with a hundred shoots,

Let us rise with a thousand shoots.

k Guard from the contact of earth.

l I gather thee with good gathering.

m Thou art the girdle of the earth, the cord of the sustainer.

n Let the Nourisher tie a knot for thee, that knot shall mount me.

o I hold thee up with the arms of the Mighty, I seize thee with the head of the Lord of Prayer.

p Fare along the wide atmosphere.

q Thou art going to the service of God.

1.1.3

a Be ye pure for the sacred rite, the offering for the sake of God.

b Thou art the vessel of the Wind.

c Thou art the heaven, thou art the earth.

d Thou art the all-supporting with the highest support.

e Be firm, waver not.

f Thou art the strainer of the Bountiful, of a hundred streams, thou art that of the Bountiful, of a thousand streams.

g The drop has been offered, the drop has been offered.

h To God the Radiant, Lord of the mighty firmament!

i Praise to sky and earth!

k This is she of all life, this is the all-encompassing, this is the all-doing.

l Be ye united, that follow holy orders,

Ye that wave and are fullest of sweetness,

Delightful for the gaining of wealth.

m With the provision of God I curdle thee, curds for the Mighty.

n O All-Pervading in knowledge, guard the offering.

1.1.4

a For the rite you two, for the sake of God may I be strong.

b Thee for accomplishment!

c The evil ones are burnt up, the evil spirits are burnt up.

d Thou art the yoke.

e Injure him who injures us, injure him whom we injure.

f Thou art of all the most firmly jointed, the most richly filled,

the most agreeable, the best of carriers, the best at calling to God.

g Thou art the holder of the offering that wavers not.

h Be firm, waver not.

i I gaze on thee with the eye of the Friend.

k Be not afraid, be not troubled, let me harm thee not.

l (Be thou) wide open to the wind.

m By the impulse of God the Light-giver, with the arms of the two Helpers,

with the hands of the Nourisher, I offer thee, dear to God the Radiant, to the Radiant and to His provision.

n This is for God's sake, this is ours too.

o For prosperity thee, not for misfortune.

p May I behold the light, the radiance for all men.

q May they that have doors stand firm in heaven and earth.

r Fare along the wide atmosphere.

s I place thee in the lap of the earth.

t O God the Radiant, guard the offering.

1.1.5

a Let God the Light-giver purify you, with a filter that has no flaw,

with the rays of the bright sun.

b Ye pure waters, that go in front and first purify, forward lead

this offering, place in front the giver of the offering.

c You the Mighty chose for the contest with the adversary, ye chose the Mighty for

the contest with the adversary.

d Ye are sprinkled.

e I sprinkle you agreeable to God the Radiant, to the Radiant and to His provision.

f Be ye pure for the sacred rite, for the offering for the sake of God.

g The evil ones are shaken off, the evil spirits are shaken off.

h Thou art the skin of the earth, may the earth recognize thee.

i Thou art the plank of wood, may the skin of the earth recognize thee.

k Thou art a sign of the Radiant, loosener of speech.

l I grasp thee for the joy of the servants of God,

m Thou art the stone of wood.

n Do thou with good labour prepare this offering for the sake of God.

o Utter food, utter strength;

p Make ye glorious sounds,

q May we be victorious in contest,

r Thou art increased by the rain.

s May that which is increased by the rain recognize thee.

t The evil ones are cleared away, the evil spirits are cleared away.

u Thou art the share of the evil ones.

v Let the wind separate you.

w Let God the Light-giver, of golden hands, seize you.

1.1.6

a The evil ones are shaken off, the evil spirits are shaken off.

b Thou art the skin of the earth, may the earth recognize thee.

c Thou art the supporter of the sky, may the skin of the earth recognize thee.

d Thou art a bowl of rock, may the supporter of the sky recognize thee.

e Thou art a bowl made of the rock, may the rock recognize thee.

f By the impulse of God the Light-giver, with the arms of the two Helpers, with the hands of the Nourisher, I pour thee out.

g Thou art stimulating, stimulate the servants of God.

h For expiration thee, for inspiration thee, for through-breathing thee (I pound).

i May I extend for long the life (of the giver).

k Let God the Light-giver, of golden hands, seize you.

1.1.7

a Bold art thou, support our prayer.

b O God the Radiant, drive off the fire that eats raw flesh, send away the corpse-eating one, bring hither the fire that serves in worship.

c The evil ones are burnt, the evil spirits are burnt.

d Thou art firm; make firm the earth, make life firm, make offspring firm, make his companions subordinate to this giver.

e Thou art a supporter, make firm the atmosphere, make expiration firm, make inspiration firm, make his companions subordinate to this giver.

f Thou art supporting, make the heaven firm, make the eye firm, make the ear firm, make his companions, and so on.

g Thou art a support, make the quarters firm, make the organ firm, make offspring firm, make his companions, and so on.

h Ye are gatherers, bring offspring to this giver, wealth to him, make his companions, and so on.

i Be ye heated with the heat of the elders.

k The potsherds which wise men collect for the vessel, these are in the guardianship of the Nourisher. Let the Mighty and the Wind set them free.

