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He who desires cattle
should offer an oblation to Indra; cattle are connected with Indra; verily he
has recourse to Indra with his own share; verily he gives him cattle; verily he
becomes possessed of cattle; it is an oblation; verily for him from his own
place of birth he produces cattle. He who desires cattle should offer a cake on
eleven potsherds to Indra, the powerful; cattle are power; verily he has
recourse to Indra, the powerful, with his own share; he gives him [1] power and
cattle; verily he becomes possessed of cattle. He who desires splendour should
offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, possessed of heat; heat is
splendour; verily he has recourse to Indra with his own share; he bestows upon
him splendour, verily he becomes resplendent. He who desires food should offer
a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra of the hymn; the hymn is the food of the
gods; verily he has recourse to Indra of the hymn with his own share [2]; he
gives him food; verily he becomes an eater of food. He who desires prosperity
should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, possessed of heat, and to
Indra, the powerful, and to Indra of the hymn; in that he offers to Indra,
possessed of heat, he thereby makes his head; in that (he offers) to Indra, the
powerful, he thereby makes his body; in that (he offers) to Indra of the hymn,
he becoming prosperous finds support in food; verily he prospers. He who is
seized by misfortune should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra [3],
deliverer from tribulation, tribulation is misfortune; verily he has recourse
to Indra, deliverer from tribulation, with his own share; verily he delivers
him from the misfortune, from tribulation. He whom enemies menace or invade his
realms should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, repeller of foes;
verily he has recourse to Indra, repeller of foes, with his own share; verily
he repels foes from him [4]. He who is bound or beset should offer a cake on
eleven potsherds to Indra, the protector; verily he has recourse to Indra, the
protector, with his own share; verily he protects him. He to whom the great
sacrifice does not resort should offer a cake on eleven potsherds to Indra, of
the Arka and the Açvamedha; the Arka and the Açvamedha are the two end bodies
of the great sacrifice; verily he has recourse to Indra, of the Arka and the
Açvamedha, with his own share; verily he moves for him the great sacrifice from
the ends, and the great sacrifice resorts to him.
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