1 Birthplace of princely power art thou; centre art thou of princely power. Harm not thyself; do me no harm.

2 God the All-Seeing, Upholder of Law, hath sat down, etc., as in X. 27. Save me from death. Save me from lightning.

3 Thee, by the impulsion of God the Light-giver, with the arms of the two healers, with the hands of the Nourisher, with the healing art of the healers, I besprinkle for splendour, for the lustre of a scholar; with the healing art of Eloquence I besprinkle thee for manly vigour and for food to feed thee; I besprinkle thee, by the special power of God the Mighty, for strength of body and for fame and glory.

4 Thou art a servant of the Creator. Noblest servant art thou. Thee for the state and rank of the Creator's servant. Auspicious one! Fair-famed one! True ruler!

5 My head be grace, my mouth be fame, my hair and beard be brilliant sheen! My breath be sovereign and enduring, mine eye clear-sighted, mine ear a prince!

6 My tongue be bliss, my voice be might, my mind be resolve, my anger self-mastered! Joys be my fingers, and delight my members, conquering strength my friend!

7 Let my two arms be the power of the Mighty, my hands be deeds of manly might, my soul and breast be princely rule!

8 My ribs be royal government, my belly, shoulders, neck, and hips, thighs, elbows, knees, the people, yea, my members universally!

9 My navel intellect, etc., etc. Duty am I in legs and feet, established as ruler among the folk, under God.

10 I take my stand on princely power and kingship; on cows am I dependent, and on horses. On members I depend, and on the body, on vital breath dependent and on welfare, on heaven and earth and sacrifice dependent.

11 May the angels, eleven threes, the three and thirty bounteous ones, whose House-Priest is the Lord of Prayer, by impulse of God the Light-giver, protect me, with the angels.

12 May the first angels with the second, the second with the third, the third with Truth, Truth with Sacrifice, Sacrifice with sacrificial texts, sacrificial texts with chants, chants with praise-verses, praise-verses with fore and after-sentences, fore-sentences with inviting-texts, inviting-texts with the calls of offering, the calls of offering with oblations, and oblations fulfil my desires, Earth! Blessed be it!

13 My hair is effort and attempt, my skin is reverence and approach. My flesh is inclination, wealth my bone, my marrow reverence.

14 O angels, whatever fault of ours has stirred the wrath of heaven, may God the Radiant set me free from that iniquity and all distress.

15 If in the day-time or at night we have committed acts of sin, may God, Lord of the winds, set me free from that iniquity and all distress.

16 If when awake or in our sleep we have committed acts of sin, may God the Light-giver set me free from that iniquity and all distress.

17 Each fault in village or in wild, in company or corporeal sense, each sinful act that we have done to one of lowly or of high station, or to either's disadvantage, even of that sin thou art the expiation.

18 Waters, inviolable ones, etc. Repeated from VI. 22. O ever-moving cleansing bath, etc. Repeated from III. 48.

19 Thy heart is in the flood, etc. Repeated from VIII. 25. To us let waters, etc. Repeated from VI. 22.

20 As one unfastened from a stake, or cleansed by bathing after toil, as butter which the sieve hath purged, let water clean me from my sin.

21 Looking upon the loftier light above the darkness we have come to God the Light-giver, the light that is most excellent.

22 The waters I this day have sought, and to their essence have we come. O God the Radiant, come hither rich in milk; splendour and brilliancy bestow on me, and progeny and wealth.

23 A brand art thou: fain would we thrive. Fuel art thou and splendour: give me splendour. Earth returns, the Dawn, the Sun; this universe all returns each day by God's decree. May I possess the light of God, the Lord of all people; may I attain my vast desires. Earth! Blessed be it!

24 O God, Master of the Vow, for Thy sake I lay on the fire the kindling-stick. To the fast-vow and faith I come. I, consecrated, kindle this fire in Thy name.

25 Fain would I know that holy world where the righteous dwell in the light of God, where priestly rank and princely power together in accordance move.

26 Fain would I know that holy world where want and languor are unknown, where in complete accordance the angels move side by side.

29 O God the Mighty, at morn accept our cake accompanied with grain and groats, with wheaten bread and hymns of praise.

30 To God the Mighty sing the lofty hymn, O singers, that overcomes the obstructor best, whereby the holy ones praised God, the radiant light that never dies.

