Adhyaya 1

Mantra 1

इ॒षे त्वो॒र्जे त्वा॑ वा॒यव॑ स्थ दे॒वो व॑: सवि॒ता प्रार्प॑यतु॒ श्रेष्ठ॑तमाय॒ कर्म॑ण॒ आप्या॑यध्व मघ्न्या॒ इन्द्रा॑य भा॒गं प्र॒जाव॑तीरनमी॒वा अ॑य॒क्ष्मा मा व॑ स्ते॒न ई॑शत॒ माघश॑ᳪसो ध्रु॒वा अ॒स्मिन् गोप॑तौ स्यात ब॒ह्वीर्यज॑मानस्य प॒शून्पा॑हि

For refreshment thee; for vigour thee. O ye Vāyus, stand ye fast. May Savitar, the god, impel you onward unto the most excellent work. Wax full, O bounteous milch-kine, for Indra’s portion—fruitful, free from sickness, free from wasting disease. Let no thief have power over you, nor the evil-tongued reviler. Firm be ye in this lordship of cattle. Protect ye the many beasts of the Sacrificer.

Mantra 2

वसो॑ः प॒वित्र॑मसि॒ द्यौ॑रसि पृथि॒व्य॒सि मात॒रिश्व॑नो घ॒र्मो॒ऽसि वि॒श्वधा॑ असि । पर॒मेण॒ धाम्ना॒ दृᳪह॑स्व॒ मा ह्वा॒र्मा ते॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिर्ह्वार्षीत् ॥

Thou art Vasu’s purifier; thou art the Heaven; thou art the Earth; thou art Mātariśvan’s heat; thou art universal in thy reach. By the highest station make thou thyself firm: call thou not (misfortune); let not the Lord of the sacrifice call (aught) against thee.

Mantra 3

वसो॑ः प॒वित्र॑मसि श॒तधा॑रं॒ वसो॑ः प॒वित्र॑मसि स॒हस्र॑धारम् । दे॒वस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता पु॑नातु॒ वसो॑ः प॒वित्रे॑ण श॒तधा॑रेण सु॒प्वा काम॑धुक्षः ।

Thou art the strainer of the Vasus, of a hundred streams; thou art the strainer of the Vasus, of a thousand streams. May the god Savitṛ purify thee with the strainer of the Vasus, with the hundred-streamed (strainer), O well-purifying one, that milkest forth desires.

Mantra 4

सा वि॒श्वायु॒: सा वि॒श्वक॑र्मा॒ सा वि॒श्वधा॑याः । इन्द्र॑स्य त्वा भा॒गᳪ सोमे॒नात॑नच्मि॒ विष्णो॑ ह॒व्यᳪ र॑क्ष ॥

She is of all life, she the All-worker, she the upholder of all. Thee, Indra’s portion, with Soma do I stretch forth: O Viṣṇu, guard the offering.

Mantra 5

अग्ने॑ व्रतपते व्र॒तं च॑रिष्यामि॒ तच्छ॑केयं॒ तन्मे॑ राध्यताम् । इ॒दम॒हमनृ॑तात्स॒त्यमुपै॑मि

O Agni, Lord of the vow, I will observe the vow: may I be able thereto; may it for me be brought to prosperous fulfilment. Herewith do I pass from untruth unto truth.

Mantra 6

कस्त्वा॑ युनक्ति॒ स त्वा॑ युनक्ति॒ कस्मै॑ त्वा युनक्ति॒ तस्मै॑ त्वा युनक्ति । कर्म॑णे वां॒ वेषा॑य वाम्

Who yokes thee? He yokes thee. For whom doth he yoke thee? For him doth he yoke thee: for the work (karman) for you twain, for the appointed service for you twain.

Mantra 7

प्रत्यु॑ष्ट॒ᳪ रक्ष॒: प्रत्यु॑ष्टा॒ अरा॑तयो॒ निष्ट॑प्त॒ᳪ रक्षो॒ निष्ट॑प्ता॒ अरा॑तयः । उ॒र्वन्तरि॑क्ष॒मन्वे॑मि

Scorched back is the Rakṣas; scorched back are the malignant foes. Thoroughly burnt is the Rakṣas; thoroughly burnt are the malignant foes. I proceed along the wide mid-air.

