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1.4.1

a I take thee. Thou art the stone which maketh the offering for the sake of God; make this offering deep, with thy highest edge, (make) the provision well pressed for the Mighty, rich in sweetness, in milk, bringing rain.

b To the Mighty, slayer of the adversary, thee! To the Mighty, conqueror of the adversary, thee! To the Mighty, slayer of foes, thee! To the Mighty with the Sustainers, thee! To the Mighty with all the righteous, thee!

c Ye are savoury, conquerors of the adversary, delightful through your gifts,

Do ye, O blessed ones, place this offering among the righteous

Do ye, invoked, drink the provision;

Invoked by you let the provision be drunk.

d With thy light which is in the sky, on the earth, in the broad atmosphere, do thou for this giver spread wealth broadly; be favourable to the giver.

e Ye vessels, that are strong, be strengthened; gather strength, and give me strength; let me not harm you, harm me not.

f Forward, backward, upward, downward, let these quarters speed to you; O mother, come forth.

g Thy unerring, watchful name, O Lord, to that of thee, O Lord, to the Lord, praise!

1.4.2

a Be pure for the lord of speech, O strong one; male, purified by the arms with the shoots of the male; thou art the purifier of the righteous; to those thee whose portion thou art!

b Thou art he who is appropriated; make our food full of sweetness for us; to all the powers of sky and earth thee!

c May mind enter thee.

d Fare along the broad atmosphere.

e Praise! Thee, of kindly nature, to the sun!

f To those that drink the rays thee!

g This is thy birthplace; to expiration thee!

1.4.3

a Thou art taken with a support.

b O bounteous one, restrain (it), protect the provision, guard wealth, win food by the offering, I place within thee sky and earth, within thee the broad atmosphere; in unison with the righteous, the lower and the higher, O bounteous one, do thou rejoice in the Antaryama (cup).

c Thou art he who is appropriated; make our food full of sweetness for us; to all the powers of sky and earth thee!

d May mind enter thee.

e Fare along the broad atmosphere.

f Praise! Thee, of kindly nature, to the sun!

g To those that drink the rays thee!

h This is thy birthplace; to inspiration thee!

1.4.4

a O Wind, drinker of the pure, come to us;

A thousand are thy teams, O thou that hast all choice boons.

For thee this sweet drink hath been drawn,

Whereof, O Lord, thou hast the first drink.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Wind thee!

c O Mighty and Wind, these draughts are ready;

Come ye for the libations,

For the drops desire you.

d Thou art taken with a support; to the Mighty and the Wind thee! This is thy birthplace; to the comrades thee!

1.4.5

a This provision is pressed for you, O Friend and All-Seeing,

Who prosper holy order;

Hearken ye now to my supplication.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Friend and the All-Seeing thee! This is thy birthplace; to the righteous thee!

1.4.6

a That whip of yours which is rich in sweetness

And full of mercy, O Helpers,

With that touch the offering.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the two Helpers thee! This is thy birthplace; to the sweet thee!

1.4.7

a Ye that yoke early be unloosed

O Helpers, come ye hither,

To drink this provision.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the two Helpers thee! This is thy birthplace; to the two Helpers thee!

1.4.8

a The sage hath stirred those born of the spotted cow, He enveloped in light, in the expanse of the welkin;

Him in the meeting-place of the waters, of the sun,

Like a child, the priests tend with their songs.

b Thou art taken with a support; to Shanda thee! This is thy birthplace; guard the folk.

1.4.9

a Him, as aforetime, as of old, as always, as now,

The prince, who hath his seat on the strewn grass and knoweth the heaven,

The favouring, the strong, thou milkest with thy speech,

The swift who is victor in those among whom thou dost wax.

b Thou art taken with a support; to Marka thee! This is thy birthplace; guard offspring.

1.4.10

a Ye servants that are eleven in the sky,

Eleven on the earth,

Who sit mightily in the waters, eleven in number,

Do ye accept this offering.

b Thou art taken with a support; thou art the leader, thou art the good leader; quicken the offering, quicken the giver of the offering; guard the pressings; let the All-Pervading guard thee, do thou guard the folk with thy power; this is thy birthplace; to all the righteous thee!

1.4.11

a Three and thirty in troops the Healers

Frequent the sky and earth, the destructive ones,

Eleven seated on the waters;

May all of them accept the provision pressed for the pressing.

1.4.12

a Thou art taken with a support.

To the Mighty thee, to Him of the great chant,

The strong, eager for praise.

Thy great strength, O Mighty One,

To that thee!

To the All-Pervading thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Mighty, eager for praise, thee!

1.4.13

a The head of the sky, the messenger of earth,

The Radiant One who is for all men, born for holy order,

The sage, the king, the guest of men,

The righteous have produced as a cup for their mouths.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Radiant One who is for all men thee! Thou art secure, of secure foundation, most secure of the secure, with securest foundation of those which are secure. This is thy birthplace; to the Radiant One who is for all men thee!

1.4.14

a Thou art the sweet and the sweetness; thou art the bright and the pure; thou art the cloud-month and the rain-month; thou art strength and vigour; thou art the mighty and the powerful; thou art heat and warmth.

b Thou art taken with a support.

c Thou art the flowing together.

d To the one who removes sin thee!

