In the sacred order of the seasons, the gods were honored with hymns and offerings, each bringing their unique blessings. When autumn arrived, the Ṛbhus, those divine craftsmen, were praised in the twenty-first hymn. With their splendid majesty, they bestowed prosperity and vitality, offering oblations to Indra. As winter set in, the Maruts, the storm gods, were celebrated in the thirty-ninth hymn. Through their strength and power, they too gave offerings to Indra and granted vitality. With the cool season, the Immortals received praise in the thirty-third hymn, and with truth and abundance, they granted sovereignty, offering to Indra and bestowing vitality. Now, let the Hotar, the sacred priest, begin the worship. He kindles Agni at the place of Iḍā, invoking the Aśvins, Indra, Sarasvatī, and the dark ram. With barley, remedies, honey, tender grass, vigor, strength, milk, Soma, and clarified butter, the Hotar offers the oblation. Next, he worships Tanūnapāt and Sarasvatī, together with the bright ram, bringing strength for the Aśvins and Indra, with jujube fruits, upavākā herbs, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. The Hotar then turns to Narāśaṃsa, the naked lord, offering surā, remedies, the ram, Sarasvatī the healer, the Aśvins’ chariot, and the flesh of Indra, with jujube and upavākā, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. He worships Iḍā, Sarasvatī, and the bull’s power increasing Indra’s strength, bringing barley, karkandhu fruits, honey, roasted grains, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey for the Aśvins and Indra. The sacred grass, the wool-bearing healer, the Aśvins, the horse, the healer cow, and Sarasvatī the healer are worshipped, milking remedies for Indra, with milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. The Hotar honors the distant directions, the swift ones, the two worlds, the milking cow, Sarasvatī, and the Aśvins and Indra, offering brightness, strength, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. He worships the beautiful night and day, the radiance of Sarasvatī, Indra, and the Aśvins, with remedies, splendor, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey, like the eagle soaring in the sky. The divine Hotars, the Aśvins, Indra, and Sarasvatī the healer are honored, vigilant by day and night, milking strength with milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. Three goddesses—Bhāratī with speech, Sarasvatī, and Iḍā—are worshipped with threefold offerings, the golden form in Indra, for the Aśvins, milking greatness for Indra with strength, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. Surera, the bull, Tvaṣṭar, Indra, the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, the wolf, the healer, and the gods are honored with surā, remedies, vigor, invocation, strength, splendor, milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. The Hotar worships the lord of the forest, the pacifier, Śatakratu, the kingly tiger, and the fierce Sarasvatī the healer, milking strength for Indra with milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. Agni is worshipped with clarified butter, the young ones with fat, the goat for the Aśvins, the ram for Sarasvatī, the bull for Indra, the lion for strength, Agni with remedies, Soma for strength, Indra the strong, Savitā, Varuṇa the lord of remedies, the forest lord, the beloved waters, and all the gods, with milk, Soma, ghee, and honey. The Aśvins are offered goat’s flesh and fat, Sarasvatī the ram’s flesh and fat, Indra the bull’s flesh and fat. The Hotṛ invokes the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, and Indra the well-knowing, presenting Somas pressed with goats, sheep, bulls, and grains—pure, bright, rich in milk, and flowing with honey—inviting them to drink the Soma’s sweetness. The Aśvins are invoked to accept the middle portion of the goat offering, its fat raised up, set apart, placed in the ghee of the first-pressed grains, from each limb as it is cut. Sarasvatī is likewise invoked for the sheep’s portion, and Indra for the bull’s, each with the same care and reverence. The Lord of the Forest is invoked, bound with the strongest, most splendid cord, to bring all these offerings to the dear abodes of the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, Indra, Agni, Soma, Savitṛ, Varuṇa, and the gods who drink clarified butter. Agni, the maker of the proper offering, is asked to accept these dear abodes for each god and to grant food, being worshipped, so that Jātavedas, knower of all, is pleased. Sarasvatī, the sacred grass, is well-placed for Indra and the Aśvins, imparting power like the light of the eye for the possessor of wealth. The divine doors, the Aśvins, the healers, Indra, and Sarasvatī, like breath and strength, place power for wealth. The divine dawns, the Aśvins, Indra, and Sarasvatī, like speech in the mouth, bestow power for wealth. The divine enjoyer, Sarasvatī, the Aśvins, and Indra, like hearing in the ears and fame, increase power for wealth. The divine givers of nourishment, for Indra, Sarasvatī, and the Aśvins, yield richly, placing power like brightness in the heart. The gods, the physicians, the Hotṛs, Indra, the Aśvins, and Sarasvatī, with the exclamation vaṣaṭ, place power like energy and thought. Three divine ones—the Aśvins, Iḍā, Sarasvatī—place power like sap in the navel for Indra and the possessor of wealth. Indra, Naraśaṃsa, Trivarūtha, Sarasvatī, and the Aśvins are borne on the chariot, and Tvaṣṭṛ places powers for Indra like seed and form. The divine Lord of the Forest, golden-leaved, with the Aśvins and Sarasvatī, is cooked as honey for Indra, placing vigor, speed, and radiance for the possessor of wealth. The sacred grass, spread for the waters, the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, and Indra, is the pleasant seat for the queen and mastery, placing power for wealth. Agni, the proper Hotṛ, worships the gods as is fitting—Indra, the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, Agni, Soma, Savitṛ, Varuṇa, the Lord of the Forest, and all the gods—placing power, nourishment, honor, and self-power for wealth. Today, the sacrificer chooses Agni as Hotṛ, cooking the portions and sacrificial cakes, binding the goat for the Aśvins, the sheep for Sarasvatī, and the bull for Indra, pressing Sura and Soma for the Aśvins, Sarasvatī, and Indra the well-knowing. The divine Lord of the Forest is ready for the offering: for the Aśvins with a goat, for Sarasvatī with a ram, and for Indra with a bull. The portions of fat are cooked well, grasped, and offered with sacrificial cakes. The Aśvins, Sarasvatī, Indra, and the Soma-drinking gods fill up the offerings. Now, the Ṛṣa is chosen among the assembled as the precious wealth of the gods. The sacrificer prays, “O gods, grant us your divine gifts; instruct and protect us.” The Hotṛ, inspired by the Guru, is sent forth for auspicious speech, reciting the sacred hymns. O Agni, you are brilliance, pure, immortal, the giver of life—protect my life. I place you by the impulse of Savitṛ, by the arms of the Aśvins, by the hands of Pūṣan. The cord of truth is grasped, ancient and wise, and she who is joined with us in this pressed Soma becomes our companion in truth, running with Saramā. You are speech, you are the world, you are the guide and supporter. So, Agni Vaiśvānara, spread forth—go, invoked with svāhā. For the gods and Prajāpati, the horse is broken and bound, that we may prosper by him. May all prosper by these divine offerings.