1.3.1

a By the impulse of God the Light-giver, with the arms of the two Helpers, with the hands of the Nourisher, I take thee; thou art the spade, thou art the woman.

b The evil ones are encompassed, the evil spirits are encompassed, here do I cut off the neck of the evil one.

c He who hates us and whom we hate, here do I cut off his neck.

d To sky thee, to atmosphere thee, to earth thee!

e Pure be the world where the forefathers sit.

f Thou art barley (yava); bar (yavaya) from us foes, bar evil spirits.

g Thou art the seat of the forefathers.

h Support the sky, fill the atmosphere, make firm the earth.

i May the storm-wind set thee up according to the established law of the Friend and the All-Seeing.

k Thee that art winner of scholars, winner of nobles, winner of fair offspring, winner of increase of wealth, I close in.

l Strengthen the scholars, strengthen the nobles, strengthen offspring, strengthen increase of wealth.

m With ghee, O sky and earth, be filled.

n Thou art the seat of the Mighty, the shade of all folk.

o May these our songs, O lover of song,

Encompass thee on all sides,

Strengthening thee whose life is strong;

May they be dear delights.

p Thou art the string of the Mighty; thou art the fixed point of the Mighty.

q Thou art of the Mighty.

r To the Mighty thee!

1.3.2

a I dig those which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, which are of the All-Pervading.

b Here do I cast out the spell which an equal or an unequal hath buried against us.

c Here do I overthrow him who equal or unequal is ill-disposed to us.

d The spell is overcome by the Gayatri metre.

e What is here? Good. Let it be ours.

f Thou art the ruler, slaying our rivals; thou art the sovereign, slaying our foes; thou art the self-ruler, slaying the enemy; thou art the ruler of all, slayer of all destructive things.

g I sprinkle those which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

h I pour down those which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

i Thou art barley (yava); bar (yavaya) from us foes, bar evil spirits.

k I bestrew those which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

l I pour the libation over those which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

m I lay down the two which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

n I surround the two which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

o I bestrew the two which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

p The two which slay the evil ones, which slay the spell, and which are of the All-Pervading.

q Thou art great, with a great pressing stone; call forth to the Mighty with a great voice.

1.3.3

a Thou art the expanding, the carrier.

b Thou art the bearer which carrieth the offering.

c Thou art the savoury, the wise.

d Thou art Tutha, the all-knower.

e Thou art Ucij, the wise.

f Thou art Anghari, Bambhari.

g Thou art the seeker of aid, the worshipper.

h Thou art the bright, the Marjaliya.

i Thou art the king, Krshanu.

k Thou art the purifying, around which men must sit.

l Thou art the impetuous, the cloudy.

m Thou art the untouched, the preparer of the offering.

n Thou art he whose home is right, whose light is the heaven.

o Thou art he whose light is the One Reality, whose home is the heaven.

p Thou art the goat with one foot.

q Thou art the dragon of the deep.

r With thy dread countenance guard me, O Radiant One; content me; hurt me not.

1.3.4

a Thou, O Lord, art the giver of wide protection from hostility, brought about by ourselves or by others; praise!

b May the active one gladly partake of the ghee.

c May the Radiant One here make room for us;

May he go before us cleaving the foe;

Joyously may he conquer our foes;

May he win booty in the contest for booty.

d Step widely, O All-Pervading;

Give us broad space for dwelling in;

Drink the ghee, thou whose birthplace is in the ghee;

Lengthen (the years) of the giver of the offering.

e The Lord goeth, who knoweth the way;

He approacheth the place of the righteous,

To sit on the birthplace of Order.

f Thou art the seat of the earth.

g Do thou sit on the seat of the earth.

h This, O God the Light-giver, is the provision of you (the righteous); guard it; let it escape you not.

i So, O Lord, Lord to the righteous, hast thou gone, and I here man to man, with offspring, with increase of wealth.

k Honour to the righteous! Homage to the forefathers!

l Here (may) I (be free) from the noose of the All-Seeing; may I gaze on the heaven, on the light that is for all men.

m O Radiant One, lord of vows, thou art the vow-lord of vows.

n May my body that hath been in thee be here in me; may thy body that hath been in me be there in thee.

o Be aright the vows, O vow-lord, of both of us votaries.

