You are the purifier, the weapon that protects, the missile that defends. Let us move forward together in harmony, seeking the greater good. You are the sling that hurls away harm, the charm that counters evil, the curse that undoes curses. Let us proceed in unity, aiming for the highest benefit. Go forth against those who hate us, and whom we cannot abide; may our steps be guided toward greater good, always together in concord. You are wise, endowed with strength, a vigilant guardian of the body. In your presence, let us strive for harmony and well-being. You shine, you are bright, radiant, and full of light; let your brilliance lead us, as we walk together to attain what is good and auspicious. Heaven and Earth, the vast midspace, the mistress of the field, and the wondrous expanse, all protected by the wind—may they burn with the same intensity as I do in my purpose. Listen, O gods, you who are worthy of sacrifice; Bharadvāja proclaims hymns for me. May the one among us whose mind harbors harm be bound fast in the snare of his own evil. Hear me, O Indra, drinker of Soma, whom I call with a grieving heart. Just as you cut down a tree with your thunderbolt, so do I cut off the one whose mind brings us harm. With a company of eighty-three singers, with the Ādityas, the Vasus, and the Angirases, may the offerings and good deeds of our ancestors protect us; I offer this with divine force. May Heaven and Earth shine upon me; may all the gods support me. May the Angirasa ancestors, full of Soma, drive away the evil of the one who acts with ill intent. Whoever among the Maruts thinks himself too great for us, or whoever reviles our prayer as it is being made—let suffering and misfortune befall him; Heaven itself will weigh down the hater of prayer. The seven breaths and the eight thoughts—I sever them with the power of sacred utterance. By this, Agni, the messenger of Yama, has made the seat of death powerless. I place your step in the kindled Jātavedas; may Agni envelop the body, and may breath and speech depart as they should. O Agni, grant long life, choosing vigor for us, with ghee as your front and back. Having drunk the ghee, the sweet gift of the cow, protect this one as a father protects his sons. Bestow brilliance upon us, remove old age and death, and grant long life. Bṛhaspati has given this garment; let it be worn for Soma, the king. May you put on this garment for well-being; you have become the protector of dwellings, the warder-off of curses. Live a hundred autumns, O wide-seeing one, and gather abundant wealth and prosperity. Come, stand firm as a stone; let your body be as hard as stone. May all the gods grant you a hundred years of life. Of the garment which is your first clothing, I take that for you; may all the gods protect you. May your strong brothers be born after you, many and well-born, growing together. We destroy the rootless, the bold, the one-minded, the greedy, and all the offspring of the fierce one, the constant foes. We drive you out from the cow-pen, from the goats, from the oxen, from the shoes; we drive you out, daughters of Magundya, from the houses. Whoever is in the lowest part of the house, there is the place for the restless; let them lie there, and all the sorcerers as well. Let the lord of beings drive them out, and Indra be aware, O constant foes. Let Indra, seated at the foundation of the house, stand guard with his thunderbolt. Whether you are of the cultivators, or sent by men, or born from the Dasyus—let these constant foes perish. I have surrounded their abodes, as day encircles the forest. I have conquered all of you in battle; let these constant foes perish. Just as heaven and earth are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid. Just as day and night, sun and moon, priestly and royal power, truth and falsehood, past and future are neither afraid nor harmed, so, O my breath, do not be afraid. Let the breaths, inhalation and exhalation, not fall into death—svāhā. Heaven and earth, having heard, do not let me fall—svāhā. O Sun, with your eye, protect me—svāhā. O Agni Vaiśvānara, protect me with all the gods—svāhā. O All-supporting one, protect me with all support—svāhā. You are vigor; give me vigor—svāhā. You are strength; give me strength—svāhā. You are power; give me power—svāhā. You are life; give me life—svāhā. You are hearing; give me hearing—svāhā. You are sight; give me sight—svāhā.