In the sacred north lies a heaven, whose ear is shaped by the Sauman chant, and whose season is Sharad, the autumn. The meter Anuṣṭup belongs to Sharad, and Anuṣṭup is called Aiḍam, the churner, which is twenty-one in number. From this twenty-one arises the Vairāja, and Viśvāmitra is its seer. With you, consecrated by Prajāpati, I take the ear for the people. Above all is the realm of thought, whose mother is speech, and whose season is Hemanta, the winter. The meter Paṅkti is Hemanta’s measure, Paṅkti is with a close, and with a close comes Āgrayaṇa. From Āgrayaṇa spring thirty-nine, and from these thirty-nine arise the Śākvara and Raivata meters. Viśvakarman is their seer. With you, consecrated by Prajāpati, I take speech for the people. You are the firm earth, the steadfast womb, the seat of goodness. Accept the foremost banner of the yoked one, and may the Aśvins, the divine priests, seat you here. O nest-builder, rich in ghee and bounty, sit joyfully upon the earth’s seat. May the Rudras and Vasus praise you, and may you protect these prayers for good fortune. May the Aśvins seat you here. With your own powers, O father of skill, sit in the great favor of the gods for victory. Like a father to his sons, be well-disposed and enter with your body. May the Aśvins seat you here. You are the earth’s moisture, your name is water. May all the gods praise you. Praised with hymns and rich in ghee, sit here and grant us wealth with offspring. May the Aśvins seat you here. O Adityas, I seat you upon the back, supporter and pillar of the midspace, mistress of the directions, wave of the worlds, drop of the waters. You are Viśvakarman, the seer. May the Aśvins seat you here. Śukra and Śuci are the summer seasons; you are the inner binding of Agni. May heaven and earth be prepared, waters and plants readied, fires set apart with supremacy and firm vows. The fires united between heaven and earth, these summer seasons prepared, let the gods enter as they do Indra. With that divinity, O Angiras, sit firmly. With the seasons, the forms, the gods, and the lords of the womb, for Agni Vaiśvānara, may the Aśvins seat you here. With the Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas, and all the gods, may the Aśvins seat you here for Agni Vaiśvānara. Protect my breath, my downward breath, my diffused breath. Shine my sight widely upon the earth, make my hearing renowned. Enrich the waters, strengthen the plants, guard the two-footed and four-footed, send rain from the sky. The head is Vayaḥ, Prajāpati, the meter. Kṣatra is Vayaḥ, Mayaṃda, the meter. The support is Vayaḥ, the lord, the meter. Viśvakarman is Vayaḥ, Parameṣṭhin, the meter. The dwelling is Vayaḥ, Vivalam, the meter. The strong is Vayaḥ, Viśāla, the meter. Man is Vayaḥ, Tandra, the meter. Tiger is Vayaḥ, Anādhṛṣṭa, the meter. Lion is Vayaḥ, Chadi, the meter. Paṣṭhavāḍ is Vayaḥ, Bṛhatī, the meter. Bull is Vayaḥ, Kakup, the meter. Ox is Vayaḥ, Satobṛhatī, the meter. The bull without a tail is Vayaḥ, Paṅkti, the meter. Cow is Vayaḥ, Jagatī, the meter. Three-year-old is Vayaḥ, Triṣṭup, the meter. Two-year-old is Vayaḥ, Virāṭ, the meter. Five-year-old is Vayaḥ, Gāyatrī, the meter. Three-calfed is Vayaḥ, Uṣṇik, the meter. Four-year-old is Vayaḥ, Anuṣṭup, the meter. O Indra and Agni, make this brick unshakable. With its back you support heaven, earth, and the midspace. May Viśvakarman seat you on the back of the midspace, shining and spreading; hold, establish, and do not harm the midspace. For all, for breath, for downward breath, for diffused breath, for upward breath, for stability, for conduct. May Vāyu protect you with greatness, welfare, shield, and peace. With that divinity, O Angiras, sit firmly. You are queen, the eastern direction. You are Virāṭ, the southern direction. You are sovereign, the western direction. You are lord of sound, the northern direction. You are mistress, the great direction. May Viśvakarman seat you on the back of the midspace, radiant. For all, for breath, for downward breath, for diffused breath, grant all light. Vāyu is your lord; with that divinity, O Angiras, sit firmly. Nabhas and Nabhasya are the rainy seasons; you are the inner binding of Agni. May heaven and earth be prepared, waters and plants readied, fires set apart with supremacy and firm vows. The fires united between heaven and earth, these rainy seasons prepared, let the gods enter as they do Indra. With that divinity, O Angiras, sit firmly. Iṣa and Ūrja are the autumn seasons; you are the inner binding of Agni. May heaven and earth be prepared, waters and plants readied, fires set apart with supremacy and firm vows. The fires united between heaven and earth, these autumn seasons prepared, let the gods enter as they do Indra. With that divinity, O Angiras, sit firmly. Protect my life, my breath, my downward breath, my diffused breath, my sight, my hearing. Enrich my speech, strengthen my mind, protect my self, grant me light. The Mā meter. The Pramā meter. The Pratimā meter. The Asrīvaya meter. The Paṅkti meter. The Uṣṇik meter. The Bṛhatī meter. The Anuṣṭup meter. The Virāṭ meter. The Gāyatrī meter. The Triṣṭup meter. The Jagatī meter. The Earth is meter. The Atmosphere is meter. The Sky is meter. The Year is meter. The Stars are