b. Your ancient lofty praise bear To Agni, the Hotr The creator who beareth as it were the light of songs.
c. O Agni, three are thy powers, three thy stations, Three are thine ancient tongues, O born of holy order; Three are thy bodies in which the gods find pleasure, With them guard thou our songs unfailing.
d. With the rite, with food [1] I impel you, O Indra and Visnu, to the end of this work; Rejoice in the sacrifice and bestow wealth, Furthering us with safe ways.
e. Both are victorious, they are not defeated Neither of them at any time hath been defeated; When, with Indra, O Visnu, ye did strive, Then did ye in three divide the thousand.
f. Three ages are thine, O All-knower, Three births in the dawns, O Agni; With them, knowing, do thou propitiate the gods, And [2] be for the sacrificer health and wealth.
g. Agni abideth in three abodes Of three foundations, the sage; May he offer and may he satisfy for us, The three sets of eleven (gods); The wise envoy made ready, Let the others all be rent asunder.
h. O Indra and Visnu, ye overthrew The nine and ninety strong forts of Eambara; Of Varcin, the Asura, a hundred and a thousand heroes Do ye slay irresistibly.
i. Then did his mother seek to persuade him, 'O son, these gods are abandoning thee.' Then said Indra, about to slay Vrtra, 'O friend Visnu, step thou more widely.'