Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
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Hail to Prajapati, hail to Prajapati the foremost, hail to Prajapati, the supreme, this is for Prajapati, this is for the Adityas who know our mind! Hail to Aditi, hail to bliss-giving Aditi! Hail to Sarasvati! Hail to purifying Sarasvati! Hail to mighty Sarasvati! Hail to Pushan! Hail to Pushan of the excellent objects! Hail to Pushan the sustainer and nourisher of mankind! Hail to Tvashtar! Hail to Tvashtar, the guardian of speed! Hail to Tvashtar of many forms. Hail to Vishnu! Hail to Vishnu, ever protected any ever protecting! Hail to Vishnu who in subtle from pervades all!

O Brahman, let there be born Brahmans in the land, illustrious for their Vedic knowledge, let there be born the Princes, heroic, skilled archer, piercing the foemen with darts, mighty heroes, the kine rich in milk, the ox good at carrying burden, the fleet courser, the woman skilled in household work. Let Prajanya pour forth rain as we desire, let our fruit-bearing trees ripen, let acquisition and preservation of property be secured for us.

Hail to Madhu, the month of Chaitra! Hail to Madhava, the month of Vaisakh! Hail to Shukra, the month of Purifying Jeystha! Hail to Nabhas, the month of Ashadha! Hail to Nabhashya, the month of Shravana! Hail to Isha, the month of Bhadrapada! Hail to Urja, the month of Kartika! Hail to Sahas, the month of Agahan! Hail to Sahashya, the month of Pausha! Hail to Tapas, the month of Magha! Hail to Tapasya, the month of Falgun! Hail to Amhasaspati, the intercalary or the thirteenth month!

May life increase by sacrifice, Hail! May breath improve by sacrifice, Hail! May downward breath, diffusive breath, upward breath and breath digestive thrive by sacrifice, Hail! May vision, hearing, speech, mind, soul, self-devotion, light heaven, hymns and sacrifice succeed, all Hail!

Hail to the only One! Hail to the Two, Purusha and Prahriti! Hail to Hundred! Hail to Hundred and one! Hail to Daybreak! Hail to Bliss!

 
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