1.3.5

a I have passed by some, I have not approached others,

b I have found thee nearer than the farther, farther than the near,

c So I welcome thee, that art of the All-Pervading, for the offering for God's sake,

d Let God the Light-giver anoint thee with honey.

e O plant, guard it.

f O axe, harm it not.

g With thy top graze not the sky, with thy middle harm not the atmosphere, with earth be united.

h O tree, grow with a hundred shoots; may we grow with a thousand shoots.

i Thou, whom this sharp axe hath brought forward for great good fortune, uncut, with wealth of heroes, (give us) riches.

1.3.6

a To earth thee! To atmosphere thee! To sky thee!

b Pure be the world where the forefathers sit.

c Thou art barley (yava); bar (yavaya) from us foes, bar evil spirits.

d Thou art the seat of the forefathers.

e Thou art easy of approach, first among leaders; the tree will mount thee, be aware of it.

f Let God the Light-giver anoint thee with honey.

g For the plants with good berries thee!

h Support the sky, fill the atmosphere, with thy base make firm the earth.

i To these dwellings of thine are we fain to go,

Where are the many-horned active kine;

There is resplendent the highest step

Of the wide-stepping All-Pervading, the mighty!

k Behold the deeds of the All-Pervading

Wherein He displayed His laws,

True friend of the Mighty.

l That highest step of the All-Pervading

The singers ever gaze upon

Like an eye stretched in the sky.

m Thee that art winner of scholars, winner of nobles, winner of fair offspring, winner of increase of wealth, I close in.

n Strengthen the scholars, strengthen the nobles, strengthen offspring, strengthen increase of wealth.

o Thou art invested; let the hosts of the righteous invest thee; let increase of wealth, let (the clans) of men invest the giver here.

p On the slope of the atmosphere I conceal thee.

1.3.7

a For striving thee!

b Thou art the impeller.

c To the righteous the servants of the righteous have come, the priests, the eager ones.

d O Lord of Prayer, guard wealth.

e Let thy offerings taste sweet.

f O Fashioner, make pleasant our possessions.

g Stay, ye wealthy ones,

h Thou art the birthplace of the Radiant.

i Ye are the two male ones.

k Thou art the dawn, thou art life, thou art the abundant.

l Anointed with ghee, do ye produce a male.

m Be born with the Gayatri metre, with the Tristubh metre, be born with the Jagati metre.

n Be ye of one mind for us, one dwelling, spotless.

o Harm not the offering nor the giver of the offering, O all-knowing; be ye two auspicious to-day with us.

p The fire moveth entering into the fire,

The son of the sages, the overlord he;

With the cry of Praise! I offer to thee with devotion;

Do thou not spoil the share of the righteous.

1.3.8

a I grasp thee.

b Offering for God's sake, I seize thee with the noose of sacred order.

c Fear not men.

d For the waters thee, for the plants thee, I sprinkle.

e Thou art a drinker of the waters.

f Ye pure waters, make it palatable, a very palatable offering for the sake of God.

g Let thy breath be united with the wind, thy limbs with the offering, the giver of the offering with his prayer.

h Anointed with ghee, do ye guard the beast.

i Ye wealthy ones, do ye kindly resort to the giver of the offering.

k O broad atmosphere, in unison with the wind, make the offering with the life of this offering; be united with its body; extending more broadly, make the offering of the giver most successful.

l Guard from contact with earth.

m Homage to thee, O extended one.

n Come forward, irresistible, along the stream of ghee, with offspring, with increase of wealth.

o O ye waters, purifying and pure, do ye bring the righteous; may we, pure and served (by you), be servers upon you.

