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a Ye are the Nigrabhyas, heard by the gods.
Delight my life, delight my expiration, delight my inspiration, delight my
cross-breathing, delight my eye, delight my ear, delight my mind, delight my
speech, delight my trunk, delight my limbs, delight my offspring, delight my
cattle, delight my house, delight my troops, delight me with all my troops,
delight me [1]; may my troops not go thirsty.
b The plants are the subjects of Soma; the subjects indeed are able to give
up the king; Soma is connected with Indra. 'I have made you grow in my mind, O
ye well born; O ye born of right, may we enjoy your favour; may the divine
plants in accord with Indra grant us the Soma for the pressing', he says verily
having begged him from the plants, his subjects, and his deity he presses him.
c When the Soma is pressed [2] the first drop which falls has potency to
destroy the power, strength, offspring, and cattle of the sacrificer; he should
pronounce over it the formula, 'Thou hast fallen to me with offspring, with
abundance of wealth; destroy not my power and strength'; verily he invokes this
blessing to prevent the destruction of his power, strength, offering, and
cattle.
d The drop hath fallen on the earth, the sky,
On this seat and on the one which was aforetime
The drop that wandereth over the third seat
I offer in the seven Hotras.'
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