Mantra 8

धूर॑सि॒ धूर्व॒ धूर्व॑न्तं॒ धूर्व॒ तं यो॒ऽस्मान्धूर्व॑ति॒ तं धू॑र्व॒ यं व॒यं धूर्वा॑मः । दे॒वाना॑मसि॒ वह्नि॑तम॒ᳪ सस्नि॑तमं॒ पप्रि॑तमं॒ जुष्ट॑तमं देव॒हूत॑मम्

Thou art the fume: drive thou away! Drive away the assailer; drive away him who assaileth us; drive away him whom we assail. Thou art of the Gods the most excellent bearer, the most purified, the most filling, the most acceptable, the most invoked of the Gods.

Mantra 9

विष्णु॑स्त्वा क्रमता॒मुरु॒ वाता॒याप॑हतᳪ रक्षो॒ यच्छ॑न्तां॒ पञ्च॑

May Viṣṇu stride thee forth—wide, for the Wind; may the Rākṣas be smitten away; may the Five keep them in restraint.

Mantra 10

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । अ॒ग्नये॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णाम्य॒ग्नीषोमा॑भ्यां॒ जुष्टं॑ गृह्णामि

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee, acceptable unto Agni; acceptable unto Agni and Soma I take thee.

Mantra 11

भू॒ताय॑ त्वा॒ नारा॑तये स्व॒रभि॒विख्ये॑षं॒ दृᳪह॑न्तां॒ दुर्या॑ः पृथि॒व्यामु॒र्वन्तरि॑क्ष॒मन्वे॑मि पृथि॒व्यास्त्वा॒ नाभौ॑ सादया॒म्यदि॑त्या उ॒पस्थेऽग्ने॑ ह॒व्यᳪ र॑क्ष

Unto the Established Being I set thee, for the repelling of hostile men; I make thee manifest towards the heavenly light. May the dwellings be made firm upon the earth. The wide mid-region I follow in due order. In the navel of the earth I cause thee to settle, in the lap of Aditi. O Agni, guard the oblation.

Mantra 12

प॒वित्रे॑ स्थो वैष्ण॒व्यौ॒ सवि॒तुर्व॑: प्रस॒व उत्पु॑ना॒म्यच्छि॑द्रेण प॒वित्रे॑ण॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॑: । देवी॑रापो अग्रेगुवो अग्रेपु॒वोऽग्र॑ इ॒मम॒द्य य॒ज्ञं न॑य॒ताग्रे॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिᳪ सु॒धातुं॑ य॒ज्ञप॑तिं देव॒युव॑म्

Ye are the two strainers, of Viṣṇu; by the impulsion of Savitṛ do I cleanse (this), with the flawless strainer, with the rays of Sūrya. O divine Waters, ye that go before, ye that purify in front—lead ye this sacrifice to-day in front; lead in front the Lord of sacrifice, well-established, the Lord of sacrifice, attended by the gods.

Mantra 13

यु॒ष्मा इन्द्रो॑ऽवृणीत वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ यू॒यमिन्द्र॑मवृणीध्वं वृत्र॒तूर्ये॒ प्रोक्षि॑ता स्थ । अ॒ग्नये॑ त्वा॒ जुष्टं॒ प्रोक्षा॑म्य॒ग्नीषोमा॑भ्यां त्वा॒ जुष्टं॒ प्रोक्षा॑मि । दैव्या॑य॒ कर्म॑णे शुन्धध्वं देवय॒ज्यायै॒ यद्वोऽशु॑द्धाः पराज॒घ्नुरि॒दं व॒स्तच्छु॑न्धामि

From among you Indra chose (his own) for the Vṛtra-slaying onset; do ye choose Indra for the Vṛtra-slaying onset: ye are besprinkled. For Agni, acceptable (to him), I sprinkle thee; for Agni and Soma, acceptable (to them), I sprinkle thee. For the divine work cleanse ye yourselves, for the worship of the gods: whatever impurity of yours they have smitten down—this of yours, even that, I cleanse away.

