r Yoke, like a charioteer, O Radiant One,

The steeds that best invite the angels,

Sit down as ancient invoking priest.

s The drop has fallen on the earth, the sky,

On this seat and on the one which was aforetime

The drop that wanders over the third seat

I offer in the seven offerings.

t There has come into being this might of all the world,

And of the Radiant One, common to all men,

The flame full of light with light,

The disk radiant with radiance.

u For the verse thee, for brilliance thee.

v Like streams the offerings flow together,

Purified within with heart and mind;

I behold the streams of ghee;

A golden reed is there in the midst of them,

w In it sits an eagle, honey-making, nested,

Assigning honey to the angels,

On its brink sit seven tawny ones,

Milking at will the stream of ambrosia.

4.2.10

a Anointing with milk the embryo of the sun,

Counterpart of a thousand, of every form,

Spare him, injure him not with thy heat;

Make him of a hundred years of life, as thou art piled.

b Injure not this biped of animals,

O hundred-eyed one, being piled for the sacrifice;

I appoint for thee the wailer in the forest;

Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.

c The rush of the wind, the navel of the All-Seeing,

Born as a steed in the midst of the waters,

The child of the streams, the tawny one, rooted in the mountain,

O Radiant One, harm him not in the highest heaven.

d Harm not this one-hooved of cattle,

The thundering, the courser among the contests;

I appoint for thee the wild ox of the forest;

Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.

e The undying drop, the ruddy, the active,

The Radiant One I hymn with praises with first inspiration;

Do thou forming thyself with joints in due order,

Harm not the cow, the boundless, the resplendent.

f This ocean, the spring of a hundred streams,

Expanded in the middle of the world,

The Boundless One milking ghee for men,

O Radiant One, harm not in the highest heaven;

I appoint for thee the wild ox of the forest;

Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.

g Guard of the Fashioner, navel of the All-Seeing,

Born as the sheep from the furthest region,

The great thousandfold wile of the mighty,

O Radiant One, harm not in the highest heaven.

h This woolly wile of the All-Seeing,

The skin of cattle, biped and quadruped,

The first birthplace of the offspring of the Fashioner,

O Radiant One, harm not in the highest heaven;

I appoint for thee the buffalo of the forest;

Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.

i The fire born of the heat of the fire,

From the burning of the earth or of the sky,

That whereby the Maker of all attained creatures,

Him, O Radiant One, let Thy wrath spare.

k The goat was born from the fire as an embryo;

She beheld her begetter before;

Thereby those worthy of sacrifice attained pre-eminence,

Thereby first the righteous attained their rank;

I appoint for thee the sarabha of the forest;

Therewith piling thy forms, be seated.

4.2.11

a O Mighty One and Radiant One, the realms of the sky

Ye adorn in Your strength;

That might of Yours is dear.

b The foe shall he pierce and wealth he shall gain

Who worships the Mighty and the Radiant, the strong ones,

Who rule over much wealth,

The most strong who with strength show their power.

c Men ye surpass in the battle call,

Earth ye surpass, and sky,

The mountains and the streams ye surpass in greatness,

And, O Mighty and Radiant, all other worlds.

d In whose house, O angels called Maruts,

Ye drink, O joyous ones of the sky,

That man has the best of guardians.

e Either through sacrifices receiving worship,

Or from the prayers of the singer,

Do ye, O Maruts, hearken to our call.

f For glory they are wreathed in flames,

In the rays of the sun, adorned with rings they are accompanied with singers;

They wearing daggers, impetuous, fearless,

Have found the dear home of the Maruts.

g Thy wrath.

h The highest.

i With what aid will he come to us,

Our wondrous, ever-waxing friend?

With what most potent aid?

k Who today yokes to the pole of holy order

The oxen, eager, of keen spirits, the furious,

With darts in their mouths, heart-piercing, healthful?

He who attains their service shall live.

l O Radiant One, lead.

m Of the angels.

n May they be prosperous for us

o In every contest.

p In the waters, O Radiant One, is Thy seat,

Thou enterest the plants;

Being in the germ Thou art born again.

q Thou art strong, O Lord, and bright;

Thou art strong, O God, and strong Thy rule;

Strong laws dost Thou establish.

r This for me, O All-Seeing.

s That of Thine I approach.

t Thou, O Radiant One.

u Do Thou to us, O Radiant One.