1 I take the fire first, for increase of my wealth, good offspring, manly strength:

So may the angels attend me.

2 Thou art the waters' back, the womb of the fire, around the ocean as it swells and surges.

Waxing to greatness, resting on the lotus, spread forth in amplitude with heaven's own measure.

3 Eastward at first rose the sun, the Loving One, spreading the bright ones from the summit;

It disclosed its deepest, nearest signs, a sign of the origin of the existent and of the non-existent.

4 In the beginning there was God, the One Lord of all created being.

He fixed and holdeth up this earth and heaven. Let us worship God, the Creator, with our offering.

5 The sun, God's sign, leaped onward through the earth and heaven, along this place and that which was before it.

I offer up, throughout the seven offerings, praise to God, for the sun still moves to its appointed dwelling.

9 Put forth like a wide-spreading net thy vigour, O fire: go like a mighty king with his attendants.

Thou, following thy swift net, shootest arrows: transfix the fiends with darts that burn most fiercely.

10 Forth go in rapid flight thy whirling weapons: follow them closely glowing in thy fury.

Spread with thy tongue the winged flames, O fire: unfettered cast thy firebrands all around thee.

11 Send thy scouts forward, fleetest in thy motion: be, ne'er deceived, the guardian of this people

From him who, near or far, is bent on evil, and let no trouble o'ercome us.

12 Rise up, O fire, spread thee out before us, burn down our foes, thou who hast sharpened arrows.

Him, blazing fire, who hath worked us mischief, consume thou utterly like dried-up stubble.

13 Rise, O fire, drive off those who fight against us: make manifest thine own celestial vigour.

Slacken the strong bows of those driven by evil; destroy our foemen whether kin or stranger.

I settle thee with the fiery ardour of the fire.

14 God is the height of heaven, the Master of the earth is He:

He quickeneth the waters' seed.

I settle thee with the great strength that God gives.

15 Thou art the leader of the rite and region to which with thine auspicious teams thou tendest.

Thy light-bestowing head to heaven thou liftest, making thy tongue the offering-bearer, O fire!

16 Steady art thou, sustainer, laid by the Maker of all in thy place.

Let not the ocean nor the bird harm thee: unshaking, steady earth.

17 Thee let God the Creator settle on the waters' back, in Ocean's course,

Thee the capacious, widely spread. Thou art the Wide One: spread thee wide!

18 Thou art the earth, the ground, thou art the all-sustaining one who supporteth all the world.

Control the earth, steady the earth, do thou the earth no injury.

19 For all breath, out-breath, through-breath, upward-breathing, for high position, for prescribed observance,

May God keep thee safe with great well-being, with the securest shelter. As aforetime with Angiras, by God's power lie steady.

20 Upspringing from thine every joint, upspringing from each knot of thine,

Thus with a thousand, Durva! with a hundred do thou stretch us out.

22 Thy lights, O God, in the sun that with their beams o'erspread the sky,

With all of those assist us to-day to light and progeny.

23 Lights of Thine in the sun, or lights that are in kine and steeds,

O God, the Mighty and the Radiant, with all those vouchsafe us light.

24 The Far-Refulgent held the light. The Self-Refulgent held the light.

Thee, luminous, may God the Creator settle upon the back of Earth.

Give, to all breathing, all the light, to out-breath, to diffusive breath.

Thy Sovereign Lord is God. By His power, as with Angiras, lie firmly settled in thy place.

25 Madhu and Madhava, the two Spring seasons: thou art the innermost cement of the fire.

May Heaven and Earth, may Waters, Plants and fires help, separate, accordant, my precedence.

May all the fires 'twixt heaven and earth, one-minded, well-fitted, gather round these two Spring seasons,

As hosts gather round their leader: firm, by God's power, Angiras-like, be seated.

26 Thou art Ashadha, Conquering One. Conquer our foemen, conquer thou the men who fain would fight with us.

A thousand manly powers hast thou: so do thou aid and quicken me.

27 The winds waft sweets, the rivers pour sweets for the man who keeps the Law:

So may the plants be sweet for us.

28 Sweet be the night and sweet the dawns, sweet the terrestrial atmosphere:

Sweet be heaven to us.

