1 O God the All-Seeing, hear this call of mine: be gracious unto us this day! Longing for help I yearn for Thee.

2 I ask this of Thee with my prayer, etc., as in XVIII. 49.

3 Thou who knowest the All-Seeing, O God the Radiant, put far away from us Thy displeasure. Best Sacrificer, brightest One, refulgent, remove far from us all those who hate us.

4 Be Thou the nearest unto us, O God, our closest Friend, while now this Morn is breaking. Be gracious unto us, O Bounteous: show Thy compassion and be swift to hear us.

5 We call to succour us God's boundless grace, the Sustainer of those whose sway is just, the Queen of Order, strong-ruling, far-expanding, ne'er decaying, gracious guide and good protectress.

6 Sinless may we ascend, for weal, this vessel rowed with good oars, divine, that never leaketh; Earth our strong guard, incomparable Heaven; God's boundless grace, gracious guide and good protectress.

7 May I ascend the goodly ship, free from defect, that leaketh not, moved by a hundred oars, for weal.

8 O God, the Friend and the All-Seeing, gracious, with fatness dew our pasturage, with mead the regions of the air.

9 Stretch forth Thy arms and let our lives be lengthened; with fatness dew the pastures of our cattle. Make us famed among the people; hear, O God, the Friend and the All-Seeing, these mine invocations.

10 Bless us the coursers when we call, etc., as in IX. 16.

11 Deep-skilled in Law, etc., as in IX. 18.

12 Kindled is God the Radiant with the brand, yea, kindled well, the excellent. The metre Gayatri, the steer of eighteen months, give power and life!

13 God the pure in deeds, our bodies' guard, and Eloquence, the Ushnih metre and the steer of two years' age give power and life!

14 God the Radiant with offerings meet for praise, and the immortal gift of God, the Anushtubh metre and the steer of thirty months give power and life!

15 With goodly grass spread out, deathless, with the Nourisher at His side, the Brihati metre and a steer of three years' age give power and life!

16 The divine doors, the mighty regions, sacred prayer, the Lord of Prayer, the metre Pankti, here a bull in his fourth year, give power and life!

17 The two young Dawns of lovely form, the deathless angels, the Trishtubh metre, here a bull in his sixth year, give power and life!

18 The two celestial priests, both physicians, close-knit friends of the worshipper, the metre Jagati, an ox who draws the wain, give power and life!

19 The Three, Devotion, Eloquence, and Sustaining Wisdom, the host of the angels, Viraj the metre, here a cow in milk, a bull, give power and life!

20 God the wondrous Shaper, full of seed, the Mighty and the Radiant together, the Dvipada metre, and a cow and vigorous bull give power and life!

21 Our slaughterer, the Lord of the forest tree, God the Light-giver who promoteth wealth, the metre Kakubh, here a cow who casts her calf, give power and life!

22 With the call of offering, God the mighty All-Seeing give healing power to the sacrifice! The Atichhandas, Brihati, and a steer and bull give power and life!

23 With the Spring Season may the angels, the bright ones, praised with triple hymn and with Rathantara, give life to the worshipper, splendour, sacrifice.

24 With Summer may the angels praised in the Pancadasa hymn, with Brihat, give the worshipper strength; with fame, and sacrifice, and life.

25 May the angels with the Rains, lauded in the Saptadasa hymn, and with Vairupa, with folk and strength, give the worshipper sacrifice and life.

26 With Autumn may the skilled artificers, praised in the Ekavimsa hymn, and with Vairaja, give with grace to the worshipper grace, life, sacrifice.

27 With Winter may the angels of the storm, praised in the laud of thrice nine parts, the Sakvari verses, with strength give might to the worshipper, sacrifice and life.

28 With Dew-time may the deathless angels, praised in the Thirty-three-part laud, the Revati verses, with truth give sway to the worshipper, sacrifice and life.

29 Let the priest make offering with fuel to God the Radiant in the place of libation, in the name of God the Healer, the Mighty, and the Giver of Eloquence. A grey-coloured he-goat with wheat, jujube-fruit and sprouts of rice becomes a sweet salutary remedy, splendour, might, milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy sweet butter with foaming liquor; priest, present offerings of butter.

