2.2.1

The Creator created offspring. On their creation the Mighty and the Radiant hid them away. The Creator reflected, 'The Mighty and the Radiant have hidden away from me offspring.' He then perceived this offering for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant on eleven potsherds, and offered it, and the two restored offspring to him. The Mighty and the Radiant indeed conceal his offspring, who being fit for offspring, yet obtains not offspring; so let a man who desires offspring offer for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant on eleven potsherds. Verily the Mighty and the Radiant he has recourse to with their own share; verily they make manifest offspring to him, he obtains offspring.

He should make an offering for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant on eleven potsherds who has a dispute about a field or with his neighbours. Verily the Mighty and the Radiant he has recourse to with their own share, by means of them he overpowers the power and strength of his rival, he overcomes the evil foe. Now power and strength depart from him who advances to battle; let him who is about to advance to battle offer for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant an offering on eleven potsherds. Verily they two place power and strength in him; with power and strength he approaches the battle and conquers in it. Now power and strength is he bereft of who wins a battle; let him who has won a battle make an offering for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant on eleven potsherds. Verily they two place power and strength in him, he is not bereft of power and strength. Now power and strength depart from him who goes to the assembly; let him who is about to go to the assembly make an offering for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant on eleven potsherds. Verily they two place power and strength in him, with power and strength he goes to the assembly. Let him next offer an oblation for the sake of the Nourisher. The Nourisher is the giver of power and strength, verily he has recourse to Him with his own share; verily he gives to him power and strength. When he has gone to the assembly he should offer an oblation for the sake of the Lord of the field; the Lord of the field is this (earth); verily on this earth he takes firm root. Thereafter let him make the offering for the sake of the Mighty and the Radiant on eleven potsherds; verily taking stand on this earth he next places power and strength in his body.

2.2.2

For the sake of the Radiant One, maker of paths, he should offer a cake on eight potsherds who being a giver at full and new moon passes over the offering either at the new or the full moon; he wanders from the path on a trackless way who being a giver at new and full moon passes over the offering either at the new or the full moon; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One with his own share; verily he leads him to the path from the trackless way. A draught ox is the sacrificial fee, for it is the drawer; (verily it serves) for prosperity. For the sake of the Radiant One, lord of vows, he should offer a cake on eight potsherds, who having established a sacred fire breaks his vow as it were; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, lord of vows, with his own share; verily he makes good his vow for him; he becomes a keeper of vows. For the sake of the Radiant One, slayer of the evil ones, he should offer a cake on eight potsherds, whom evil ones infest; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One with his own share; verily he smites away the evil ones from him. He should offer at night, for at night the evil ones are active; verily he smites them when active; he should offer in (a place) which is closed in, to prevent the evil ones entering; the invocation and the response are evil-slaying, to lay low the evil ones. He whose cows or men perish or who is afraid should offer for the sake of the Radiant One, the fragrant, a cake on eight potsherds; the fragrant is his healing form; verily by it he applies healing to him; it is offered to the fragrant, to smite away the fetid odour. When a battle is joined he should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the burnt; verily by his own share he pacifies him and indicates his foes; whomsoever of those near (him) they pierce, he lives; whomsoever of the foe, he dies; he wins that battle. He loves to frequent those whose oldest and youngest die continuously; he should offer for the sake of the Radiant One, the burnt, a cake on eight potsherds; verily with his own share he pacifies him, and none other of them dies before his day. He loves to frequent the house of him whose house he burns; he should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the burnt; verily he pacifies him with his own share, and he burns not his house again.

2.2.3

He who does not attain his desires should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One as desire; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One as desire with his own share; verily he unites him with his desire; his desire comes to him. He who has a dispute over a field or with his relatives should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the youngest; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, the youngest, with his own share; verily thereby he appropriates the power and strength of his foe; he overcomes the evil foe. He who desires, 'May I live all my days', should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One of life; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One of life with his own share; verily he bestows life upon him; he lives all his days. He who desires prosperity should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the all-knower; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, the all-knower, with his own share; verily he makes him attain prosperity; he prospers. He who desires radiance should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the radiant; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One with his own share; verily he bestows radiance on him; he is radiant. He who desires brilliance should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the brilliant; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, the brilliant, with his own share; verily he bestows brilliance upon him; he becomes brilliant. He who seeks to be strong should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the strong; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, the strong, with his own share; verily thereby he is strong who seeks to be strong.

