With reverence and longing, I place before me the divine impulse—the gracious, auspicious force, the very mother of thought. May she, the source of inspiration, be favorable to us. The impulse I yearn for, may it become my own; let it enter my mind just as I desire. Calling upon this sacred impulse, I invite Brihaspati himself to draw near. By the power of this impulse, grant us a share of fortune, O Brihaspati, and shower us with your grace. May Brihaspati, the wise descendant of Angiras, hear these words of mine; he whose divinities became the gods themselves. May our desires, guided by wisdom, follow us on our path. Indra reigns as king over all peoples that move, over the earth and its countless forms. From this vastness, he bestows wealth upon the worshipper. Even from afar, when praised, he brings it near. There is a Person, the cosmic being, who has a thousand arms, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet. Encompassing the earth on every side, he extends beyond it by the breadth of ten fingers. With three mighty strides, he ascended to the sky, and with the fourth he remained here again. Thus, he spread himself everywhere—pervading all that eats and all that does not. Such is his greatness, yet the Person is greater still. One fourth of him is all beings, while three fourths of him are immortal in the heavens. He alone is all this—what has been and what will be. He is the lord of immortality, and all that grows together with him. When the gods divided the Person, they apportioned him into many parts. His mouth became the Brāhmaṇa, his arms the Rājanya; his middle was the Vaiśya, and from his feet the Śūdra was born. The moon arose from his mind, the sun from his eye; from his mouth came Indra and Agni, and from his breath, Vāyu. From his navel came the midspace, from his head the sky, from his feet the earth, and from his ears the directions. In this way, the worlds were arranged. In the beginning, Virāj was born, and from Virāj, the Person. Once born, he spread out beyond the earth, both behind and before. When the gods performed sacrifice with the Person as the offering, spring was the clarified butter, summer the fuel, and autumn the oblation. They anointed that sacrifice—the first-born Person—with the rains. With it, the gods, the Sādhyas, and the Vasus sacrificed. From that sacrifice, fully offered, horses were born, and all creatures with two rows of teeth. Cows, goats, and sheep arose from it as well. From that sacrifice, the Ṛc and Sāman hymns were born, the meters sprang forth, and the Yajus was born. From the same sacrifice, the mixed butter was gathered, and he created the animals—those of the air, the forest, and the village. Seven were its enclosing logs, and three times seven the kindling sticks, as the gods, performing the sacrifice, bound the Person as the sacrificial animal. From the head of the great god, the king Soma, seventy-seven portions were born after the Person was created. Desiring excellent understanding, I honor with my words the heavenly realm, O Turmisha, together with the shining lights in the sky and the swift creatures moving upon the earth. May Agni, easy to invoke, and the Krittikas, Rohini, auspicious Mrigashirsha, and Ardra bring me well-being. May Punarvasu, sweet-spoken, lovely Pushya, radiant Ashlesha, the solstice, and Magha be favorable to me. May the auspicious Purva and Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, and Swati bring me comfort. May Radha, Vishakha, easily-invoked Anuradha, Jyeshtha the fortunate, and unfailing Mula be favorable. May Purva Ashadha grant me food, and divine Uttara Ashadha bring me strength. May Abhijit grant me merit, and Shravana and Shravishtha bestow abundant nourishment. May the great and excellent Shatabhishak come to me, may both Proshthapadas bring me good fortune. May Revati and Ashvayuja grant me prosperity, and Bharani bring me wealth. Whatever constellations dwell in the sky, the midspace, the waters, the earth, the mountains, and the directions—those which the Moon arranges and moves among—may all these be auspicious for me. May the twenty-eight auspicious and beneficent stars unite with me in harmony. I seek union and well-being, well-being and union; homage to day and night. May I have well-being in the morning, in the evening, and throughout the day, with good fortune and favorable signs. O Agni, easy to invoke, bring us well-being, and after going forth, return to us with joy. May all ill-will, slander, blame, and censure be driven away; O Savitar, remove from me all empty vessels. May we consume what is pure and auspicious, free from evil and blame. May your nose, O auspicious one, be free from evil, and may what is virtuous flow toward me. O Brahmanaspati, these winds that blow in all directions—O Indra, make them all favorable for me and grant me the utmost auspiciousness. May well-being be ours, may we be free from fear; homage to day and night. May the sky be peaceful, may the earth be peaceful, may this wide midspace be peaceful. May the flowing waters be peaceful, and may the plants be peaceful for us. May the forms of the past be peaceful, and may our deeds—done and undone—be peaceful. May the past and the future, all things, be peace for us. This speech, the goddess of speech, established in Brahman, by which the terrible was created—may that same bring us peace. This mind of yours, O supreme one, established in Brahman, by which the terrible was created—may that same bring us peace. These five senses, with the mind as the sixth, established in my heart by Brahman—by which the terrible was created—may those very ones bring us peace. May Mitra bring us peace, may Varuna bring us peace, may Vishnu bring us peace, may Prajapati bring us peace. May Indra and Brihaspati bring us peace, may Aryaman bring us peace. May Mitra, Varuṇa, Vivasvat, and Amantaka bring us peace; may the portents of earth and sky, and the planets that travel in the heavens, bring us peace. May the earth, even when trembling, bring us peace. May meteors and all that is struck down bring us peace. May the cows with red milk bring us peace, and may the earth and all her crossings bring us peace.