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1. LET us recite the praise of Dadhikravan:
may all the Mornings move me to exertion;
Praise of the Lord of Waters, Dawn, and Agni, Brhaspati Son
of Angiras, and Surya.
2 Brave, seeking war and booty, dwelling
with the good and with the swift, may he hasten the food of Dawn.
May he the true, the fleet, the lover of the course, the
bird-like Dadhikravan, bring food, strength, and light.
3 His pinion, rapid runner, fans him m his
way, as of a bird that hastens onward to its aim,
And, as it were a falcon's gliding through the air, strikes
Dadhikravan's side as he speeds on with might.
4 Bound by the neck and by the flanks and
by the mouth, the vigorous Courser lends new swiftness to his speed.
Drawing himself together, as his strength allows, Dadhikras
springs along the windings of the paths.
5 The Hamsa homed in light, the Vasu in
mid-air, the priest beside the altar, in the house the guest,
Dweller in noblest place, mid men, in truth, in sky, born of
flood, kine, truth, mountain, he is holy Law.
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