31 O priest, on the straining-cloth pour thou the juice pressed with stones. Purify it as an offering made for God's sake.

32 The Sovereign Lord of living things, He upon whom the worlds depend, Mighty, the mighty's King: by Him I take thee, take thee on myself.

33 Taken up as a base art thou. Thee for the healing angels. This is thy home, etc.

34 Guard of my breath and outward breath, the guardian of mine eye and ear, all-healer of my voice, thou art the soother of my mind.

35 Invited I feed upon thee, invited, whom God the Good Protector made, by the healing angels and by eloquence.

36 Kindled in the forefront of the Mornings, God the Mighty with forward light, long-active, waxing mighty, with the three and thirty angels, the Wielder of thunder, overcame the obstructor and threw the portals open.

37 Son of Himself, the Praised of men, the Hero, measuring out the sacrificial stations, rich in gifts, anointing with sweet butter, wise, bright with gauds of gold, to Him the sacrifice is offered.

38 Lauded by the angels, Lord of Bay Steeds, the Helper, showing His greatness, worshipped with oblations, Fort-render, Cavern-cleaver, Wielder of thunder, may He approach our sacrifice with favour.

39 May God the Mighty, Lord of Bays, by direction eastward, accept our oblation, and the sacred grass, fair, far-spread, widely-stretching, anointed by the shining angels and the bright ones.

40 To the strong Lord go the sounding portals, swiftly moving; well-manned, divine, wide be the doors thrown open, expanding in their greatness for the Hero!

41 Dawn and Night, lofty, sapful, richly-yielding, fair-showing, as they weave with varied colour the long-extended thread in concert, worship the Lord of lords, the lofty Hero.

42 The two first pleasant-voiced celestial priests, arranging rites for man in sundry places, establishing the Mighty at the head of sacrifice, increase the eastern light with sweet oblation.

43 Thriving by sacrifice, may the three bright blessings, eloquence, devotion, and sustaining wisdom all-surpassing, with milk preserve our sacred thread unbroken.

44 May God the Shaper, coming from afar, the active, give strength and plenty to us who praise the Strong and Glorious; and strong, prolific, worshipping, the Mighty at the sacrifice's head give the angels honour.

45 Let the sacrificial post, like a slaughterer, bind, as one ordered, the victim to itself, and let the sacrifice be seasoned with sweets and butter, for God's sake.

46 God the Mighty, the Bull, swift conqueror, wildly rushing bull-like to meet the drops of the offering, delighting in a mind that scatters fatness, let the angels rejoice in the offering made in God's name.

47 May God the Mighty come to us for our protection, here, the lauded Hero, our feast-companion. May He whose powers are many, waxen mighty, cherish, like heaven, the sovereign sway of princes.

48 From near or far away may the mighty Lord, giver of succour, come for our protection, Lord of men, armed with thunder, with the Strongest, slaying His foes in conflict, in the battles.

49 May God the Mighty come to us with tawny coursers, inclined to us, to favour and enrich us. May the Bounteous Lord, loud-voiced and wielding thunder, stand by us at this sacrifice, in combat.

50 The Rescuer, the Helper, the Hero who listens at each invocation, the Powerful I call, invoked of many. May the Bounteous Lord prosper and bless us.

51 May the helpful Lord as our Good Protector, Lord of all treasures, favour us with succour, baffle our foes and give us rest and safety, and may we be the lords of hero vigour.

52 May we enjoy the grace of Him the Holy, yea, may we dwell in His auspicious favour. May the helpful Lord as our Good Preserver drive from us, even from afar, our foemen.

53 Be with us, O Mighty, with Bay Steeds, joyous, with tails like peacock plumes. Let no men check thy course as fowlers stay the bird; pass o'er them as o'er desert lands.

54 Verily the Vasishthas hymn with praises the Mighty One whose arm wields thunder. Praised, may He guard our wealth in men and cattle. May God preserve us evermore with blessings.

55 Fire hath been kindled, healers twain! the warm milk offering heated, the radiant juice pressed. Here let Eloquence, like a milch-cow, pour the bright juice, a gift for the worshipper.

56 When the juice flows, Eloquence and both the healers, physicians and body-guards, bear to the worshipper strength by passage through the realms of air.

