h Thou art the germ of plants,

The germ of trees,

The germ of all things,

O Radiant One, Thou art the germ of the waters.

i With ashes having satisfied Thy birthplace

And the waters, on the earth, O Radiant One,

In unison with Thy mothers,

Full of light hast Thou again taken Thy seat.

k Having again come to Thy seat,

And to the waters, to the earth, O Radiant One,

Within her Thou liest, most auspicious,

As on the lap of a mother.

l Return with strength,

Return, O Radiant One, with food and life;

Again guard us on all sides.

m Return with wealth,

O Radiant One, fatten with the stream,

All-gaining on every side.

n May the Adityas, the Healers, the Vasus, kindle Thee again;

The scholars again with offerings, O bringer of wealth;

With ghee do Thou increase our bodies;

May the wishes of the sacrificer become true.

o Hearken to this our call, that is offered, O youngest One,

Of the most generous One, O Thou that hast power;

One hates, one praises.

As praiser I praise Thy body, O Radiant One.

p Be Thou a bounteous patron,

Giver of riches, lord of riches;

Repel from us the foes.

4.2.4

a Go hence, depart, creep away, hence,

Ye that are here of old and ye that are new,

The appointed term has given this resting-place of earth,

The forefathers have made this world for him.

b Thou art the ash of the fire, thou art the dust of the fire.

c Thou art accord, fulfilling love; in me be the fulfilling of thy love.

d Be united your dear bodies,

Be united your dear hearts,

Be your breath united,

United my body.

e This is that fire in whom as a belly

The Mighty One placed the pressed juice eagerly;

Thou art praised, O All-Knower, for winning

Booty a thousandfold, like a swift steed.

f O Radiant One, Thou comest to the wave of the sky,

To the angels Thou speakest, those of the altar;

The waters above in the realm of the sun,

And those below wait on Thee.

g O Radiant One, Thy radiance in the sky, the earth,

The plants, or the waters, O holy One,

That whereby Thou didst outspread the broad atmosphere,

Glittering is Thy gleam, moving and men espying.

h May the fires of the dust

In unison with those of the floods

Accept the oblation offered,

The rich healthful viands.

i As food, O Radiant One, accord to the sacrificer

The gain of a cow, wondrous enduring;

Be to us a son, a scion, full of life;

This, O Radiant One, be Thy lovingkindness towards us.

k This is Thy due place of birth,

Whence born Thou didst shine,

Mount it, O Radiant One, knowing it,

And make our wealth increase.

l Thou art a piler; in the manner of Angiras be firm with that power.

m Thou art a piler round; in the manner of Angiras be firm with that power.

n Fill the world, fill the hole, do thou sit down auspicious;

The Mighty One and the Radiant One and the Lord of Prayer

Have placed thee on this birthplace.

o The dappled kine, streaming with milk,

Mix the provision,

Clans in the birthplace of the angels,

In the three realms of sky.

4.2.5

a Be united, be in harmony, in affection,

Radiant, with kindly thought,

Clothed in food and strength,

United have I made your minds, your ordinances, your hearts.

b O fire of the dust, be overlord for us;

Bestow food and strength on the sacrificer.

c Thou, O Radiant One, art of the dust,

Rich, full of increase,

Making all the regions propitious

Thou hast sat down on Thine own birthplace.

d Be ye of one mind for us,

One dwelling, spotless;

Harm not the sacrifice, nor the lord of the sacrifice, O all-knowers;

Be ye two auspicious today unto us.

e As a mother her son, the earth,

The pan, has borne the fire of the dust in its own birthplace

In unison with the angels, the seasons,

Let the Creator, all-worker, release it.

f The bright light

Born beyond this firmament,

May that convey us beyond our foes,

O Radiant One, common to all men, hail!

g Seeking refuge in God, we pray against perdition of every form,

Loosen ye this bond made of iron;

Do Thou in accord with the appointed term and its decree

Raise us to this highest vault.

h The bond that perdition

Bound on thy neck, not to be loosened,

This I loosen for thee as from the middle of life;

Then living, let loose, do thou eat the food.

i Thee in whose cruel mouth here I make offering,

For the loosening of these bonds,

As 'earth' men know thee,

As 'perdition', I know thee on every side.

k Seek the man who pours not offering nor sacrifices;

The road of the thief and robber thou followest;

Seek another than us, that is thy road;

Our refuge is in God alone.

l Seeking refuge from perdition,

Like a father his son, I weary her with my words;

She who knows all that is born,

Discerns, the lady, every head.

m Abode and collector of riches,

Every form she discerns with might,

Like God the Light-giver of true laws,

Like the Mighty One, she stands at the meeting of the ways.