b. The gods have increased my prayer. What is elevation and depression; Then do ye, O Indra and Agni, Scatter my foes on every side.
c. To the Vasus thee, to the Rudras thee, to the Adityas thee!
d. Licking the anointed lot the birds go asunder.
e. May I not brush offispring and the organ.
f. Swell, ye waters and plants.
g. Ye are the spotted steeds of the Maruts.
h. Fare to the sky [1], thence bring us rain.
i. Guardian of life art thou, O Agni, guard my life.
k. Guardian of the eye art thou, O Agni, guard my eye. I Thou art the secure one.
m. The fence which thou didst put round thee When thou wast beset by the Panis, O god Agni, That do I bring here to thee that thou mayst rejoice in it, That it be not removed from thee.
n. Go ye two to the place of the gods.
o. Ye are sharers in the remains (of the oblation), well nourished, mighty Ye gods that are on the prastara and sit on the strew [2]. Accepting this supplication, do ye all, Seated on this strew enjoy yourselves.
p. I set thee in the seat of Agni whose abode is secure.
q. For goodwill, O ye two with goodwill, place me in goodwill.
r. Guard ye the yoke-horses at the yoke.
s. O Agni, with life unhurt, with not-cool body, guard me this day from the sky, guard from bondage, guard from error in sacrifice, guard from evil food, guard from ill deed.
t. Make our food free from poison, the lap pleasant to sit in; hail!
u. O ye gods that know the way, knowing the way, go ye the way.
v. O lord of mind, this sacrifice for us place among the gods, O god, hail! in speech, hail! in the wind, hail!