I God the Radiant

1 O Lord, strength and fame are Thine: Thy fires blaze forth on high, O Thou refulgent God!

Sage, passing bright, Thou givest to the worshipper with power, the wealth that merits laud.

2 With brilliant purifying sheen, with perfect sheen Thou liftest up Thyself in light.

Thou, visiting both Thy mothers, aidest them as son; Thou joinest close the earth and heaven.

3 O All-Knowing, Son of Strength, rejoice, gracious, in our fair hymns and songs!

In Thee have they heaped viands various, many formed; wealth-born, of wondrous help are they.

4 Lord, spread forth, as ruler, over living things: give wealth to us, eternal God!

Thou shinest out from beauty fair to look upon: Thou leadest

us to beauteous Power.

5 I laud the Sage, who orders worship, who hath great riches under His control.

Thou givest blest award of good, and plenteous food, Thou givest wealth that wins success.

6 The men have set before them, for His favour, the Strong, visible to all, the holy.

Thee, Lord divine, with ears to hear, most famous, men's generations magnify with praise-songs.

II God the Radiant

1 Lord, he conquers by Thine aid that brings him store of valiant sons and does great deeds,

Whose bond of friendship is Thy choice.

2 Thy spark is black and crackling; kindled in due time, O bounteous, it is taken up.

Thou art the dear friend of the mighty Mornings: Thou shinest in glimmerings of the night.

III God the Radiant

1 Him, duly coming, as their germ have plants received: this light have maternal Waters brought

to life.

So, in like manner, do the forest trees and plants bear it within them and produce it

evermore.

IV God the Radiant

1 The light grows bright for the Mighty One: it shines far resplendent in the sky:

It sends forth offspring like a queen.

V God the Radiant

1 The sacred hymns love him who wakes and watches: to him who watches the holy verses.

This gift saith to him who wakes: I have my dwelling in thy friendship.

VI God the Radiant

1 The Lord is watchful, and the Richas love Him: the Lord is watchful, Sama hymns approach Him.

The Lord is watchful, to Him saith this gift, I rest and have my dwelling in Thy friendship.

VII The Angels

1 Praise to the friends who sit in front! to those seated together, praise.

I use the hundred-footed speech.

2 I use the hundred-footed speech, I sing what hath a thousand paths,

Gayatra, Trishtup, Jagat hymn.

3 Gayatra, Trishtup, Jagat hymn, the forms united and complete,

Have the angels made familiar friends.

VIII God the Light

1 God is light, light is from God, the Mighty is light,

the Light-giver is light.

2 O Lord, turn again with strength, turn Thou again with food and life:

Save us again from grief and woe!

3 O Lord, turn again with wealth, sprinkle Thou us from every side

With Thine own all-supporting stream!

IX God the Mighty

1 If I, O Lord, were like Thee, the single ruler over wealth,

My worshipper should be rich in kine.

2 I should be fain, O Lord of power, to strengthen and enrich the sage,

Where I the lord of herds of kine.

3 Thy goodness, Lord, is a cow yielding in plenty kine and steeds

To worshippers who give thanks.

X The Waters

1 Yea, Waters, ye bring health and bliss: so help ye us to energy,

That we may look on great delight!

2 Give us a portion of the dew, the most auspicious that ye have,

Like mothers in their longing love!

3 For you we gladly go to Him to whose abode ye speed us on,

And, Waters, give us procreant strength!

XI The Wind

1 May the wind breathe its balm on us, healthful, delightful to our heart:

May God prolong our days of life!

2 O Lord, Thou art our protector, yea, Thou art our brother and our friend:

So give us strength that we may live!

3 The store of life-giving provision that is laid away yonder in Thy keeping,

Give us strength that we may live!

XII God the Radiant

1 The fleet steed wearing divers forms, the eagle bearing his golden raiment to his birthplace,

Clothed in due season with the light of the sun, red, hath begot the worship in person.

2 Multiform seed He laid in waters, lustre which gathered on the earth and there developed.

In the mid-air establishing His greatness, He cries aloud, seed of the vigorous courser.

3 He hath, enduing thousand robes that suit Him, as worship upheld the light of the sun,

Giver of ample gifts in hundreds, thousands, supporter of the heavens, earth's Lord and ruler.

XIII God the All-Seeing

1 They gaze on Thee with longing in their spirit, as on a strong-winged bird that mounteth sky-

ward;

On Thee with wings of gold, the envoy of the All-Seeing, the Bird that hasteneth homeward.

2 Erect, to heaven hath the Gandharva mounted, pointing at us his many-coloured weapons:

Clad in sweet raiment beautiful to look on, for he, as light, produceth forms that please us.

3 When as a spark he cometh near the ocean, looking with vulture's eye as Law commandeth,

His lustre, joying in its own bright splendour, maketh dear glories in the loftiest region.