29 May the tall tree be full of sweets for us, and full of sweets the sun;

May our milch-kine be sweet for us.

32 May Heaven and Earth, the Mighty Pair, besprinkle this our offering,

And feed us full with nourishments.

33 Look ye on the works of God, whereby He hath let His holy ways be seen.

34 Firm art thou, a sustainer. Hence engendered, forth from these wombs at first came the knower of all that is born.

By Gayatri, by Trishtup, by Anushtup, may he who knows bear our offering for God's sake.

35 Take thou thine ease for food, for store of riches, for might in splendour, and for strength and offspring.

Thou art all-ruling, independent ruler: may both fountains of knowledge protect thee!

36 O radiant fire, harness thou thy steeds which are most excellent!

They bear thee as thy spirit wills.

37 Yoke, O fire, as a charioteer, thy steeds who best call to devotion:

As ancient invoker take thy seat.

38 Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit.

I look upon the flowing streams of butter: the golden reed is in the midst of the fire.

39 Thee for the praise-verse, thee for sheen, thee for bright splendour, thee for light.

This hath become the vigorous strength of all the world and of the fire, by God's command.

40 O Radiant One, all-luminous with light, splendid with splendour, golden.

Giver of thousands art Thou; for a thousand, Thee.

41 Balm thou with milk the unborn child, wearing all forms, begetter of a thousand.

Spare him with heat, nor plot against him: give him a hundred years of life while thou art building.

46 The brilliant sign of God hath risen; the sun hath filled the air, and earth and heaven.

52 O God, ever new, protect the men who offer, hear their songs,

Protect his offspring and himself.

53 I set thee in the passage of the waters. I set thee in the swelling of the waters. I set thee in the ashes of the waters. I set thee in the lustre of the waters. I set thee in the way which waters travel. I set thee in the flood, the place to rest in. I set thee in the sea, the place to rest in. I set thee in the stream, the place to rest in. I set thee in the water's habitation. I set thee in the resting-place of waters. I set thee in the station of the waters. I set thee in the meeting-place of waters. I set thee in the birthplace of the waters. I set thee in the refuse of the waters. I set thee in the residence of waters.

I settle thee with the Gayatri metre. I settle thee with the Trishtup metre. I settle thee with the Jagati metre. I settle thee with the Anushtup metre. I settle thee with the Pankti metre.

54 This in front is the Existent. Its offspring, Breath, is the Mundane. Spring is sprung from Breath. The Gayatri is the daughter of Spring. From the Gayatri comes the Gayatra tune. From the Gayatra the Upamsu. From the Upamsu the Trivrit. From the Trivrit the Rathantara. The sage Vasishtha. By thee, taken by God the Creator, I take vital breath for creatures.

55 This on the right, the All-Maker. Its offspring, Mind. Summer sprang from Mind. The Trishtup is the daughter of Summer. From the Trishtup came the Svara song. From the Svara the Antaryama. From the Antaryama the Panchadasa. From the Panchadasa the Brihat. The sage Bharadvaja. By thee, taken by God the Creator, I take Mind for creatures.

56 This on the western side, the All-Embracer. Its offspring, the Eye. The Rains sprang from the Eye. The Jagati is the daughter of the Rains. From the Jagati came the Riksama. From the Riksama the Sukra. From the Sukra the Saptadasa. From the Saptadasa the Vairupa. The sage Jamadagni. By thee, taken by God the Creator, I take the Eye for creatures.

57 This on the north side, heaven. This, heaven's offspring, the Ear. Autumn, the daughter of the Ear. The Anushtup sprang from Autumn. From the Anushtup came the Aida. From the Aida the Manthin. From the Manthin the Ekavimsa. From the Ekavimsa the Vairaja. The sage Visvamitra. By thee, taken by God the Creator, I take the Ear for creatures.

58 This above, Intellect. Its offspring, Speech. Winter the offspring of Speech. Pankti sprang from Winter. From Pankti the Nidhanavat. From the Nidhanavat came the Agrayana. From the Agrayana the Trinava and the Trayastrimsa. From the Trinava and the Trayastrimsa the Sakvara and the Raivata. The sage Visvakarman. By thee, taken by the Maker of all, I take Speech for people.

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