4 For Him who thus hath taught these human races, the Bountiful, bearing a fame-worthy title, Thunderer, drawing nigh to slay the Dasyus, His is the name of glory.

5 See this abundant wealth that He possesses, and put your trust in the hero vigour of the Mighty One. He found the cattle, and He found the horses, He found the plants, the forests and the waters.

6 To Him the truly strong, whose deeds are many, to Him the strong Bull let us pour our offering. The Hero, watching like a thief in ambush, goes parting the possessions of the godless.

7 Well didst Thou do that hero deed, O Mighty One, in waking with Thy bolt the slumbering serpent. In Thee, delighted, the angels rejoiced, and all the righteous were joyful.

8 As Thou hast smitten Susna, Pipru, Vrtra and Kuyava, and the forts of Sambara, O Mighty One, this prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CIV. God the Mighty (Indra)

1 The place hath been made for Thee to rest on: come like a panting courser and be seated. Loosen Thy flying Steeds, set free Thy Horses who bear Thee swiftly nigh at eve and morning.

2 These men have come to the Mighty One for assistance: shall He not quickly come upon these pathways? May the angels quell the fury of the Dasa, and may they lead our folk to happy fortune.

6 O Mighty One, as such, give us a share of sunlight, of waters, sinlessness, and reputation. Do Thou no harm to our yet unborn offspring: our trust is in Thy mighty power.

7 Now we, I think, in Thee as such have trusted: lead us on, Mighty One, to ample riches. In no unready house give us, O Thou invoked of many, food and drink when hungry.

8 Slay us not, O Mighty One; do not Thou forsake us: steal not away the joys which we delight in. Rend not our unborn brood, strong Lord of Bounty, our vessels with the life that is within them.

9 Come to us; they have called Thee Lover of the gift: here it is prepared. Receive it for rapture. Widely capacious, hear us like a Father hears his children.

HYMN CV. The Cry of the Seer

1 Within the waters runs the Moon, he with the beauteous wings in heaven. Ye lightnings with your golden wheels, men find not your abiding-place. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

2 Surely men crave and gain their wish. Close to her husband clings the wife. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

3 O never may that light, ye angels, fall from its station in the sky. Ne'er fail us one like the sweet gift, the spring of our felicity. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

4 I ask the last of devotion. As envoy he shall tell it forth. Where is the ancient law divine? Who is its new diffuser now? Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

5 Ye angels who yonder have your home in the three lucid realms of heaven, what count ye truth and what untruth? Where is mine ancient call? Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

6 What is your firm support of Law? What is the observant eye of the All-Seeing? How may we pass the wicked on the path of the mighty Companion? Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

7 I am the man who sang of old full many a laud when the gift flowed. Yet torturing cares consume me as the wolf assails the thirsty deer. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

8 Like rival wives on every side enclosing ribs oppress me sore. O Lord of a hundred powers, biting cares devour me, singer of Thy praise, as rats devour the weaver's threads. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

9 Where those seven rays are shining, thence my home and family extend. This Trta Aptya knoweth well, and speaketh out for brotherhood. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

10 May those five Bulls which stand on high full in the midst of mighty heaven, having together swiftly borne my praises, return. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

11 High in the mid ascent of heaven those Birds of beauteous pinion sit. Back from his path they drive the wolf as he would cross the restless floods. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

12 Firm is this new-wrought hymn of praise, and meet to be told forth. The flowing of the floods is Law, Truth is the Sun's extended light. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

13 Worthy of laud, O God, is that kinship which Thou hast with the righteous. Here seat Thee like a man: most wise, bring Thou the righteous to devotion. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

14 Here seated, man-like as a priest, shall the wisest speed onward our offerings, God among the righteous, intelligent. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

15 The All-Seeing makes the holy prayer. To Him who finds the path we pray. He in the heart reveals His thought. Let sacred worship rise anew. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

16 That pathway of the Sun in heaven, made to be highly glorified, is not to be transgressed. O mortals, ye behold it not. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

17 Trta, when buried in the well, called on God to succour him. That call of his the Lord of Prayer heard and released him from distress. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

18 A ruddy wolf beheld me once, as I was faring on my path. He, like a carpenter whose back is aching, crouched and slunk away. Mark this my woe, O Lord of earth and heaven.

19 Through this our song may we, allied with the Mighty One, with all our heroes conquer in the battle. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CVI. The Attributes of God

1 Call we for aid on the Mighty, the Friend, the All-Seeing, the Radiant, and the host of angels, and the Boundless. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful ones, rescue us from all distress.

2 Come, ye Adityas, for our full prosperity, in conquests of the foe, bring joy to us. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful ones, rescue us from all distress.

3 May the most glorious ancestors aid us, who strengthen Law. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful ones, rescue us from all distress.