2.2.4

He who desires, 'May I possess food', should offer for the sake of the Radiant One, possessor of food, a cake on eight potsherds; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, possessor of food, with his own share; verily he makes him to possess food; he becomes a possessor of food. He who desires, 'May I be an eater of food', should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, eater of food; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, eater of food, with his own share; verily he makes him an eater of food; he becomes an eater of food. He who desires, 'May I be a lord of food', should offer for the sake of the Radiant One, lord of food, a cake on eight potsherds; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, lord of food, with his own share; verily he makes him a lord of food; he becomes a lord of food. He who is long ill should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the purifying, for the Radiant One, the purifier, for the Radiant One, the pure; in that he offers for the sake of the Radiant One, the purifying, thereby he bestows health upon him; in that (he offers) for the Radiant One, the purifier, thereby he bestows speech upon him; in that (he offers) for the Radiant One, the pure, thereby he bestows life upon him; even if his life is gone, he yet lives. He who desires sight should make the same offering; in that he offers for the Radiant One, the purifying, he thereby bestows breath upon him; in that (he offers) for the Radiant One, the purifier, thereby he bestows speech upon him; in that (he offers) for the Radiant One, the pure, thereby he bestows sight upon him; even if he is blind, he yet sees. He who desires offspring should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One with sons, and a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, who has sons; verily the Radiant One begets offspring for him and the Mighty makes it grow. He who desires, 'May I be possessed of sap', should offer an oblation cooked in goat's milk for the sake of the Radiant One, full of sap; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, full of sap, with his own share; verily he makes him possessed of sap; he becomes possessed of sap. It is cooked in goat's milk; verily straightway he wins sap. He who desires, 'May I be possessed of wealth', should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, possessed of wealth; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One, possessed of wealth, with his own share, and he makes him possessed of wealth; he becomes possessed of wealth. When battle is joined, he should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One, the racer, for a race he desires to run, who is fain to conquer in battle; verily he has recourse to the Radiant One with his own share; he runs the race, he slays the foe, he conquers in the battle, and like the Radiant One he is not to be overcome. He for whom fire they take out again (from the household fire) to place on the offering fire should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One with the Radiant One; one of these (fires) has a portion assigned, one has not a portion assigned; they uniting overpower the giver, and he is liable to suffer ruin; in that he offers for the Radiant One with the Radiant One, he appeases him with his own share; the giver does not suffer ruin. He whose fire goes out after it has been taken out (from the household fire) before the morning and evening offering has been made should offer a cake on eight potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One with light; (they say), 'Should another be taken out, after lighting up (from the household fire)?' That should not be done. Since the former is taken out for a definite share, how should another be taken out for (it)? He should deposit the extinguished embers and produce fire by friction, (with the words), 'Hence first was the Radiant One born, from his own womb, the all-knower; he with Gayatri, Tristubh, Jagati shall bear the oblation for the righteous, the wise ones'; with the metres he begets him from his own womb; 'this is the fire', they say, 'what falls from it is light'; in that he offers for the Radiant One with light, he wins the light which has fallen from it.