1.1.8

a I pour together.

b The waters have joined with the waters, the plants with sap.

c Join ye rich ones with the moving ones, sweet ones with the sweet.

d From the waters ye are born, be united with the waters.

e For generation I unite thee.

f For God the Radiant thee, for the Radiant and His provision.

g Thou art the head of the offering.

h Thou art the vessel that contains all life.

i Be extended wide, let the giver of the offering be extended wide.

k Grasp the skin.

l The evil ones are obstructed, the evil spirits are obstructed.

m Let God the Light-giver make thee ready on the highest firmament.

n May the fire burn not too much thy body.

o O God the Radiant, guard the offering.

p Be united with our prayer.

q Praise to the first, praise to the second, praise to the third.

1.1.9

a I grasp (thee).

b Thou art the right arm of the Mighty with a thousand spikes, a hundred edges.

c Thou art the wind of sharp edge.

d O earth whereon offerings are made for the sake of God, let me harm not the root of thy plant.

e The wicked one is smitten away from the earth.

f Go to the fold where the cattle are.

g May heaven rain for thee.

h O God the Light-giver, bind thou in the furthest distance with a hundred fetters him who hateth us and whom we hate, thence let him not free.

i The wicked one is smitten away from the earth, the place of worship.

k Go to the fold where the cattle are.

l May heaven rain for thee.

m O God the Light-giver, and so on.

n The wicked one is smitten away from the earth, he that gives no offering for God's sake.

o Go to the fold where the cattle are.

p May heaven rain for thee.

q O God the Light-giver, and so on.

r Let not the wicked one mount the sky for thee.

s Let the Bountiful grasp thee with the Gayatri metre, let the Healers grasp thee with the Tristubh metre, let the Sustainers grasp thee with the Jagati metre.

t By the impulse of God the Light-giver wise ones perform the rite.

u Thou art the right, thou art the seat of right, thou art the glory of right.

v Thou art the holder, thou art the self-holder.

w Thou art broad, and wealthy art thou.

x Before the cruel foe slips away, O glorious one,

Taking up the earth, with plenteous drops,

The earth which they place in the moon by their offerings,

Which wise men use to guide them in the offering.

1.1.10

a The evil ones are burnt up, the evil spirits are burnt up.

b With the keenest flame of the Radiant I burn you.

c May I not brush the place of the cattle, I brush thee that art strong and overcomest foes.

d Speech, breath, eye, ear, offspring, may I not brush, I brush thee that art strong and overcomest foes.

e Beseeching favour, offspring, prosperity, in devotion to God the Radiant,

I gird my body for good action.

f With fair offspring, with noble households,

We are come to thee,

O Radiant One, to thee that deceivest the foe,

The undeceivable, we that are not deceived.

g I loosen this bond of the All-Seeing,

Which the kindly Light-giver hath bound,

And in the birthplace of the Creator, in the place of good action,

I make it pleasant for me with my spouse.

h With life, with offspring,

O Radiant One, with splendour again,

As spouse with my spouse I am united.

United be my spirit with my body.

i Of the great ones thou art the milk, of plants the sap. Of thee that art the imperishable I make the offering.

k Thou art the milk of the great ones, of plants the sap; with undeceived eye I gaze on thee for fair offspring.

l Thou art brilliance; follow thou brilliance; may the Radiant not take away the brilliance.

m Thou art the tongue of the Radiant, the good one among the servants of God.

n Be thou (good) for every offering, for every prayer.

o Thou art the shining, the radiance, the brilliance.

p May God the Light-giver purify you

With a flawless strainer,

With the rays of the bright sun.

q I grasp thee shining in the shining, for every offering, for every prayer.

r I grasp thee radiance in the radiance, thee resplendent in the resplendence for every offering, for every prayer.

1.1.11

a Thou art a black deer, living in the lair, to God the Radiant thee, praise!

b Thou art the altar, to the strewn grass thee, praise!

c Thou art the strewn grass, to the ladles thee, praise!

d To the sky thee, to the atmosphere thee, to the earth thee!

e Be thou refreshment to the forefathers, strength to those that sit on the strewn grass.

f With strength go ye to the earth.

g Thou art the hair-knot of the All-Pervading in knowledge.

h Soft as wool I strew thee, offering a good seat to the righteous.

i Thou art the fence of the giver

from every attacker, praised and to be praised.

k Thou art the right arm of the Mighty, the fence of the giver, praised and to be praised.

l May the Friend and the All-Seeing lay thee around in the north with firm law, thou art the fence of the giver, praised and to be praised.

m May the sun in the east protect thee from all evil.

n May we kindle thee, O wise one,

That dost invite to the offering, the radiant one,

O Radiant One, thee that art mighty at the offering.

o Ye two are the props of the people.

p Sit on the seat of the Bountiful, the Healers, the Sustainers.

q Thou art named juhu, upabhrt, dhruva, loving the ghee, sit on thy dear seat with thy dear name.

r These have sat down in the world of good action.

s Protect them, O All-Pervading in knowledge.

t Protect the offering, protect the giver of the offering, protect me that conduct the offering.