4 To mighty Narasamsa, strengthening his might, to the Nourisher, ruler over men, we pray with hymns. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful ones, rescue us from all distress.

5 O Lord of Prayer, make us evermore an easy path: we crave what boon Thou hast for men in rest and stir. Like as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful ones, rescue us from all distress.

6 Sunk in the pit the seer Kutsa called, to aid, the Slayer of Vrtra, Lord of power and might. Even as a chariot from a difficult ravine, bountiful ones, rescue us from all distress.

7 May the Boundless guard us with the righteous: may the protecting God keep us with ceaseless care. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CVII. The Attributes of God

1 The devotion obtains acceptance: be graciously inclined to us, ye Adityas. Hitherward let your favour be directed, and be our best deliverer from trouble.

2 By praise-songs of Angirases exalted, may the righteous come to us with their protection. May the Mighty One with His powers, the angels of the tempest with their hosts, the Boundless with the Adityas grant us shelter.

3 This laud of ours may the All-Seeing and the Mighty, the Companion, the Radiant, the Light-giver find pleasant. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CVIII. God the Mighty and the Radiant

1 On that most wondrous car of Thine, O Mighty and Radiant, which looks round on all things living, take Thy stand and come to us together, and accept the offerings of the flowing gift.

2 As vast as all this world is in its compass, deep as it is, with its far-stretching surface, so let this gift be made for Thee, till Thy soul be sated.

3 For Thou hast won a blessed name together: yea, with one aim Thou strovest, O Vrtra-slayer. So seated here together, pour in, Mighty One, the mighty gift.

4 Both stand adorned, when lights are duly kindled, spreading the sacred grass, with lifted ladles. Drawn by the strong gift poured forth around us, come, and display Thy favour.

5 The brave deeds Thou hast done, the forms Thou hast displayed and mighty exploits, the ancient and auspicious bonds of friendship, for sake of these accept the flowing gift.

6 As first I said when choosing, in battle we must contend with the rebels for this gift. So camest Thou unto this my true conviction, and acceptedst the flowing gift.

7 If in Thy dwelling, or with prince or scholar, Thou, Holy One, rejoicest, even from thence, mighty Lord, come hither, and accept the flowing gift.

8 If with the Yadus, Turvasas, Thou sojournest, with Druhyus, Anus, Purus, even from thence, mighty Lord, come hither, and accept the flowing gift.

9 Whether Thou be dwelling in lowest earth, in central, or in highest, even from thence, mighty Lord, come hither, and accept the flowing gift.

10 Whether Thou be dwelling in highest earth, in central, or in lowest, even from thence, mighty Lord, come hither, and accept the flowing gift.

11 Whether Thou be in heaven, on earth, on mountains, in the herbs, or waters, even from thence, mighty Lord, come hither, and accept the flowing gift.

12 If, when the Sun to the mid-heaven hath mounted, Thou takest delight in the offering, even from thence, mighty Lord, come hither.

13 Thus having received our offering, win us all kinds of wealth. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CIX. God the Mighty and the Radiant

1 Longing for weal I looked around, in spirit, for kinsmen, or for brothers. No providence but Thine alone is with me; so have I wrought for Thee this hymn for succour.

2 For I have heard that Thou givest wealth more freely than a worthless son-in-law or spouse's brother. So offering to Thee this gift, I make Thee this new hymn.

3 Let us not break the cords: with this petition we strive to gain the powers of our forefathers. For the strong drops are joyful, for here in the bowl's lap are both the press-stones.

4 For Thee the bowl divine presses the gift gladly to delight Thee. With hands auspicious and fair arms, haste, sprinkle it with sweetness in the waters.

5 Thee, I have heard, mightiest, when Vrtra fell and when the spoil was parted. Sit at this devotion, ever active, on the strewn grass, and with the gift delight Thee.

6 Surpassing all men where they shout for battle, Thou exceedest the earth and heaven in greatness. Greater art Thou than rivers and than mountains, and all things beside them.

7 Bring wealth and give it, Thou whose arm wields thunder: with Thy powers protect us. Now of a truth these be the very sunbeams wherewith our fathers were of old united.

8 Give, Thou who shatterest forts, whose hand wields thunder: save us in our battles. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CX. The Skilled Craftsmen (Rbhus)

1 The holy work I wrought before is wrought again: my sweetest hymn is sung to celebrate your praise. Here, O ye craftsmen, is this sea for all: be satisfied with the offering made with the hallowing word.

2 When, seeking your enjoyment onward from afar, ye, certain of my kinsmen, wandered on your way, sons of Sudhanvan, after your long journeying, ye came unto the home of the Light-giver, the liberal.

3 The Lord therefore gave you lasting honour, because ye came proclaiming Him whom naught can hide; and this the drinking-chalice of the Master, which till that time was one, ye made to be fourfold.

