a O God the Light-giver, He has declared that to thee; that do thou impel and offer.

b The Lord of Prayer is the scholar.

c Depart not from the life-giving Rik, from the Saman which protects the body.

d Let your wishes be accomplished, let your purposes be accomplished.

e Speak right and truth.

f Praise ye on the impulse of God the Light-giver.

g The praised of the praised art thou, may the praised milk strength for me, may the praised of the praised come to me.

h Thou art the Shastra of the Shastra, may the Shastra milk strength for me, may the Shastra of the Shastra come to me.

i With power may we conquer,

May we milk offspring and food.

k May my wish be accomplished before God.

l May splendour come to me.

m The sacrifice has become, it has come into being,

It has been born, it has waxed great;

It has become the overlord of the rites,

May it make us overlords,

May we be lords of wealth.

n Either the sacrifice milks the lord of the sacrifice, or the lord of the sacrifice milks the sacrifice. Him who sacrifices not knowing the milking of the Stotra and the Shastra, the sacrifice milks, he after sacrificing becomes worse; he who, knowing the milking of these two, milks the sacrifice, after sacrificing becomes better. "The praised of the praised art thou, may the praised milk strength for me, may the praised of the praised come to me. The Shastra of the Shastra thou art, may the Shastra milk strength for me, may the Shastra of the Shastra come to me," he says; this is the milking of the Stotra and the Shastra; one who sacrifices knowing thus milks the sacrifice, and by sacrificing becomes better.