57 When the juice flowed, the healers twain, the physicians, brought sweet medicine, with the desire of men, with eloquence, for the worshipper.

58 Worshipped, Eloquence bestowed on the worshipper senses and manly power. The healers, through oblations paid, combined food, energy, and wealth.

59 The healers brought from the fiend Namuchi pressed juice bright with foaming essence. Eloquence with sacred grass brought that for the worshipper's drink.

60 Eloquence and the worshipper, with the healers twain, milked out desires from heaven and earth, the regions, the resounding and expansive doors.

61 Ye healers, Dawn and Night, by day and in the evening, fair of hue, accordant, with Eloquence, deck the worshipper with surpassing powers.

62 Guard us, O healers, through the day, guard us by night, O Eloquence. Celestial priests, physicians, both guard the worshipper when the juice is pressed.

63 The healers, and the Three apart, Eloquence, Devotion, and Sustaining Wisdom, poured strong juice with foam for the strengthening of the worshipper.

64 The healers, our Eloquence, and the Shaper, when the juice was shed, gave the worshipper balm, yea, mead as balm, glory and fame and many a shape.

65 Praising at due times, the Lord of the forest tree, Eloquence as a cow gave forth sweet beverage with the healers twain.

66 Healers, to the worshipper ye gave with cows, and with eloquence, Blessed be it! the pressed-out juice and mead.

67 The healers and Eloquence, by wit from the fiendish Namuchi, brought to the worshipper sacred food, strength, brilliant treasure, ample wealth.

68 That worshipper, strong through sacrifice by the healers and by Eloquence, cleft the demon Vala through to win wealth, with Namuchi of Asura birth.

69 Supporting him in sacrifice with sacred food and mighty powers, Eloquence, both healers, and the cattle hymned that praise.

70 The worshipper whom the Bountiful, the Light-giver, and the All-Seeing supplied with power, Lord of the sacrifice, may God the Good Guardian love the worshipper.

71 The Light-giver and the All-Seeing bestow gifts on the liberal offerer, strength, power and treasure which the Good Protector took from Namuchi!

72 God the All-Seeing giving sway and power, God the Light-giver grace with happiness, the Good Protector giving strength with fame, obtained the sacrifice.

73 With cows the healers, mighty power, with horses manly vigour, strength, with sacred food Eloquence made the worshipper, the sacrifice, strong.

74 May those two healers, fair of form, who ride on paths of gold, and Eloquence rich in oblation, O God the Mighty, help us in our rites.

75 Those physicians, righteous in their deeds, and she, rich in milk, Eloquence, invested the worshipper, the hundred-powered conqueror of the obstructor, with might.

77 As parents aid a son, etc., as in X. 34.

78 For Thee, O God the Radiant, when duly set apart, horses, bulls, oxen, barren cows, and rams are offered up. Sprinkled with the pressed juice, accept it, and may we bring forth with our hearts a pleasant hymn.

79 To Thee is poured the offering, O God, as juice into the cup, oil into the ladle. Vouchsafe us wealth, strength-winning, blest with heroes, wealth lofty, praised by men, and full of splendour.

80 The healers gave, with lustre, sight; Eloquence gave manly strength with breath; God with voice and might gave vigorous power.

81 With kine and with steeds, come, healing angels, to the house, the sure protector of its men.

82 Such, wealthy angels, as none afar or standing near to us may harm, yea, no malicious mortal foe.

83 Do ye, O longed-for healers, lead us on to wealth of varied form, wealth that shall bring us room and rest.

84 Wealthy in spoil, enriched with hymns, may pure Eloquence desire with eager love our sacrifice.

85 She who awakens sounds of joy, inspires our hymns, Eloquence, she hath allowed our sacrifice.

86 Eloquence, the mighty flood, she with her light illuminates, she brightens every pious thought.

87 O Mighty One, marvellously bright, come; these libations long for Thee, thus by fine fingers purified.

88 Urged by the holy singer, sped by song, come, O Mighty One, to the prayers of the libation-pouring priest.

89 Approach, O Mighty One, hasting, Lord of Bay Horses, to the prayer; in our libations take delight.

90 Accordant with Eloquence let the two healers receive the meath. May the Good Guardian, slayer of the obstructor, accept the sweet offering.