2.2.5

He who is calumniated should offer on twelve potsherds for the sake of the Radiant One who is for all men, an oblation for the All-Seeing, and an oblation for the swift steed; in that there is (an offering) on twelve potsherds for the Radiant One, and the Radiant One who is for all men is the year; verily he satisfies him with the year, he smites off the evil hue; by (the offering) for the All-Seeing he frees him from the noose of the All-Seeing; by the swift steed he purifies him. The sacrificial fee is gold; gold is a purifier; verily he purifies him; his food becomes fit to eat. The same (offering) he should make who desires offspring; the year unpropitiated burns up the womb of offspring, of cattle, for him who being fit for offspring does not obtain offspring; in that there is (an offering) on twelve potsherds for the Radiant One who is for all men, and he is the year; verily he propitiates the year with its own share; it propitiated begets offspring for him from his own womb; by (the offering) for the All-Seeing he frees him from the noose of the All-Seeing; by the swift steed he purifies him. The sacrificial fee is gold; gold is a purifier; verily he purifies him; he obtains offspring. When a son is born he should offer on twelve potsherds for the Radiant One who is for all men; in that there is (an offering) on eight potsherds, he purifies him with the Gayatri, with splendour; in that there is (an offering) on nine potsherds, he bestows brilliance upon him with the Trivrt (Stoma); in that there is (an offering) on ten potsherds, he bestows proper food upon him with the ten-fold metre; in that there is (an offering) on eleven potsherds, he bestows power upon him with the Tristubh; in that there is (an offering) on twelve potsherds, he bestows cattle upon him with the Jagati; he upon whose birth he offers this becomes pure, brilliant, an eater of food, powerful, possessed of cattle. He is cut off from the world of heaven who, being a giver at new and full moon, the offering either at the new or the full moon omits, for the new and full moon offerings are made for the world of heaven; if he has omitted the offering either at the new or the full moon, he should offer for the Radiant One who is for all men on twelve potsherds; he is the year; verily he delights the year; verily also he brings up the year for him for the winning of the world of heaven; verily also grasping the deities he goes to the world of heaven. He who removes the fire has wronged a worthy person; formerly righteous scholars did not eat his food; he should offer for the Radiant One on eight potsherds, for the Radiant One who is for all men on twelve potsherds, when he is about to remove the fire; in that there is (an offering) on eight potsherds, the Gayatri has eight syllables, the Radiant One is connected with the Gayatri; to the Radiant One in his full extent he shows hospitality; verily also that is as when one makes preparation for a man about to go to (another) people. (The offering) for the Radiant One who is for all men is on twelve potsherds; the year has twelve months; the birthplace of the fire is the year; verily he makes him go to his own birthplace; his food becomes fit to eat. He who desires a village should offer on twelve potsherds for the Radiant One who is for all men, and for the storm-winds on seven potsherds, (the offering) for the Radiant One who is for all men he places on the offering fire, that for the storm-winds on the household fire, for the avoidance of confusion. (The offering) for the Radiant One who is for all men is on twelve potsherds; the year has twelve months; verily by the year he removes his rivals for him; there is one for the storm-winds; the storm-winds are the subject class among the created powers; verily by the subjects among them he wins for him the subjects among men; (the offering) is on seven potsherds; the storm-winds are in seven troops; verily in troops he wins his rivals for him; he deposits (the offering) when (the verses) are being repeated; verily he makes the people follow him.

2.2.6

He who is about to engage in a conflict should offer an oblation for the sake of the earth; the earth is this (earth); verily in time gone by they were used to rest upon it. He who has come to the place should offer for the Radiant One who is for all men on twelve potsherds; he is the year, the place of the righteous is the year; from that place the righteous drove the rebellious in defeat; in that he offers on twelve potsherds, he strives for the abode of the righteous; he wins this conflict. Those two wipe (their sin) off upon him who eats the food of two enemies; he who has eaten the food of two enemies should offer for the Radiant One who is for all men on twelve potsherds; he is the year; verily he eats what the year has made sweet; those two do not wipe (their sin) off upon him. For the year these two make compact who make compact; him of them who first acts with treachery the All-Seeing seizes; he who of two who have made compact first shows treachery should offer on twelve potsherds for the Radiant One who is for all men; he is the year; verily having obtained the year thereafter he acts with treachery against one who has lost protection; the All-Seeing does not seize him. The nature of the sheep he accepts who accepts a sheep; having accepted a sheep he should offer for the Radiant One who is for all men, he is the year; verily he accepts (the ewe) made suitable by the year; he does not accept the nature of the sheep. A measure of himself he obtains who accepts (an animal) with teeth in both jaws, whether horse or man; he who has accepted (an animal) with teeth in both jaws should offer on twelve potsherds for the Radiant One who is for all men; he is the year; verily he accepts it made suitable by the year; he does not obtain a measure of himself. He who is eager to win wealth should offer for the Radiant One who is for all men on twelve potsherds; he is the year; when a man for a year goes about among folk he becomes worthy of wealth. In that he offers on twelve potsherds, he moves towards wealth gained by the year: people are fain to give him gifts. He, who having yoked the year, does not let it go, becomes without support; after his return he should offer the same; (the year) which he yokes he lets go with its own share, for support.