1.4.15

a O Mighty and Radiant, come

For our prayers to the pressed drink, the delightful fumes

Drink ye of it, impelled by our prayer.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Mighty and Radiant thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Mighty and Radiant thee!

1.4.16

a Ye dread ones, guardians of men,

O all ye righteous, come ye,

Generous, to the pressed drink of the generous One.

b Thou art taken with a support; to all the righteous thee! This is thy birthplace; to all the righteous thee!

1.4.17

a Him with the storm-winds, the mighty bull,

The bountiful, the divine ruler, the Mighty,

All-powerful, the dread, giver of strength,

For present aid let us invoke.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Mighty with the storm-winds thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Mighty with the storm-winds thee!

1.4.18

a O Mighty with the storm-winds drink here the provision,

As thou didst drink the pressed drink with Saryata

Under thy guidance, in thy protection, O hero,

The singers skilled in offering are fain to serve.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Mighty with the storm-winds thee!

This is thy birthplace; to the Mighty with the storm-winds thee!

1.4.19

a The Mighty with the storm-winds, the bull, for gladness,

Drink the provision, for joy, to thy content;

Pour within thy belly the wave of sweetness;

Thou art from of old the king of the pressed drinks.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Mighty with the storm-winds thee,

This is thy birthplace; to the Mighty with the storm-winds thee!

1.4.20

a Great is the Mighty who through his might

Is like the rain-giver with the rain;

He waxeth with the praises of Vatsa.

b Thou art taken with a foundation; to the Most Mighty thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Most Mighty thee!

1.4.21

a Great is the Mighty, manfully controlling men,

Unfailing in strength, of double force;

Towards us for strength doth he wax;

Broad and wide hath he been adorned by the givers.

b Thou art taken with a foundation; to the Most Mighty thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Most Mighty thee!

1.4.22

a Never art thou barren, O Mighty One,

Never dost thou fail thy worshipper;

Now more and more is thy divine gift increased,

O bountiful one.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Sustainers thee!

c At no time art thou heedless,

But dost guard the two generations;

The pressing is thy strength, O fourth of the Sustainers

The ambrosia is ready in the sky.

d The giver seeketh the favour of the righteous;

Be ye kindly, O Sustainers;

May thy lovingkindness come hither,

That it may the more free us from affliction.

e O bright One, this is thy drink,

Delight in it, have gladness in it; may we that gladden thee have gladness;

With the rain of the sky I mix thee.

1.4.23

a Prosperity to-day, O Light-giver, prosperity to-morrow,

Day by day prosperity mayst thou procure for us;

Through this prayer may be won the prosperity

Of many a prosperous dwelling, O Lord.

b Thou art taken with a foundation; to God the Light-giver thee!

1.4.24

a O Light-giver with unfailing guardians,

Propitious, do thou to-day guard our house;

Golden-tongued do thou protect us for new prosperity;

May no plotter of evil overpower us.

b Thou art taken with a support; to God the Light-giver thee!

1.4.25

a To help us I summon

The golden-handed Light-giver

He as Lord knoweth the place.

b Thou art taken with a support; to God the Light-giver thee!

1.4.26

a Thou givest good protection, and art well established.

b Homage to the great bull!

c This is thy birthplace; to all the righteous thee!

1.4.28

a Thou art a bay, yoker of bays, mounter on the bays, bearer of the bolt; to thee, O Lord, for whom the formula of offering is uttered, the song sung, the hymn recited, I draw the cup connected with the bays.

b Ye two are bays; ye are the grains for the bays, mixed with the provision.

c To the Mighty praise!

1.4.29

a O Radiant One, thou purifiest life;

Do thou give food and strength to us;

Far away drive ill fortune.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Radiant One thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Radiant One thee!

1.4.30

a Arising in might,

Thou didst move thy jaws, O Mighty One,

When thou hadst drunk the cup-pressed provision.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the Mighty thee! This is thy birthplace; to the Mighty thee!

1.4.31

a Overcoming, seen of all,

Light-making art thou, O sun;

Thou dost illumine all the firmament.

b Thou art taken with a support; to the radiant sun thee! This is thy birthplace; to the radiant sun thee!

1.4.32

a Swell, O sweetest provision,

With all thy aids,

Be fullest of help for us.

1.4.33

a Departed are those mortals who in days gone by behold

An earlier dawn of morning;

Dawn now hath become visible to us;

They come who shall behold her in days to come.

1.4.34

a I place thee that hast light, b I place thee that makest light, c I place thee that findest light, d I place thee that shinest. e I place thee that burnest. f I place thee that flashest. g I place thee that art aflame, h I place thee that blazest. i I place thee that art immortal, k I place thee that hast great light. l I place thee that awakenest. m I place thee that art awake.

1.4.35

a To energy praise! To effort praise! To distraction praise! To attempt praise! To endeavour praise! To striving praise! To heat praise! To burning praise! To heating praise! To the hot praise! To all praise!

1.4.37

a Mount thy car, O slayer of the adversary;

Thy steeds are yoked by our prayer;

May the pressing-stone with its voice

Incline thy mind towards us.