i. 2. 5.
a. Thou art a Vasvi, thou art a Rudra, thou art Aditi, thou art an Aditya, thou art Çukra, thou art Candra.
b. May Brhaspati make thee rejoice in happiness. May Rudra with the Vasus be favourable to thee.
c. I pour thee on the head of the earth, on the place of sacrifice, on the abode of the offering, rich in ghee; hail!
d. The Raksas is enclosed, the evil spirits are enclosed. Thus I cut the neck of the Raksas.
e. Thus I cut the neck of him who hates us and whom we hate [1].
f. With us be wealth, with thee be wealth, thine be wealth.
g. Gaze, O goddess, together with the goddess Urvaçi.
h. Let me attend on thee, with Tvastr’s aid; rich in seed, bearing seed, may I find a hero in thy presence.
i. May I not be separated from abundance of wealth.
i. 2. 6.
a. Let thy shoot be joined with shoot, joint with joint, let thy scent further desire, let thy savour which falls not cause rejoicing. Thou art a home dweller, thy libation is bright.
b. Unto that god, Savitr, within the two bowls, The sage, I sing, him of true impulse, The bestower of treasures, unto tile wise friend; He at whose impulse the resplendent light shone high, The golden-banded sage hath measured the heaven with his form.
c. For offspring thee! For expiration thee! For cross-breathing thee! Breathe thou after offspring. Let offspring breathe after thee.
i. 2. 7.
a. I buy Soma from thee, strong, rich in sap, full of force, overcoming the foe, the pure with the pure I buy, the bright with the bright, the immortal with the immortal, to match thy cow.
b. With us be the gold.
c. Thou art the bodily form of penance, Prajapati’s kind, I buy (Soma) with the last offspring of thee that bast a thousandfold prosperity.
d. With us be union with thee; with me let thy wealth abide.
e. With us be light, darkness be on the Soma-seller.
f. Come as a friend to us, creating firm friendships.
g. Enter the right thigh of Indra, glad the glad, tender the tender.
h. O Svana, Bhraja, Anghari, Bambhari, Hasta, Suhasta, and Krçanu, here are your wages for Soma; guard them, let them not fail you.
i. 2. 8.
a. Up with life, with fair life, Up with the sap of plants, Up with the force of Parjanya, Up have I arisen along with the immortals.
b. Fare along the wide atmosphere.
c. Thou art the seat of Aditi.
d. Sit on the seat of Aditi.
e. The bull hath stablished the sky, the atmosphere; Hath meted the breadth of the earth; Hath set him in all worlds as king. All these are Varuna’s ordinances.
f. He hath stretched out the sky over the woods; He hath placed strength in horses, milk in kine; Varuna hath set skill in the heart [1], Agni in dwellings, The sun in the sky, the Soma on the hill.
g. Thee, all-knowing god, Thy rays bear upwards, The sun for all to see.
h. Come hither, ye oxen, strong to bear the yoke, Tearless, slaying not man, furthering the prayer.
i. Thou art the pillar of Varuna.
k. Thou art the prop of Varuna’s pillar.
I. Varuna’s noose is tied.
i. 2. 9.
a. Move I forward, O lord of the world, To all thy stations. Let no opponent find thee, Let not robbers find thee; Let not the evil-working wolves (find) thee; Nor the Gandharva, Viçvavasu, injure thee.
b. Become an eagle and fly away to the place in the house of the sacrificer which we have prepared with the gods (for thee). Thou art the good luck of the sacrificer.
c. We have reached the path Which leadeth to bliss, without a foe, Whereby a man defeateth all his foes and winneth wealth.
d. Honour to the radiance of Mitra and Varuna. This worship, this reverence offer to the god; To the far seeing, god-born, the banner, The son of the sky, the sun, do ye sing.
c. Thou art the pillar of Varuna.
f. Thou art the prop of Varuna’s pillar.
g. Varuna’s noose is loosened.
i. 2. 10.
a. Thou art the hospitality of Agni. For Visnu thee! Thou art the hospitality of Soma. For Visnu thee! Thou art the hospitality of the stranger. For Visnu thee! For Agni thee, giver of wealth, for Visnu thee; for the eagle, bringer of the Soma, thee, for Visnu thee!
b. Thy powers which they honour with oblation, May they all envelop the sacrifice! Giver of wealth, impeller, rich in heroes, Slaying not heroes, O Soma, enter the dwellings.
c. Thou art the seat of Aditi; sit on the seat of Aditi [1].
d Thou art Varuna who guardeth law; thou art of Varuna.
e. Be prosperity ours from our friendship with the gods. May we be not severed from our service of the gods.
f. For him who rushes on I seize thee; for him who rushes around I seize thee; for Tanunapat I seize thee; for the mighty I seize thee; for the mightiest in strength I seize thee.
g. Thou art unapproached, the unapproachable might of the gods, guarding from imprecations, impervious to imprecations.
h. May the lord of consecration approve my consecration, the lord of penance my penance. Speedily may I attain truth. Place me in good fortune.