30 Let the priest, pure in deed, worship the Giver of Eloquence. A sheep, a ram, a salutary remedy on the honey-sweet path, bearing to the Healer and the Mighty heroic strength, with jujube-fruit, grains, sprouts of rice, becomes a salutary remedy, milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc., as in verse 29.

31 Let the priest worship the Praised of men. A ram, a salutary remedy, Eloquence the Physician, the golden car of the healers, the victim's omentum, with jujube-fruit, grains and rice-sprouts, become a salutary remedy, the manly strength of the worshipper, milk, the pressed juice. Let them, etc.

32 Let the priest, magnified with oblations, offering sacrifice, worship Eloquence and the Mighty, increasing them with strength, with a bull and a cow. Strength and medicine to the Healer and the Mighty are meath with jujube-fruit, with parched grain, milk, the pressed juice. Let them, etc.

33 Let the priest worship the wool-soft altar-grass, the physicians, the healers. A mare with a foal, a milch-cow is a physician; Eloquence the Physician yields medicine to the worshipper, milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

34 Let the priest worship the doors, the regions, the resounding, expansive doors, the regions, with the healers. The worshipper milks the two milky worlds. The milch-cow Eloquence yields medicine for the healers and the Mighty, pure light and strength. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them, etc.

35 Let the priest worship the two fair-formed Dawns. At night and by day the healers with Eloquence compose impetuous power, like healing balm, in the worshipper, like a falcon, with light, thought, and grace. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

36 Let the priest worship the two divine priests, the physician healers, and the Mighty. Watchfully by day and night Eloquence as physician, with balms, with lead, yields strength and power. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

37 Let the priest worship the three blessings. The three active ones, with three sacrificial elements, lay balm and golden hue on the worshipper. The healers, Devotion, Sustaining Wisdom, and Eloquence with speech yield might and power. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

38 Let the priest worship God the Shaper, full of good seed, the Bull active for men, the Mighty, the healers, Eloquence the Physician. Vigour, speed, power, a fierce wolf as physician, fame, is a medicine, with grace. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

39 Let the priest worship the Lord of the forest tree, the immolator, the Lord of Hundred Powers, and awful Passion, the King, the Tiger, and the healers, with reverence. Eloquence the Physician yields wrath and power to the worshipper. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

40 Let the priest worship God the Radiant. Of the drops of clarified butter, Blessed be it! Of the fat, omentum, etc., severally, Blessed be it! The goat for God the Healer. Blessed be it! The ram for God the Giver of Eloquence. Blessed be it! The bull for God the Mighty. To the Lion, to His might, power. Blessed be it! God the Radiant, the salutary remedy. Blessed be it! The gift of God, the power. Blessed be it! God the Mighty, the Good Deliverer. The Light-giver and the All-Seeing, Lord of Physicians. Blessed be it! The Lord of the forest, beloved, food and medicine. Blessed be it! Angels who delight in clarified butter. God the Radiant, accepting the medicine. Milk, the pressed juice. Let them enjoy, etc.

41 Let the priest worship, in the name of the Healer, with the omentum of a he-goat. Let the fat be accepted. Priest, offer the sacrificial oblation.

Let the priest worship, in the name of the Giver of Eloquence, with the omentum of a ram. Let the fat be accepted. Priest, offer the sacrificial oblation.

Let the priest worship, in the name of the Mighty, with the omentum of a bull. Let it be accepted, etc.

42 Let the priest worship God the Healer, the Giver of Eloquence, the Mighty, the Good Deliverer. These your pressed gifts, rejoicing with goats, rams, bulls, giving pleasure with rice-sprouts, young blades of corn, parched grain, joy-givers adorned with grain, bright, milky, immortal, presented, dropping honey, these let the Healer, the Giver of Eloquence, the Mighty, the Good Deliverer, the Slayer of the obstructor, accept. Let them drink, rejoice in, enjoy the sweet meath. Priest, sacrifice.

43 Let the priest worship the Healer. Let the sacrifice of the he-goat be offered. Let the fat taken from the middle be presented today, before those who hate us, before human handling; amid the fodder of fields fresh with moisture, with their expanse of barley, limbs of those roasted by the fire, belonging to the Hundred Rudras, portions covered with fat, from the sides, from the thighs, from the fore-feet, from the chine. From every member of the divided victims these two make their portion. Thus let the Healer accept. Priest, offer the sacrificial oblation.