meter. Speech is meter. Mind is meter. Agriculture is meter. Gold is meter. Cow is meter. Goat is meter. Horse is meter. Agni is the deity. Vāyu is the deity. Sūrya is the deity. Candramas is the deity. The Vasus, the Rudras, the Ādityas, the Maruts—all the gods are deities. Bṛhaspati, Indra, Varuṇa are deities. You are the crown, the ruler, the steadfast support, the bearer, the earth. For life, brilliance, agriculture, and well-being, I consecrate you. You are the controller, the ruler, the restrainer, the steadfast, the supporter. For nourishment, vigor, wealth, and prosperity, I consecrate you. Fill the world, fill the gap, sit firm. Indra and Agni, Bṛhaspati, have established you in this womb. The Prishni cows prepare Soma for him, the milkers. At the birth of the gods, the clans in the three luminous realms of heaven. All voices magnified Indra, whose domain is the ocean, the best charioteer among charioteers, the true lord of prizes. The swift is threefold. The shining is fifteenfold. The sky is seventeenfold. The support is twenty-onefold. The outpouring is eighteenfold. The heat is nineteenfold. The returning is twenty-sixfold. The brilliance is twenty-twofold. The gathering is twenty-threefold. The womb is twenty-fourfold. The embryos are twenty-fivefold. The vigor is thirty-ninefold. The will is thirty-onefold. The foundation is thirty-threefold. The expanse of Bradhna is thirty-fourfold. The summit is thirty-sixfold. The turning is forty-eightfold. The sustainer is fourfold. You are the portion of Agni, the lordship of consecration, the touch of Brahman, the threefold hymn. You are the portion of Indra, the lordship of Viṣṇu, the touch of sovereignty, the fifteenfold hymn. You are the portion of the seers of men, the lordship of the supporter, the touch of the begetter, the seventeenfold hymn. You are the portion of Mitra, the lordship of Varuṇa, the rain of heaven, the touch of wind, the twenty-onefold hymn. You are the portion of the Vasus, the lordship of the Rudras, the touch of the four-footed, the twenty-fourfold hymn. You are the portion of the Ādityas, the lordship of the Maruts, the touch of the embryos, the twenty-fivefold hymn. You are the portion of Aditi, the lordship of Pūṣan, the touch of vigor, the thirty-ninefold hymn. You are the portion of the god Savitar, the lordship of Bṛhaspati, the touch of the favorable directions, the fourfold hymn. You are the portion of barley, the lordship of non-barley, the touch of offspring, the forty-fourfold hymn. You are the portion of the Ṛbhus, the lordship of all the gods, the touch of beings, the thirty-threefold hymn. Both Saha and Sahasya, the two winter seasons, you are the inner embrace of Agni. Let heaven and earth be prepared, waters and plants readied, fires set apart with the greatest reverence, steadfast in their vows. The fires united within heaven and earth, these two winter seasons prepared, let the gods enter as Indra; with that divinity, O Angiras, sit firm. With one hymn, offspring were studied; Prajāpati was the overlord. With three hymns, Brahman was created; Bṛhaspati was the overlord. With five hymns, beings were created; the lord of beings was the overlord. With seven hymns, the seven seers were created; the lord of the supporter was the overlord. With nine hymns, the ancestors were created; Aditi was the mistress. With eleven hymns, the seasons were created; the lords of the seasons were the overlords. With thirteen hymns, the months were created; the year was the overlord. With fifteen hymns, sovereignty was created; Indra was the overlord. With seventeen hymns, the domestic animals were created; Bṛhaspati was the overlord. With nineteen hymns, the Śūdra and Ārya were created; day and night were the mistresses. With twenty-one hymns, the one-hoofed animals were created; Varuṇa was the overlord. With twenty-three hymns, the small animals were created; Pūṣan was the overlord. With twenty-five hymns, the wild animals were created; Vāyu was the overlord. With twenty-seven hymns, heaven and earth were expanded; the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas followed in succession; they were the overlords. With twenty-nine hymns, the trees were created; Soma was the overlord. With thirty-one hymns, offspring were created; barley and non-barley were the overlords. With thirty-three hymns, beings were strengthened; Prajāpati, the supreme, was the overlord. Fill the world, fill the gap, sit firm. Indra and Agni, Bṛhaspati, have established you in this womb. The Prishni cows prepare Soma for him, the milkers. At the birth of the gods, the clans in the three luminous realms of heaven. All voices magnified Indra, whose domain is the ocean, the best charioteer among charioteers, the true lord of prizes. Agni, drive away those born as our rivals; Jātavedas, drive away those not yet born. Speak to us kindly; let us be unharmed, let us dwell in your triple-protected shelter. With force, drive away those born as our rivals; Jātavedas, drive away those not yet born. Speak to us with goodwill; may we be, drive away our rivals. The sixteenfold hymn is vigor and wealth. The forty-fourfold hymn is brilliance and wealth. The excrement of Agni is this; the name in the waters; may all the gods praise you.