a Food come hither, enter me for long life, for health, for increase of wealth, for splendour, for good offspring. Come hither, O Vasu, preceded by wealth; thou art dear to my heart.

b May I grasp thee with the arms of the Ashvins.

c With clear sight may I gaze upon thee, O provision of God, who regardest men.

d Gentle control,

banner of the sacrifices, may speech accept and delight in the provision; may Aditi, gentle, propitious, with head inviolable, as speech, accept and delight in the provision.

e Come hither, O thou who art of all men, with healing and favour; with safety come to me, O tawny-coloured, for skill, for strength, for increase of wealth, for good heroes.

f Terrify me not, O king, pierce not my heart with thy radiance, for manly strength, for life, for splendour.

g Of thee, O provision of God, who hast the Vasus for thy troop, who knowest the mind, who belongest to the first pressing, who hast the Gayatri as thy metre, who art drunk in the name of the Mighty, who art drunk by the fathers, who hast sweetness, and who art invited, I invited eat.

h Of thee, O provision of God, who hast the Rudras for thy troop, who knowest the mind, who belongest to the midday pressing, who hast the Tristubh as thy metre, who art drunk in the name of the Mighty, who art drunk by the fathers, who hast sweetness, and who art invited, I invited eat.

i Of thee, O provision of God, who hast the Adityas for thy troop, who knowest the heart, who belongest to the third pressing, who hast the Jagati as thy metre, who art drunk in the name of the Mighty, who art drunk by the fathers, who hast sweetness, and who art invited, I invited eat.

k Swell up, let thy strength be gathered

From all sides, O provision;

Be strong in the gathering of might.

l Impel my limbs, O thou with tawny steeds,

Do not distress my troops;

Propitious do thou honour for me the seven sages;

Do not go below my navel.

m We have received the provision, we have been granted hope of life everlasting,

We have seen the light, we have found the way to God;

What can the enmity, what the treachery,

Of mortal man do to us, O Lord who dost not die?

n Whatever fault has been mine,

The Radiant One, all-knower, who belongs to all men, has put that right;

The Radiant One has given back the eye,

The Mighty and the Lord of Prayer have given it back;

Do ye two, O Ashvins,

Replace my eye within its sockets.

o Of thee, O provision of God, over whom the Yajus is spoken, the Stoma sung, the Uktha recited, who hast tawny steeds, who art drunk in the name of the Mighty, who hast sweetness, and who art invited, I invited eat.

p Ye are to be filled; fill me

With offspring and wealth.

q That is thine, O father, and those that are after thee. That is thine, O grandfather, O great-grandfather, and those that are after thee.

r O God, have mercy on our fathers, on those who have gone before and those who come after; accept the charity given in their name, according to the shares of their good deeds.

t Those who are in that world, may Thy mercy follow them; those who are in this world, may it follow me.

u Of those in that world, be Thou the most merciful; of those in this world, may I be the most grateful.

v O Creator, none other than thee

Comprehends all these creatures.

What we seek when we sacrifice to thee, let that be ours;

May we be lords of riches.

w Thou art the expiation of sin committed by the righteous, thou art the expiation of sin committed by men, thou art the expiation of sin committed by the fathers.

x Of thee, O provision of God, that art purified in the waters, that art pressed by men, over whom the Yajus is spoken, the Stoma sung, the Shastra recited, who art made by the fathers into food to win horses and cows, and who art invited, I invited eat.