44 Let the priest worship the Giver of Eloquence. Let the sacrifice of the ram be offered. Today let the fat be presented, etc., the rest of verse 43 repeated with the necessary changes.

45 Let the priest worship the Mighty, etc., as in 44, with the necessary changes.

46 Let the priest worship the Lord of the forest tree. He has held the victims with a very well-formed and very strong rope. There where the favourite stations of the Healer are, of the he-goat the sacrifice; of the Giver of Eloquence, of the ram the sacrifice; of the Mighty, of the bull the sacrifice; there where the favourite stations of the Radiant are, of the gift of God, of the Mighty the Good Deliverer, of the Light-giver, of the All-Seeing, the favourite places of the Lord of the forest, the favourite stations of the angels who delight in clarified butter, and of God the Radiant, there let him arrange these victims when he has praised and lauded them, and perform when he has made them very strong. Let the divine Lord of the forest accept. Priest, offer oblation.

47 Let the priest worship God the Radiant, accomplisher of the sacrifice. Let him worship the favourite stations of the Healer, of the he-goat the sacrifice; of the Giver of Eloquence, of the ram the sacrifice; of the Mighty, of the bull the sacrifice; there, etc., to 'butter' as in 46. Let him worship the favourite stations of God the Radiant. Let him worship His own majesty. Let him win for himself by sacrifice food worthy of sacrifice. Let him, Knower of beings, perform the sacred rites. Let him accept the sacrificial food. Priest, offer oblation.

48 The divine Grass, for the righteous angels, Eloquence, the healers twain, give the worshipper splendour, with the Grass, sight of his eyes and mighty strength! For gain of wealth let it be accepted. Thou, priest, offer sacrifice.

49 The doors, the divine doors, the two healers, the physicians, Eloquence: may they give breath to the worshipper in his nostrils, and heroic strength. For gain of wealth, etc., as in verse 48.

50 May Dawn and Night, the two bright mornings, the healers, and Eloquence lay, with both Dawns, strength and voice within the mouth of the worshipper, the Good Deliverer. For gain of wealth, etc.

51 Both nursing blessings, the pair of healers, and Eloquence have with both nurses given strength to the worshipper, fame, and power to hear. For gain of wealth, etc.

52 Bringers of strengthening sacrifice, both blessings, well-yielding cows, Eloquence, both healers, the physicians, these are the worshipper's guards. Forth from their breasts by sacrifice they give him brilliant light and power. For gain of wealth, etc.

53 Both the priests of the angels, the healers, the physicians, and Eloquence with the calls of offering, with the two priests, have bestowed on the worshipper brilliant light and power, and planted wisdom in his heart. For gain of wealth, etc.

54 Blessings three, three blessings, the healers, Devotion, Eloquence, in the worshipper's midmost navel have laid store of energy and power. For gain of wealth, etc.

55 God the Praised of men, the Mighty, thrice-protecting, whose car moves by Eloquence and the healers: may God the Shaper lay vigour, an enduring form, in the worshipper, a fitting place of birth and mighty powers. For gain of wealth, etc.

56 The Lord of the forest tree, of golden leaves and goodly fruit, ripens till the worshipper finds it sweet, with the healers and Eloquence.

57 Strewn soft as wool in sacrifice, with the healers and Eloquence, the sacred robe of water-plants be, O worshipper, a fair seat for thee! Together with the sacred grass may they, for sovereignty, bestow keen passion and great power on thee. For gain of wealth, etc.

58 Let God the Radiant, accomplisher of the sacrifice, make offering in due and right order, as is meet for each: the two priests, the worshipper, the healers, Speech with eloquence, Eloquence, the Radiant, the gift of God. The accomplisher has been well praised; the Good Deliverer, the Light-giver, the All-Seeing Physician have been praised. The Lord of the forest, the angels who delight in clarified butter have been well praised, the Radiant by the Radiant. Let the priest, accomplisher of the sacrifice, give the priest fame, great power, energy, honour, and the ancestral libation.