Carried forward by four swift and powerful forces, resplendent with gifts, I journey onward, much like a family advancing together towards their cherished goal. I have shown you, O mighty one, the crossing of the Paruṣṇī; know that these waters do not bestow horses, and among mortals there is none greater than the most powerful. Now, O Agni, harness the divine horses as a skilled charioteer would, and be our ancient priest in this assembly. May the wise god speak to us, O gods, and grant us all treasures. You, youngest son of strength, when invoked, are ever true and worthy of our sacrifices. This Agni is lord of thousands, master of wealth and hundreds, the foremost among the wise and the rich. Let the skilled ones bow together before him, as spokes to a wheel-rim, and, O Angiras, bring our sacrifice closer. To Agni, ever-youthful and breaker of obstacles, let us raise our many-voiced hymn; let us urge on the strong one with a good song. O Agni, with your far-seeing host, with whose army shall we cross safely among the Panis and their cattle? Let not the clans of the gods, like cows at milking, abandon us; may we not become like the withered one of the barren cow. Let us not be overwhelmed by the hostilities or enmities of the assembly, nor by distress, as a wave would overwhelm a boat. To your strength, O Agni, we bow; peoples praise you, O god—destroy our foes for us. Bring us wealth, O Agni, with all your wealth-seeking companions; make us broad and strong. Let us not, in our abundance, be burdened by the debts of others; win for us full and plentiful riches. Let ill-will fall elsewhere, not upon us, O Agni; increase our strength and might. Whomever the reverent or the ill-intentioned chooses, Agni truly supports that one’s growth. Carry us safely from the farther to the nearer shore, wherever I may be. For we have known you from ancient times, O Agni, by our fathers’ favor; now we seek your goodwill. Now I call upon wondrous Indra, lord of might, accompanied by the Maruts, for you never abandon your companions. This Indra, friend of the Maruts, struck off Vritra’s head with his hundred-jointed thunderbolt. Indra, strengthened by the Maruts, conquered Vritra and released the waters of the sea. By him, and with the Maruts, this light was won for the drinking of Soma. With our songs, we call upon Indra with the Maruts, mighty, powerful, and all-seeing. With ancient intention, we summon Indra and the Maruts for the Soma. O Indra, graced by the Maruts, drink the Soma at this sacrifice, O hundred-powered and much-praised one. For you, Indra with the Maruts, the pressed Somas are prepared; with devotion, the singers call you. Drink, friend of the Maruts, the Soma among the offerings, wielding your thunderbolt with might. Rising together in strength, having drunk, you shook your beard, O Indra, after drinking the Soma of the troop. Both heaven and earth followed you as you advanced, O Indra, when you became the slayer of foes. I have drawn forth from Indra for myself the eight-footed, new-colored speech, touching the truth. When the hundred-powered one was born, he asked his mother, “Who are the mighty ones? Who indeed are renowned?” She spoke of his strength, surging like a wave, like a great arrow: “Let them, my son, be your sons—the fierce ones.” The slayer of Vṛtra, with his allies, struck down foes like spokes, with force; grown strong, he became the destroyer of enemies. With a single draught, Indra drank thirty lakes of Soma, consuming all the portions. He crossed over the Gandharva in the bottomless spaces, growing strong through the chants. He pierced the mountains and brought forth cooked food—Indra, the ever-expanding, self-sustaining one. Your arrow, O Indra, is single, yet has a hundred rays and a thousand feathers, which you made your yokefellow. With it, bring gifts to the singers, to men and women in the forest, O newly born, steadfast one with the Ṛbhus. These deeds of yours, abundant and surpassing, you uphold with your wise heart. All these, O Indra, were brought by Viṣṇu the wide-striding—hundreds of buffaloes, milk-cooked food, and a boar—offered eagerly for you.