2.2.7

He who desires cattle should offer an oblation for the sake of the Mighty; cattle are connected with the Mighty; verily he has recourse to the Mighty with his own share; verily he gives him cattle; verily he becomes possessed of cattle; it is an oblation; verily for him from his own place of birth he produces cattle. He who desires cattle should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, the powerful; cattle are power; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, the powerful, with his own share; he gives him power and cattle; verily he becomes possessed of cattle. He who desires splendour should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, possessed of heat; heat is splendour; verily he has recourse to the Mighty with his own share; he bestows upon him splendour, verily he becomes resplendent. He who desires food should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty of the hymn; the hymn is the food of the righteous; verily he has recourse to the Mighty of the hymn with his own share; he gives him food; verily he becomes an eater of food. He who desires prosperity should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, possessed of heat, and the Mighty, the powerful, and the Mighty of the hymn; in that he offers for the Mighty, possessed of heat, he thereby makes his head; in that (he offers) for the Mighty, the powerful, he thereby makes his body; in that (he offers) for the Mighty of the hymn, he becoming prosperous finds support in food; verily he prospers. He who is seized by misfortune should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, deliverer from tribulation, tribulation is misfortune; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, deliverer from tribulation, with his own share; verily he delivers him from the misfortune, from tribulation. He whom enemies menace or invade his realms should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, repeller of foes; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, repeller of foes, with his own share; verily he repels foes from him. He who is bound or beset should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, the protector; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, the protector, with his own share; verily he protects him. He to whom the great offering does not resort should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, of the Arka and the Horse offering; the Arka and the Horse offering are the two end bodies of the great offering; verily he has recourse to the Mighty with his own share; verily he moves for him the great offering from the ends, and the great offering resorts to him.

2.2.8

He who desires a village should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, who goes straight forward; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, who goes straight forward, with his own share; verily he makes his followers obedient to him; he becomes possessed of a village. He whose dart is not as it were sharp should offer an oblation for the sake of the Mighty's power; the arrow is of the Mighty's power; verily he has recourse to it with its own share; it sharpens his arrow. Balbaja grass he should fasten to the kindling-stick; where the cow being covered made water, thence grew the Balbaja; verily making him follow the way of the cows he causes him to obtain cows. For the sake of the Mighty, the angry, the wise, he should offer a cake on eleven potsherds when battle is joined; with power, with anger, and with wisdom one wins the battle; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, the angry, the wise, with his own share; verily he bestows upon him power, anger, and mind; he wins the battle. The same offering should he make whose mind is affected and who as it were injures himself, for these are departed from him; verily he whose mind is affected and who injures himself has recourse to the Mighty, the angry, the wise, with his own share; verily he bestows upon him power, anger, and wisdom; his mind is not affected and he does not injure himself. He who desires, 'May people be fain to give to me', should offer a cake on eleven potsherds for the sake of the Mighty, the giver; verily he has recourse to the Mighty, the giver, with his own share; verily he makes people fain to give to him; people become fain to give to him. He upon whom what is as it were ready

One to whom what is due is not given should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to God the Mighty, the Bestower; he has recourse to God the Bestower with his own share, and He makes men give to him. One who has been expelled, or is being expelled, should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to God the Mighty, the Good Protector; he has recourse to the Good Protector with his own share, and He protects him; he becomes secure from expulsion. The Mighty was equal with the angels and had not attained distinction; he had recourse to the Creator; for him He appointed this offering to the Mighty on eleven potsherds, and thereby bestowed power upon him. He makes the Yajya and the Puronuvakya in the Shakvari metre; the Shakvari is the thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt kindled him to prosperity, and he became prosperous. Having become prosperous he became afraid, thinking, "It shall burn me"; he had recourse again to the Creator, and the Creator fashioned from the Shakvari the verse containing the word "rich", for atonement, to prevent burning. For one who is fit for prosperity but remains equal with his fellows, he should offer this offering to the Mighty on eleven potsherds; he has recourse to God with his own share, and He bestows power upon him. The verse containing the word "rich" is the Puronuvakya, for atonement and to prevent burning; the Yajya is in the Shakvari metre; the thunderbolt kindles him to prosperity, and he becomes prosperous.