1.1.12

a Thou art the world, be extended.

b O Radiant One, giver, this reverence.

c O juhu, come hither, the Radiant summons thee for the offering for God's sake.

d O upabhrt, come hither, God the Light-giver summons thee for the offering for God's sake.

e O Radiant One and All-Pervading in knowledge, let me not step down upon you.

f Be ye parted, consume me not.

g Make ye a place for me, ye place-makers.

h Thou art the abode of the All-Pervading in knowledge.

i Hence the Mighty wrought mighty deeds.

k Great, grasping the sky, imperishable.

l The offering of the giver is undisturbed.

m Offered to the Mighty, praise!

n Great light.

o Guard me, O Radiant One, from misfortune, place me in good fortune.

p Thou art the head of the offering, be light united with light.

1.1.13

a With the impulse of strength,

With elevation he hath lifted me up;

Then the Mighty hath made my enemies

Humble by depression.

b The righteous have increased my prayer.

What is elevation and depression;

Then do ye, O Mighty and Radiant,

Scatter my foes on every side.

c To the Bountiful thee, to the Healers thee, to the Sustainers thee!

d Licking the anointed let the birds go asunder.

e May I not brush offspring and the organ.

f Swell, ye waters and plants.

g Ye are the spotted steeds of the storm-winds.

h Fare to the sky, thence bring us rain.

i Guardian of life art thou, O Radiant One, guard my life.

k Guardian of the eye art thou, O Radiant One, guard my eye.

l Thou art the secure one.

m The fence which thou didst put round thee

When thou wast beset by the hostile, O Radiant God,

That do I bring here to thee that thou mayst rejoice in it,

That it be not removed from thee.

n Go ye two to the place of the righteous.

o Ye are sharers in the remains (of the offering), well nourished, mighty,

Ye that sit on the strewn grass.

Accepting this supplication, do ye all,

Seated on this strewn grass enjoy yourselves.

p I set thee in the seat of the Radiant whose abode is secure.

q For goodwill, O ye two with goodwill, place me in goodwill.

r Guard ye the yoke-horses at the yoke.

s O Radiant One, with life unhurt, with not-cool body, guard me this day from the sky, guard from bondage, guard from error in the offering, guard from evil food, guard from ill deed.

t Make our food free from poison, the lap pleasant to sit in; praise!

u O ye that know the way, knowing the way, go ye the way.

v O lord of mind, this offering for us place among the righteous, O Lord, praise! in speech, praise! in the wind, praise!

1.1.14

a Ye twain shall be summoned, O Mighty and Radiant.

Ye twain shall rejoice together in the offering.

You both givers of food and riches,

You both I summon for the winning of strength.

b For I have heard that ye both are more generous

Than a worthless son-in-law or a wife's brother.

So with the offering of the provision of God I make for you,

O Mighty and Radiant, a new hymn of praise;

c O Mighty and Radiant, ninety forts

Of which the slaves were lords ye overthrew

Together in one deed.

d This pure new-born hymn of praise this day,

O Mighty and Radiant, slayers of the adversary, accept with joy.

For on you both I call that are ready to listen,

You that are ever readiest to give strength to the eager.

e We thee, O lord of the path,

As a chariot to win the prize,

Have yoked for our prayer, O Nourisher.

f Lord of each way with eloquence;

Driven by love he went to the sun;

May he give us the comfort of gold,

May the Nourisher further our every prayer.

g By the lord of the field

As by a friend may we win

What nourishes our kine and horses;

May he be favourable to such as we are.

h O lord of the field, the honey-bearing wave,

As a cow milk, so for us milk;

May the lords of right graciously accord us

That which drops honey and is well purified like ghee.

i O Radiant One, lead us by a fair path to wealth,

O Lord, knowing all the ways;

Keep away from us the sin that makes us wander;

We will accord to thee most abundant honour.

k We have come to the path of the righteous

To accomplish that which we have power to do;

Let the wise Radiant One accept the offering, let him be the offerer

Let him arrange the offerings for the seasons.

l What carrieth best is for the Radiant One;

Sing aloud, O thou of brilliant radiance.

From thee wealth, like a cow,

From thee strength riseth forth.

m O Radiant One, once more lead us

With thy favour over every trouble.

Be a broad, thick, wide fortress for us,

Health and wealth for our children and descendants.

n Thou, O Radiant One, art the guardian of law,

Among the angels and mortals;

Thou art to be invoked at the offerings.

o If laws of you wise ones, O righteous,

In our ignorance we transgress,

May the Radiant One make good all that,

He that knoweth the seasons wherein he may satisfy the righteous.