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1. COME to our sacrifice, Vajas, Rbhuksans,
Gods, by the paths which Gods are wont to travel,
As ye, gay Gods, accept in splendid weather the sacrifice
among these folk of Manus.
2 May these rites please you in your heart
and spirit; may the drops clothed in oil this day approach you.
May the abundant juices bear you onward to power and
strength, and, when imbibed, delight you.
3 Your threefold going near is
God-appointed, so praise is given you, Vajas and Rbhuksans.
So, Manus-like, mid younger folk I offer, to you who are
aloft in heaven, the Soma.
4 Strong, with fair chains of gold and jaws
of iron, ye have a splendid car and well-fed horses.
Ye Sons of Strength, ye progeny of Indra, to you the best is
offered to delight you.
5 Rbhuksans! him, for handy wealth, the
mightiest comrade in the fight,
Him, Indra's equal, we invoke, most bounteous ever, rich in
steeds.
6 The mortal man whom, Rbhus, ye and Indra
favour with your help,
Must be successful, by his thoughts, at sacrifice and with
the steed.
7 O Vajas and Rbhuksans, free for us the
paths to sacrifice,
Ye Princes, lauded, that we may press forward to each point
of heaven.
8 O Vajas and Rbhuksans, ye Nasatyas,
Indra, bless this wealth,
And, before other men's, the steed, that ample riches may be
won.
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