1.3.9

a Let thy speech swell, let thy breath swell, let thine eye swell, let thine ear swell.

b The pain that hath reached thy vital airs, that (hath reached) thine eye, that (hath reached) thine ear, what is harsh in thee, what is in its place,— let that swell, let that hereby be pure.

c Let thy navel swell, let thine anus swell.

d Be thy feet pure.

e Praise to the waters! Praise to the plants! Praise to earth! Praise to night and day!

f O plant, protect him.

g O axe, harm him not.

h Thou art the share of the evil ones.

i This evil one here I lead to the lowest darkness.

k Him who hateth us and whom we hate, here him I lead to the lowest darkness.

l For food thee!

m In ghee, O sky and earth, be covered.

n Uncut, with wealth of heroes, (give us) riches.

o Fare along the broad atmosphere,

p O Wind, taste the drops.

q Praise! go to the high firmament, offspring of the storm-winds.

1.3.10

a Let thy mind with the mind, let thy breath with the breath (of the righteous be united).

b Be this offering rich in ghee pleasing to the righteous; praise!

c May the expiration of the Mighty be set in every limb;

May the inspiration of the Mighty be in every limb.

d O Fashioner, let mind be united for thee,

When ye that are various become of one form;

Over thee as thou goest among the righteous for help let thy comrades

And thy father and mother rejoice.

e Thou art fortune.

f Let the Radiant One prepare thee.

g The waters are come together.

h For the whirl of the wind thee, for the rush of the Nourisher, for the growth of the waters, of the plants.

i Drink ghee, ye drinkers of ghee; drink fat, ye drinkers of fat.

k Thou art the offering of the atmosphere.

l Praise! thee to the atmosphere!

m The quarters, the intermediate quarters, the directions above and below.

n Praise to the quarters!

o Homage to the quarters.

1.3.11

a Go to the ocean, praise! Go to the atmosphere, praise! Go to God the Light-giver, praise! Go to day and night, praise! Go to the Friend and the All-Seeing, praise! Go to the provision, praise! Go to the offering, praise! Go to the measures, praise! Go to the sky and the earth, praise! Go to the clouds of the sky, praise! Go to the Radiant One who is for all men, praise!

b To the waters thee! To the plants thee!

c Give me mind and heart!

d May I acquire body, skin, son, and grandson.

e Thou art pain; pain him who hateth us and whom we hate.

f From every rule of thine, O King, All-Seeing, set us free;

From whatever oath by the waters, by the kine, by the All-Seeing, we have sworn,

From that, O All-Seeing, set us free.

1.3.12

a These waters are rich in offering,

Rich in offering is the sacred rite,

Rich in offering he seeks to win (the favour of the righteous),

Rich in offering be the sun.

b In the seat of the Radiant whose home is abiding I set you down, kindly for kindness, accord to me kindness.

c Ye are the share of the Mighty and the Radiant; ye are the share of the Friend and the All-Seeing; ye are the share of all the righteous.

d Be watchful over the offering.

1.3.13

a To the heart thee! To mind thee! To the sky thee! To the sun thee!

b Raise aloft the offering; in the sky guide to the righteous the prayers.

c O King, Lord, come hither, descend.

d Fear not, tremble not.

e Let me not harm thee.

f Do thou descend to creatures; let creatures descend to thee.

g Let the Radiant One (kindled) with the kindling-stick hear my appeal,

Let the waters hear, and the divine vessels;

Hearken, ye pressing stones, to the offering of me the wise one,

Let God the Light-giver hearken to my appeal.

h Ye pure waters, offspring of the waters, that wave,

Which is rich in offering, powerful and sweetest,

Give to the righteous among the righteous,

Pure to the drinkers of the pure, (to them) whose share ye are; praise!

i Thou art the dragger; do thou (drag) away the foe of the waters.

k I draw you for the sustenance of the waters.

l That mortal, O Radiant One, whom thou hast helped in the battles,

Whom thou hast strengthened in the contest for booty,

He winneth abiding strength.