4 When they had served with zeal in devotion as priests, they, mortal as they were, gained lasting honour. The craftsmen, children of Sudhanvan, bright as suns, were in a year's course made associate with prayers.

5 The craftsmen, with a rod measured, as 'twere a field, the single chalice, wide of mouth, lauded of all who saw, praying for what is best, desiring glorious fame.

6 As oil in ladles, we through knowledge will present our hymn to the heroes of the firmament, the craftsmen who came near with this great Father's speed, and rose to heaven's high sphere to eat the strengthening food.

7 The skilled craftsman is to us the Mighty One's gift, freshest in His might; with powers and wealth is giver of rich gifts. Through Your favour may we on the happy day quell the attacks of those who pour no offerings forth.

8 Out of a skin, O craftsmen, once ye formed a cow, and brought the mother close unto her calf again. Sons of Sudhanvan, heroes, with surpassing skill ye made your aged parents youthful as before.

9 Help us with strength where spoil is won, O Mighty One: join the skilled craftsmen and give us varied bounty. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CXI. The Skilled Craftsmen

1 Working with skill they wrought the lightly rolling car: they wrought the Bays who bear the Mighty One and bring great gifts. The craftsmen for their parents made life young again; and fashioned for the calf a mother by its side.

2 For devotion make for us active vital power, for skill and wisdom food with noble progeny. Grant to our company this power most excellent, that with a family all-heroic we may dwell.

3 Do ye, O craftsmen, make prosperity for us, prosperity for car, ye heroes, and for steed. Grant us prosperity victorious evermore, conquering foes in battle, strangers or akin.

4 The Mighty One, Lord of the skilled, I invoke for aid, the skilled, the strong, the angels of the tempest. The All-Seeing, the Friend, both, and the twin angels: let them speed us to wealth, wisdom, and victory.

5 May the skilled send prosperity for battle, may the strong conquering in the fight protect us. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CXII. God the Healer and Helper (Asvins)

1 To give first thought to them, I praise Heaven and Earth as signs of God, and the Radiant, fair bright glow, to hasten their approach. Come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids wherewith in fight Thou speedest the war-cry to the spoil.

2 Ample, unfailing, they have mounted as it were an eloquent car that Thou mayest think of us and give. Come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids wherewith Thou helpest our thoughts to further holy acts.

3 Thou by the might which heavenly nectar giveth art in supreme dominion Lord of all these folk. Come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids wherewith Thou, Hero, madest the barren cow give milk.

4 The aids wherewith the Wanderer through his offspring's might, or the Two-Mothered Son shows swiftest mid the swift; wherewith the sapient one acquired his triple lore: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

5 Wherewith Thou raisedst from waters, prisoned and fast bound, Rebha, and Vandana to look upon the light; wherewith Thou succouredst Kanva as he strove to win: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

6 Wherewith Thou rescuedst Antaka when languishing deep in the pit, and Bhujyu with unfailing help, and comfortedst Karkandhu, Vayya, in their woe: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

7 Wherewith Thou gavest Sucanti wealth and happy home, and madest the fiery pit friendly for Atri's sake; wherewith Thou guardedst Purukutsa, Prsnigu: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

8 Mighty One, with what powers Thou gavest Paravrj aid what time Thou madest the blind and lame to see and walk; wherewith Thou settest at liberty the swallowed quail: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

9 Wherewith Thou quickenedst the most sweet exhaustless flood, and comfortedst Vasistha, Thou who never decayest; and to Srutarya, Kutsa, Narya gavest Thy help: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

10 Wherewith Thou helpedst, in battle of a thousand spoils, Vispala seeking booty, powerless to move; wherewith Thou guardedst friendly Vaga, Asva's son: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

11 Whereby the cloud, Bounteous Giver, shed sweet rain for Dirghasravas, for the merchant Ausija; wherewith Thou helpedst Kaksivan, singer of Thy praise: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

12 Wherewith Thou madest Rasa swell full with water-floods, and urgedst to victory the car without a horse; wherewith Trisoka drove forth his recovered cows: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

13 Wherewith Thou, compassing round the Sun when far away, strengthenedst Mandhatar in his tasks as lord of lands, and to sage Bharadvaja gavest protecting help: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

14 Wherewith, when Sambara was slain, Thou guardedst well great Atithigva, Divodasa, Kasoju, and Trasadasyu when the forts were shattered down: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

15 Wherewith Thou honouredst the great Vamra, and Upastuta and Kali when he gained his wife, and lentest to Vyasva and to Prthi favouring help: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

16 Wherewith, O Hero, Thou vouchsafedst deliverance to Sayu, Atri, and to Manu long ago; wherewith Thou shotst Thy shafts in Syumarasmi's cause: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

17 Wherewith Patharva, in his majesty of form, shone in his course like to a gathered kindled fire; wherewith Thou helpedst Suryata in the mighty fray: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

