b. Mount ye, with Agni, to the vault, Bearing him of the pan in your hands; Having gone to the ridge of the sky, to the heaven, Do ye eat, mingled with the gods.
c. From earth have I mounted to the atmosphere; From the atmosphere have I mounted to the sky; From the ridge of the vault of the sky Have I attained the heaven, the light [1].
d. Going to the heaven, they look not away; They mount the sky, the two worlds, They who extended, wisely, The sacrifice, streaming on every side.
e. O Agni, advance, first of worshippers, Eye of gods and mortals; Pressing on in unison with the Bhrgus, Let the sacrificers go to heaven, to prosperity.
f. Night and the dawn, one-minded, but of various form, United suckle one child; The radiant one shineth between sky and earth; The gods, granters of wealth, support Agni.
g. O Agni, of a thousand eyes [2], of a hundred heads, A hundred are thy expirations, a thousand thine inspirations; Thou art lord of wealth a thousandfold; To thee as such let us pay homage for strength, hail!
h. Thou art the winged bird, sit on the earth; sit on the ridge of earth; with thy blaze fill the atmosphere, with thy light establish the sky, with thy brilliance make firm the quarters.
i. Receiving offering, fair of face, O Agni; Sit down in front in thine own birthplace, in due order; In this higher place, O All-gods [3], do ye sit with the sacrificer.
k. Enkindled, O Agni, shine before us, O most youthful, with unfailing beam; Ever upon thee strength awaiteth. I Let us pay homage to thee in thy highest birth, O Agni; Let us pay homage with praises in thy lower abode; The place of birth whence thou didst come, to that I offer; In thee when kindled they offered the oblations.
m. That various lovingkindness given to all men, Of Savitr the adorable, I choose, That mighty fat cow of his which Kanva milked, Streaming with a thousand (draughts) of milk [4].
n. Seven are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, seven thy tongues, Seven seers, seven dear abodes; Seven Hotras sevenfold sacrifice to thee Seven birthplaces with ghee do thou fill.
o. Such like, other like, thus like, similar, measured, commensurate, harmonious;
p. Of pure radiance, of varied radiance, of true radiance, the radiant, true, protector of holy order, beyond distress [5];
q. Winning holy order, winning truth, host-conquering, having a good host, with foes within, with foes afar, the troop;
r. Holy order, true, secure, supporting, supporter, upholder, upholding;
s. Such like, thus like, do ye come to us, similar and equal.
t. Measured and commensurate, to aid us, harmonious, at this sacrifice, O Maruts.
u. On Indra attend the divine folk, the Maruts; even as the divine folk, the Maruts, attend on Indra, so may the folk divine and human, attend on this sacrificer. The Horse Sacrifice