1.3.14

a Thou, O Radiant One, art the Healer, the Lord of the mighty sky,

Thou art the lord of food;

Thou farest with ruddy winds, blessing the household;

Thou, as the Nourisher doth, protectest thy worshippers with thyself.

b The Healer, king of the offering,

True offerer, priest of both worlds,

The Radiant One before the dreadful thunder,

Of golden colour, win ye for help.

c The Radiant One hath set him down as priest, good offerer,

On the lap of his mother, in the fragrant place,

The youthful, the wise, pre-eminent among men, righteous,

Supporter of the folk in whose midst he is kindled.

d Good hath he made our offering this day;

The hidden tongue of the offering have we found

He hath come, fragrant, clothed in life;

He hath made our offering this day to prosper.

e The Radiant One hath cried like the sky thundering,

Licking the earth, devouring the plants;

Straightway on birth he shone aflame;

He blazeth with his light within the firmaments.

In thee, O many-faced giver,

Morning and evening, the givers place their treasures,

In whom, purifying, good things are placed, even as the heaven and earth (support) all beings.

g To thee, best of the sages,

All folk with fair dwellings severally,

O Radiant One, have turned to gain their wish.

h May we win by thy help, O Radiant One, our wish,

Wealth with fair offspring, O wealthy one:

May we win booty, seeking for booty;

May we win, O deathless, undying glory.

i O Radiant One, of the Bharatas, youngest,

Bear to us excellent, glorious wealth,

O bright one, wealth which many desire.

k White robed is he, thundering, standing in the firmament.

Youngest, with loud-sounding immortal ones,

Who, purifying, most manifold,

The Radiant One marcheth devouring many broad (forests).

l May he give thee life on every side,

The Radiant One here, the desirable.

Let thy breath come back to thee;

I drive away the disease from thee.

m Giving life, O Radiant One, rejoicing in the offering

Be thou faced with ghee, and with birthplace of ghee

Having drunk the ghee, the sweet, the delightful product of the cow,

As a father his son, do thou protect him.

n To thee, the eager one,

O knower of all, O active one,

Radiant One, I offer this fair praise.

o From the sky was the Radiant One first born,

From us secondly he who knoweth all,

In the waters thirdly the manly;

The pious man singeth of him, the undying, as he kindleth him.

p Pure, O purifying one, to be lauded,

O Radiant One, mightily thou shinest,

To whom offering is made with ghee.

q Shining like gold, he hath become widely resplendent,

For glory shining with immortal life;

The Radiant One became immortal in his strength,

What time the sky begat him.

r What time his glory urged the lord to strength,

Then (did) the sky (let) the pure seed be sprinkled openly;

The Radiant One begot the host, the blameless, the youthful,

The worshipping, and gave it impulse.

s He (flourishes) with keener mind, aided by thee.

O giver! give (us wealth) in good offspring;

O Radiant One, may we enjoy wealth richest in heroes;

(Wealth) that is excellent, uttering praises to thee.

t O Radiant One, bring us strong wealth,

By the force of thy glory,

That is above all men

And openly prevaileth in contests for booty.

u O Radiant One, mighty one, bring to us

That wealth which prevaileth in contests;

For thou art true, wondrous,

The giver of booty of kine.

v To the Radiant One let us make service with hymns,

Who feedeth on bull and cow,

The disposer, backed with the provision.

w For thou art, O son, a singer, seated at the feast;

The Radiant One made at birth a path and food;

Do thou, O giver of strength, bestow strength upon us;

Be victorious like a king; thou rulest within without a foe.

x O Radiant One, thou purifiest life;

Do thou give food and strength to us;

Far away drive ill-fortune.

y O Radiant One, good worker, purify for us

Glory in good heroes;

Giving increase and wealth to me.

z O Radiant One the purifying, with thy light,

O Lord, with thy pleasant tongue,

Bring hither the righteous and make the offering.

aa Do thou, O shining and purifying one,

O Radiant One, bring hither the righteous

To our offering and our oblation.

bb The Radiant One, of purest vows,

Pure sage, pure poet,

Shineth in purity, when offering is made.

cc O Radiant One, thy pure,

Bright, flaming (rays) arise,

Thy lights, thy flames.