Mantra 14

शर्मा॒स्यव॑धूत॒ᳪ रक्षोऽव॑धूता॒ अरा॑त॒यो ऽदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग॑सि॒ प्रति॒ त्वादि॑तिर्वेत्तु । अद्रि॑रसि वानस्प॒त्यो ग्रावा॑ऽसि पृ॒थुबु॑ध्न॒: प्रति॒ त्वाऽदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग्वे॑त्तु

Thou art a shelter: the Rakṣas is shaken off; the hostile powers are shaken off. Thou art Aditi’s skin: may Aditi acknowledge thee. Thou art a stone; thou art the forest-lord’s (wood-born) pressing-stone; thou art broad-based: may Aditi’s skin acknowledge thee.

Mantra 15

अ॒ग्नेस्त॒नूर॑सि वा॒चो वि॒सर्ज॑नं दे॒ववी॑तये त्वा गृह्णामि बृ॒हद्ग्रा॑वाऽसि वानस्प॒त्यः स इ॒दं दे॒वेभ्यो॑ ह॒विः श॑मीष्व सु॒शमि॑ शमीष्व । हवि॑ष्कृ॒देहि॒ हवि॑ष्कृ॒देहि॑

Thou art Agni’s body; thou art the letting-forth of Speech. For the winning of the Gods I take thee. Thou art the great-stoned one; thou art of the forest. Do thou, even he, make this oblation for the Gods to be gracious—be gracious, be most gracious. Come hither, O maker of the oblation; come hither, O maker of the oblation.

Mantra 16

कु॒क्कु॒टो॒ऽसि॒ मधु॑जिह्व॒ इष॒मूर्ज॒माव॑द॒ त्वया॑ व॒यᳪ सं॑धा॒तᳪ सं॑धातं जेष्म व॒र्षवृ॑द्धमसि॒ प्रति॑ त्वा व॒र्षवृ॑द्धं वेत्तु॒ परा॑पूत॒ᳪ रक्ष॒: परा॑पूता॒ अरा॑त॒यो ऽप॑हत॒ᳪ रक्षो॑ वा॒युर्वो॒ विवि॑नक्तु दे॒वो व॑: सवि॒ता हिर॑ण्यपाणि॒: प्रति॑गृभ्णा॒त्वच्छि॑द्रेण पा॒णिना॑

Thou art the Cock, honey-tongued: proclaim thou refreshment and strength. With thee may we conquer the well-compacted (work), yea, the well-compacted; thou art increased by the rains. Let the rain-increased (power) take note of thee. Far-purged be the Rakshas; far-purged the grudging foes; smitten away be the Rakshas. May Vayu, the god, sever (thee) for you; may Savitar, of the golden hand, receive (thee) with an uninjured hand.

Mantra 17

धृष्टि॑र॒स्यपा॑ऽग्ने अ॒ग्निमा॒मादं॑ जहि॒ निष्क्र॒व्याद॑ᳪ से॒धा दे॑व॒यजं॑ वह । ध्रु॒वम॑सि पृथि॒वीं दृ॑ᳪह ब्रह्म॒वनि॑ त्वा क्षत्र॒वनि॑ सजात॒वन्युप॑दधामि॒ भातृ॑व्यस्य व॒धाय॑

Thou art the assailing might: O Agni, with the Waters, smite the raw-devourer; repel the flesh-eater; bear onward the sacrifice that is for the Gods. Thou art the Firm One: make thou the earth steadfast. Thee, the winner of sacred power, the winner of royal power, the winner of one’s own folk, I lay down—for the overthrow of the rival.

