Through his aid gazed with minds disturbed,

Over whom on the rising of the sun it goes;

To what God shall we offer with oblation?

s He by whom the dread earth and the sky were made firm,

By whom the heaven was established, by whom the vault,

Who is the measure of the region in the atmosphere;

To what God shall we offer with oblation?

t When the waters, the great ones, went

Bearing all strength, begetting the flame,

Then one breath of the angels arose;

To what God shall we offer with oblation?

u He who in his might beheld the waters

Bearing strength, begetting the flame,

Who was the God alone over the angels;

To what God shall we offer with oblation?

4.1.9

a Purpose, impulse, hail! Mind, intellect, impulse, hail! Thought, knowledge, impulse, hail! Discrimination of speech, impulse, hail! To the Guide, lord of creatures, hail! To the Radiant One, common to all men, hail!

b Let every man choose the companionship

Of the God who leads;

Every man prays for wealth;

Let him choose glory that he may prosper; hail!

c Be not broken, nor come to harm;

Be firm and enduring;

O mother, daringly show thy heroism;

With the fire wilt thou do this deed.

d Be firm, O earth, for prosperity;

Thou art made with power;

Let this oblation be pleasing to the angels;

Do thou emerge uninjured at this our sacrifice.

e O Friend, heat this pan; may it not break.

f This I place around thee, to prevent breaking.

g Feeding on wood, sipping clarified butter,

The ancient desirable invoker,

Son of strength, the wondrous.

h From a far region

Come hither to these lower ones;

Favour those in the region where I am.

i From a far distance

Do Thou of ruddy steeds come hither;

Of the dust, dear to many,

O Radiant One, do Thou overcome obstructions.

k Do thou sit down in the lap of this mother,

O Radiant One, knowing all the ways;

Consume her not with light nor with heat,

Within her shine with pure radiance.

l O Radiant One, with glow

Within Thine own seat of the pan,

Heating with her blaze,

Be Thou, O All-Knower, auspicious.

m Becoming auspicious to me, O Radiant One,

Do Thou sit down auspicious;

Having made all the quarters auspicious

Sit here on Thine own birthplace.

4.1.10

a Whatever logs we place

In Thee, O Radiant One,

Be that ghee for Thee;

Accept it, O youngest One.

b What the insect eats,

What the ant climbs over,

All that be ghee for Thee;

Accept it, O youngest One.

c Mighty by night, unfailingly bearing food

For him as fodder to a stalled horse,

May we, O Radiant One, Thy neighbours, be not harmed,

Rejoicing in increase of wealth, in food.

d Kindled on the earth's navel, the flame

We invoke for great increase of wealth,

Delighting in drink, recipient of great praise, worthy of offering,

The victor, the sustainer in battles.

e The hosts that attack,

That pierce, the trooping,

The thieves and the robbers,

Them, O Radiant One, do I place in Thy mouth.

f With Thy tusks the burglars,

With Thy teeth the robbers,

With Thy jaws the thieves, O blessed One,

Do Thou chew, well chewed.

g The burglars among men,

The thieves and robbers in the forest,

The mischief-workers in the thickets,

Them I place within Thy jaws.

h The man who is hostile to us,

And him who hates us,

Him who reviles us, and him who seeks to hurt,

Every one of them do Thou crush to atoms.

i Sharpened is my holy power,

Sharpened the strength and might,

Sharpened the conquering lordly power of him

Whose domestic priest I am.

k Their arms have I uplifted,

Their radiance, their might;

With holy power I waste the foes,

I support my own.

l Shining like gold, he has become widely resplendent,

For glory shining with immortal life;

The flame became immortal in his strength

What time the prolific sky begat him.

m The sage shows all forms;

He has produced bliss for biped and quadruped;

The Light-giver, the desirable, has discerned the vault;

After the moving forward of the dawn he shines.

n Night and the dawn, one-minded but of various form,

United suckle one child;

The radiant one shines between sky and earth;

The angels, granters of wealth, support the flame.

o Thou art the bird of fair feathers; thy head the threefold chant, thy eye the Gayatra, thy breath the chant, thy body the Vamadevya chant, thy wings the Brhat and the Rathantara, thy tail the Yajnayajniya, thy limbs the metres, thy hoofs the altars, thy name the Yajus formulae.

p Thou art the bird of fair feathers; go to the sky, fly to the heaven.

4.1.11

a O Radiant One, that sacrifice, that offering,

Which on all sides Thou dost encircle,

It of a truth goes to the angels.

b O Lord of the provision, the wondrous aids

That there are of Thine for the generous man,

With these be Thou our helper.

c The Radiant One, the head.

d Be.

e Thou, O Lord.

f These abodes of Thine.

g That excellent glory of the Light-giver,