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May this oblation of our please Savitar, the generous Dhatr, Prajapati, Agni, Tvashtar and Vishnu. May these gods grant the Sacrificer the abundant wealth with offspring!

O gods, we have made your seats smooth and comfortable, who pleased with us, have come to this yajna. Enjoying and bearing oblations, O gods, grant us abundant wealth!

O god Agni, the willing gods whom you have brought here in this sacrifice send them to their respective abodes. As you all have enjoyed food-offerings and libations, approach the air, the heat, the light of the Sun. Svaha!

O Agni, at this place, in this sacrifice, we have elected you as our presiding priest. You performed the sacrifice with your special efforts, removing all the obstacles. Now the sacrifice being over you may please go to your place. Svaha!

O gods, knower of the righteous paths, go along the righteous one when you have discovered it. O god, lord of the mind and thought, perform this sacrifice in the right spirit. Svaha!

O sacrifice, approach the sacrifice, seek the Sacrificer, seek you own dwelling, Svaha! O Sacrificer, this your sacrifice has been performed by many sages, uttering aloud the vedic hymns. Accept it with Svaha!

Never be a serpent, never be a viper. God Varuna has made a spacious pathway for Surya to travel. He has made the path smooth and for easy walk where no path was. He has warned away the fiends who distress the spirit. Homage be to such sin-removing god Varuna. His fetters beneath our feet are crushed!

Your heart is in waters, in the oceans. May herbs and waters be co-mingled with you. We worship the lord of Sacrifice with vedic songs of praise and sacrificial offerings.

O divine Waters, this is your offspring. Protect him carefully, dearly loved and so well nurtured. O Soma, this is your home, obtain bliss therein and protect us by warding of all our distress.

Definitely he is possessed of the best protectors in whose place of yajna the Maruts, the resplendent lords of the sky has drunk the Soma juice.

May the vast Heaven and Earth, the mighty couple, shower riches and ample food on this our sacrifice, and protect it from the foes.

Mount your car, O Vritra-slayer Indra, your bay steeds have been harnessed by saying. May you, bound with yama and niyama, be attracted to this sacrifice by the utterance of hymns. This is your house. We establish you in this place of sixteen aspects and all full of splendour.

O Soma-drinker Indra, yoke your pair of bay steeds of long mane, strong in body and fast to conduct you to the desired place, and then come to listen to our lauds.

Both Indra and Varuna are chief lord and sovereign. They, the first and foremost have made this draught. I drink after them. May she, the Goddess of Speech, seated with Soma, rejoice herself.

Just as the bright rays of this Sun are beheld by all the human beings, so are you bound by the laws of yaman and niyama. I take you for the resplendent Surya. This is your dwelling. I accept you for Surya, the resplendent one. O Surya, you are the brightest of the gods. May I be the brightest among men with your grace!

 
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