Glorification of the power of prayer and to Agni

1They who by thought have guided all that Speech hath best, or they who with their heart have uttered words of truth, Made stronger by the strength which the third prayer bestows, have by the fourth prayer learned the nature of the Cow.

2Well knows this son his sire, he knows his mother well: he hath been son, and he hath been illiberal. He hath encompassed heaven, and air’s mid-realm, and sky; he hath become this All; he hath come nigh to us.

Praise of Atharvan

1Invoke for us, proclaim in sundry places, the kinsman of the Gods, our sire Atharvan, His mother’s germ, his father’s breath, the youthful, who with his mind hath noticed this oblation.

To Vāyu God of the Wind

1With thine eleven teams, to aid our wishes, yea, with thy two-and-twenty teams, O Vāyu, With all thy three-and-thirty teams for drawing, here loose these teams, thou who art prompt to listen!

To Vāyu God of the Wind

1With thine eleven teams, to aid our wishes, yea, with thy two-and-twenty teams, O Vāyu, With all thy three-and-thirty teams for drawing, here loose these teams, thou who art prompt to listen!

A glorification of sacrifice

1The Gods adored the Sacrifice with worship: these were the statutes of primeval ages. Those mighty ones attained the cope of heaven, there where the Sādhyas, Gods of old, are dwelling.

2Sacrifice was, was manifest among us: it sprang to life and then in time grew stronger. Then it became thedeities’ lord and ruler: may it bestow on us abundant riches.

3Where the Gods worshipped Gods with their oblation, worship-ped immortals with immortal spirit, There in the loftiest heaven may we be happy, and look upon that light when Sūrya rises.

4With their oblation, Purusha, the Gods performed a sacrifice. A sacrifice more potent still they paid with the invoking hymn.

5With dog the Gods, perplexed, have paid oblation, and with cow’s limbs in sundry sacrifices. Invoke for us, in many a place declare him who with his mind. hath noticed this our worship.

A prayer to Aditi for help and protection

1Aditi is sky, and air’s mid-region, Aditi is the father, son, and mother, Aditi all the Gods and the Five Nations, Aditi what is now and what is future.

2We call for help the Queen of Law and Order, great mother of all those whose ways are righteous, Far-spread, unwasting strong in her dominion, Aditi wisely leading, well protecting.

3Sinless may we ascend, for weal, the vessel, rowed with good oars, divine, that never leaketh, Earth, our strong guard, incomparable Heaven, Aditi wisely leading, well protecting.

4Let us bring hither, in pursuit of riches, Aditi with our word, the mighty mother, Her in whose lap the spacious air is lying: may she afford us triply-guarding shelter!