1 Worship Him who guards this All, Holiest, faithful to the Law, whose power is sanctified.

2 So, too, like charioteers are His attributes, the Friend and the all-wise Upholder,

High-born from of old, whose holy laws stand fast.

4 Great is He, the Upholder and the Friend, Imperial Lord,

True to Eternal Law, He proclaims the high decree.

6 Ye who have gathered up your gifts, celestial and terrestrial food,

Let Thy rain come to us fraught with the mist of heaven.

7 He who from the lofty sky seems to look down on herds below,

Holy, Imperial Lord, is set to be revered.

8 He, true to Law, exceeding strong, hath sat down for sovereign rule:

Prince whose laws stand fast, He hath obtained His sway.

9 Pathfinder even better than the eye, with unobstructed sight,

Even when the lids are closed, observant, He perceives.

10 So may the angels guard us well,

The angels guard us well, endowed with mighty strength.

11 Do Thou, O Bounteous God, protect our dwelling-place by day and night:

With Thee for our Defender may we go unharmed.

12 May we, unharmed, serve the bountiful All-Pervading God, who slayeth none:

Self-moving Sindhu hear and be the first to mark.

13 This sure protection we elect, desirable and reaching far,

Which the Friend, the All-Seeing, and the Noble One afford.

14 And may the Sindhu of the floods, the winds, and the twin healers,

The Mighty, and the All-Pervading be of one mind with us.

15 Because these warring Heroes stay the enmity of every foe,

As the fierce water-flood repels the furious ones.

16 Here this one God, the Lord of men, looks forth exceeding far and wide:

And we, for your advantage, keep His holy laws.

17 We keep the old accustomed laws, the statutes of supremacy,

The long-known laws of the Friend and of the Upholder.

18 He who hath measured with His ray the boundaries of heaven and earth,

And with His majesty hath filled the two worlds full,

19 He hath spread His light aloft up to the region of the sky,

Like a fire all aflame when gifts are offered.

20 With Him who sits afar the word is lord of food that comes from kine,

Controller of the gift of unempoisoned food.

21 So unto the sun, heaven, and earth, His signs, at morning and at eve I speak.

Bringing enjoyments ever rise thou up for us.

22 From Uksanyayana a bay, from Harayana a white steed,

And from Susaman we obtained a harnessed car.

23 These two shall bring me further gain of troops of tawny-coloured steeds,

The carriers shall they be of active men of war.

24 And the two sages have I gained who hold the reins and bear the whip,

And the two great strong coursers, with my newest song.