One who desires prosperity should offer to the Adityas, the givers of prosperity; it is the Adityas who repel from prosperity one who, being fit for prosperity, does not obtain it; he has recourse to them with their own share, and they make him attain prosperity; he becomes prosperous. One who has been expelled or is being expelled should offer an oblation to the Adityas, the sustainers; the Adityas are the expellers, the Adityas are the procurers; he has recourse to the Adityas, the sustainers, with their own share; they support him among the people; he is secure from expulsion. "O Aditi, do thou confirm," with these words one who is being expelled should take the dust of the foot of him who is expelling him; Aditi is this earth; thus she confirms the kingdom for him. "Be the blessing fulfilled," he says; thus he makes the blessing come true. "Mind here," he says; thus he makes the people of one mind with him. "Come hither, O Maruts rich in dew, with this lord of the people against yon king," he says; the people are connected with the Maruts, the lord of the people is the highest; thus he unites him with the people and the realm. From the house of a village judge he should take rice; he should separate out the white and the black; of the white he should offer an oblation to the Adityas; the people are under the Adityas' care; thus he attains the people. "The people he has attained, the realm he has not attained," they say; of the dark ones he should offer an oblation to God the All-Seeing; the realm is connected with Him; thus he attains both the people and the realm. He should knock in seven pegs of Ashvattha wood; the Ashvattha is the might of the Maruts; thus with might he attains the people; seven are they, for the Maruts are in seven troops; thus in troops he attains the people.