18 Wherewith, O Angirases, ye triumphed in your heart, and onward went to liberate the flood of milk; wherewith Thou helpedst the hero Manu with new strength: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

19 Wherewith Thou broughtest a wife for Vimada to wed, wherewith Thou freely gavest the ruddy cows away; wherewith Thou broughtest the host of the righteous to Sudas: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

20 Wherewith Thou bringest great bliss to him who offers gifts, wherewith Thou hast protected Bhujyu, Adhrigu, and good and gracious Subhara and Rtastup: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

21 Wherewith Thou servedst Krsanu where the shafts were shot, and helpedst the young man's horse to swiftness in the race; wherewith Thou bringest delicious honey to the bees: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

22 Wherewith Thou speedest the hero as he fights for kine in hero battle, in the strife for land and sons, wherewith Thou safely guardest his horses and his car: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

23 Wherewith, Lord of Hundred Powers, Thou helpedst Kutsa, son of Aduni, gavest Turviti and Dabhiti strength, favouredst Dhvasanti and lentest Purusanti help: come hither unto us, O Lord, with those aids.

24 Make Thou our speech effectual, and this our hymn, mighty Wonder-Worker. In luckless game I call on Thee for succour: strengthen us also on the field of battle.

25 With undiminished blessings, for evermore both night and day protect us. This prayer of ours may the All-Seeing grant, and the Friend, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.

HYMN CXIII. The Dawn, a Sign of God

1 This light is come, amid all lights the fairest; born is the brilliant, far-extending brightness. Night, sent away for the uprising of the Light-giver, hath yielded up a birth-place for the Morning.

2 The Fair, the Bright is come with her white offspring; to her the Dark One hath resigned her dwelling. Akin, immortal, following each other, changing their colours both the heavens move onward.

3 Common, unending is the Sisters' pathway; taught by God, alternately they travel. Fair-formed, of different hues and yet one-minded, Night and Dawn clash not, neither do they stand still.

4 Bright leader of glad sounds, our eyes behold her; splendid in hue she hath unclosed the portals. She, stirring up the world, hath shown us riches: Dawn hath awakened every living creature.

5 Rich Dawn, she sets afoot the coiled-up sleeper, one for enjoyment, one for wealth or worship, those who saw little for extended vision. All living creatures hath the Dawn awakened.

6 One to high sway, one to exalted glory, one to pursue his gain, and one his labour: all to regard their different vocations, all moving creatures hath the Dawn awakened.

7 We see her there, the Child of Heaven apparent, the young Maid, flushing in her shining raiment. Thou sovran Lady of all earthly treasure, flush on us here, auspicious Dawn, this morning.

8 She first of endless morns to come hereafter, follows the path of morns that have departed. Dawn, at her rising, urges forth the living; him who is dead she wakes not from his slumber.

9 As thou, Dawn, hast caused light to be kindled, and with the Sun's eye hast revealed creation, and hast awakened men to offer worship, thou hast performed a noble service.

10 How long a time, and they shall be together, dawns that have shone and dawns to shine hereafter? She yearns for former dawns with eager longing, and goes forth gladly shining with the others.

11 Gone are the men who in the days before us looked on the rising of the earlier Morning. We, we the living, now behold her brightness, and they come nigh who shall hereafter see her.

12 Foe-chaser, born of Law, the Law's protectress, joy-giver, waker of all pleasant voices, auspicious, bringing food for enjoyment, shine on us here, most bright, O Dawn, this morning.

13 From days eternal hath Dawn shone, and shows this light to-day, endowed with riches. So will she shine on days to come; immortal she moves on in her own strength, undecaying.

14 In the sky's borders hath she shone in splendour: she hath thrown off the veil of darkness. Awakening the world with purple horses, on her well-harnessed chariot Dawn approaches.

15 Bringing all life-sustaining blessings with her, showing herself she sends forth brilliant lustre. Last of the countless mornings that have vanished, first of bright morns to come hath Dawn arisen.

16 Arise! the breath, the life, again hath reached us: darkness hath passed away and light approacheth. She for the Sun hath left a path to travel; we have arrived where men prolong existence.

17 Singing the praises of refulgent Mornings with his hymn's web the priest, the poet rises. Shine then to-day, rich Maid, on him who lauds thee, shine down on us the gift of life and offspring.

18 Dawns giving sons, all heroes, kine and horses, shining upon the man who brings offerings: these let the giver gain when ending his glad songs louder than the voice of the wind.

19 Ensign of devotion, shine forth exalted. Rise up, bestowing praise on our devotion, all-bounteous, make us chief among the people.

20 Whatever splendid wealth the dawns bring with them to bless the man who offers praise and worship, even that may the Friend and the All-Seeing vouchsafe us, and the Boundless, the river, Earth and Heaven.