The coverings of the dishes for warming,

The hooks, the crates, attend the steed.

c The starting-place, the sitting down, the turning,

The hobbles of the steed,

What it has drunk, what it has eaten as fodder,

May all these of thine be accepted.

d May the flame, smoke smelling, not make thee crackle;

May not the radiant pot be broken, smelling;

Offered, delighted in, approved, offered with the Vasat cry,

The righteous accept the horse.

e The garment they spread for the horse,

The upper garment, the golden trappings,

The bond of the steed, the hobble,

As dear to the angels' Lord they offer.

f If one has smitten thee, riding thee driven with force,

With heel or with whip,

As with the ladle the parts of the oblation in the sacrifice,

So with holy power all these of thine I put in order.

g The four and thirty ribs of the strong steed,

Kin of the angels, the axe meets;

Skilfully do ye make the joints faultless;

Declaring each part, do ye cut it asunder.

h One carver is there of the steed of the Fashioner,

Two restrainers are there, so is the use;

Those parts of thy limbs that I place in order,

Those in balls I offer in the fire.

i Let not thy dear self distress thee as thou comest;

Let not the axe stay in thy body;

May no greedy skilless carver,

Missing the joints, mangle thy limbs with the knife.

k Thou dost not die, indeed, thou art not injured,

On easy paths thou goest to the angels' Lord;

The bays, the dappled ones, have become thy yoke-fellows;

The steed has stood under the yoke of the ass.

l Wealth of kine for us, may the strong One grant, wealth in horses,

Men and sons, and every form of prosperity;

May the Boundless One confer on us sinlessness;

Kingship for us may the horse rich in offering gain.