1.4.43

a His rays bear up the Lord

Who knoweth all,

The sun for all to see.

b The radiant countenance of the righteous hath risen,

The eye of the Friend, the All-Seeing, the Radiant One;

He hath filled the sky and earth and atmosphere;

The sun is a sign for all that moveth and standeth.

c O Radiant One, lead us by a fair path to wealth,

O Lord, knowing all the ways;

Drive from us the sin that maketh us wander;

We will accord to thee most abundant honour.

d Go to the sky, fly to heaven.

e With my form I approach your form; with my age your age.

f May the all-knowing allot to you in the highest firmament.

g This gift of thine, O Radiant One, cometh, impelled by the provision.

h Lead it by the path of the Friend.

i Go ye on by the path of holy order, of brilliant gifts,

Leading prosperity by the path of the offering.

k May I win a scholar to-day, a seer and sprung from seers, of (famous) father and grandfather, fit for the sacrificial gift.

l Gaze on the heaven, gaze on the atmosphere.

m Join those in the seat.

n Given by us, go for the sake of God, full of sweetness; enter the giver; without leaving us fare by the path leading to the righteous; sit in the world of the righteous.

o Be this complete for us.

1.4.44

a May God the Sustainer, may the Light-giver, rejoice in this,

The Creator, the lord of treasures, and the Radiant One, for our sake;

May the Fashioner, the All-Pervading, accord generously

Wealth with offspring to the giver.

b O Mighty One, unite us in heart, with cattle,

O bountiful one, with generous ones, with prosperity;

With the holy power that is made by the righteous,

With loving kindness of the righteous to whom offering is made.

c With glory, with milk, with ourselves,

Are we united, with auspicious hearts;

May the Fashioner make fortune for us;

May he set right whatever is amiss in our bodies.

d In that to-day, O Radiant One, we choose thee

As offerer as our offering proceeded,

Prosperously hast thou offered,

Prosperously hast thou laboured;

Come wise and foreseeing one to the offering.

e With praise to you, O righteous, have we made this seat,

Ye who have come hither rejoicing in this as the pressing;

When ye have eaten and drunken,

Ye all, give to us, wealthy ones, wealth.

f The righteous whom eager thou didst bring hither, O Lord,

Them, O Radiant One, do thou incite in their own abode;

Bearing and bringing offerings,

The rich draught, do ye mount the sky.

g O offering, go to the offering; go to the giver of the offering; go to thine own birthplace; praise!

h This is thy offering, O giver of the offering, with its utterance of hymns and producing noble heroes; praise!

i Ye that find the way, finding the way, go on the way.

k O lord of mind, place this offering, O Lord, for us among the righteous, praise! in speech, praise! in the wind, praise!

1.4.45

a King, the All-Seeing, hath made a broad path

For the sun to travel;

He hath made him set his feet in the pathless way;

He driveth away whatever woundeth the heart.

b A hundred remedies are thine, O King, a thousand;

Broad and deep be thy loving kindness.

Overcome the enmity, the hostility;

Remove from us whatever sin hath been committed.

c The noose of the All-Seeing is overcome.

d The face of the Radiant hath entered the waters,

The offspring of the waters guarding against the power of evil,

In each home do thou offer the kindling-stick, O Radiant One;

Let thy tongue seek the ghee.

e In the sea is thy heart, within the waters;

Let the plants and the waters enter thee;

With the offerings of the offering, O giver of the offering,

Let us worship at the utterance of the hymn, at the utterance of homage.

f O bath, O flood, thou glidest, O flood; thou hast removed by the offering the sin committed by the righteous, through the righteous, the sin committed by mortals, through mortals; guard us, O Lord, from wide hostility.

g Be the water and plants friendly to us; be they hostile to him who hateth us and whom we hate.

h Ye pure waters, this is thy gift, glad and well tended have we made it for you; proclaim us as doers of good deeds among the righteous.

i The noose of the All-Seeing is tied, the noose of the All-Seeing is loosed.

k Thou art fuel; may we prosper; thou art kindling; thou art brilliance, grant me brilliance.

l I have penetrated to the waters;

We are united with the sap;

I have come rich in milk, O Radiant One;

Do thou unite me with radiance.

1.4.46

a I who deeming thee everlasting,

Mortal myself, call on thee with prayerful heart.

Upon us, O wise one, bestow glory;

O Radiant One, through offspring may I attain lasting life.

b He, for whom, O Radiant One, thou dost make, O wise one,

For his good deeds a kindly world,

Shall win prosperity and wealth,

Rich in sons, in heroes, in kine.

c To thee, O giver of strength, they turn

Who have desires to be fulfilled;

None excelleth thee, O Mighty One.

d At each hymn the provision delighteth the Mighty,

The pressed (juices), the bountiful one,

What time in unison with equal effort

They call him to aid, like sons a father.

e O Radiant One, O wise one, with sap,

With brilliance thou shinest,

Slayer of the evil ones, suppressor of the wicked.

f I have penetrated to the waters

We are united with the sap;

I have come rich in milk, O Radiant One;

Do thou unite me with radiance.

g Rich art thou, lord of riches,

O Radiant One, rich in radiance;

May we enjoy thy loving kindness.

h Thou, O Radiant One, riches-lord of riches,

Praise, O lord in the offerings;

Through thee in strife may we be victorious;

May we overcome the hostilities of mortal men.

i Thee, O Radiant One, best gainer of booty,

The sages nourish, well lauded;

Do thou give us wealth of heroes.

k May the Radiant One here make room for us;

May he go before us cleaving the foe

Joyfully may he conquer our foes;

May he win booty in the contest for booty.

l By the Radiant One is the Radiant One kindled,

The wise, the young, the lord of the house,

The bearer of the offering, with ladle in his mouth.

m Thou, O Radiant One, by the Radiant One,

The sage by the sage, the good by the good,

The comrade by the comrade, art kindled.

n O Radiant One, thy pure

o With radiance.