Mantra 18

अग्ने॒ ब्रह्म॑ गृभ्णीष्व ध॒रुण॑मस्य॒न्तरि॑क्षं दृᳪह ब्रह्म॒वनि॑ त्वा क्षत्र॒वनि॑ सजात॒वन्युप॑दधामि॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य ब॒धाय॑ । ध॒र्त्रम॑सि॒ दिवं॑ दृᳪह ब्रह्म॒वनि॑ त्वा क्षत्र॒वनि॑ सजात॒वन्युप॑दधामि॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य ब॒धाय॑ । विश्वा॑भ्य॒स्त्वाशा॑भ्य॒ उप॑दधामि॒ चित॑ स्थोर्ध्व॒चितो॒ भृगू॑णा॒मङ्गि॑रसां॒ तप॑सा तप्यध्वम्

O Agni, take thou the sacred power: thou art a stay; make firm the mid-air. As winning sacred power, as winning lordly power, as winning the support of mine own folk, I lay thee down for the smiting of the rival. Thou art a holder; make firm the heaven. As winning sacred power, as winning lordly power, as winning the support of mine own folk, I lay thee down for the smiting of the rival. From all the quarters I lay thee down. Ye are indeed the piled-up, the upward-piled: O Bhṛgus, O Aṅgirases, by fervour do ye glow with fervour.

Mantra 19

शर्म॒स्यव॑धूत॒ᳪ रक्षोऽव॑धूता॒ अरा॑त॒योऽदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग॑सि॒ प्रति॒ त्वाऽदि॑तिर्वेत्तु । धि॒षणा॑ऽसि पर्व॒ती प्रति॒ त्वाऽदि॑त्या॒स्त्वग्वे॑त्तु दि॒वस्क॑म्भ॒नीर॑सि धि॒षणा॑ऽसि पार्वते॒यी प्रति॑ त्वा पर्व॒ती वे॑त्तु

Thou art a shelter; the Rakṣas is shaken off, the malignant foes are shaken off. Thou art the skin of the Ādityas: may Aditi acknowledge thee! Thou art Dhīṣaṇā, (thou art) Parvatī: may the skin of the Ādityas acknowledge thee! Thou art the supporter of the sky; thou art Dhīṣaṇā, thou art Pārvatīyī: may Parvatī acknowledge thee!

Mantra 20

धा॒न्य॒मसि धिनु॒हि दे॒वान् प्रा॒णाय॑ त्वो दा॒नाय॑ त्वा व्या॒नाय॑ त्वा । दी॒र्घामनु॒ प्रसि॑ति॒मायु॑षे धां दे॒वो व॑: सवि॒ता हिर॑ण्यपाणि॒: प्रति॑गृभ्णा॒त्वच्छि॑द्रेण पा॒णिना॒ चक्षु॑षे त्वा म॒हीनां॒ पयो॑ऽसि

Thou art grain: shake thou (and) cleanse for the Gods. For the in-breath I take thee; for the gift I take thee; for the out-spreading breath I take thee. Along a long course, along an onward path, do I set thee for life. May the god Savitar, of golden hand, accept you; with faultless hand may he take thee, for sight. Thou art the milk, the nourishing sap, of the mighty ones.

Mantra 21

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । सं व॑पामि॒ समाप॒ ओष॑धीभि॒: समोष॑धयो॒ रसे॑न । सᳪ रे॒वती॒र्जग॑तीभिः पृच्यन्ता॒ᳪ सं मधु॑मती॒र्मधु॑मतीभिः पृच्यन्ताम्

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I strew (and compound) thee together: together with the waters, together with the plants; and may the plants be compounded with their sap. May the prosperous (powers) be mingled with the wide-moving (powers); may the honeyed (powers) be mingled with the honeyed (powers).

Mantra 22

जन॑यत्यै त्वा॒ संयौ॑मी॒दम॒ग्नेरि॒दम॒ग्नीषोम॑योरि॒षे त्वा॑ घ॒र्मो॒ऽसि वि॒श्वायुरस्त्वा॑ सवि॒ता श्र॑पयतु॒ वर्षि॒ष्ठेऽधि॒ नाके॑

For generation I yoke thee on: this is of Agni, this is of Agni and Soma; for nourishment I take thee. Thou art the Gharma: may there be for thee universal life. May Savitar cook thee on the highest firmament.

Mantra 23

मा भे॒र्मा संवि॑क्था॒ अत॑मेरुर्य॒ज्ञोऽत॑मेरु॒र्यज॑मानस्य प्र॒जा भू॑यात् त्रि॒ताय॑ त्वा द्वि॒ताय॑ त्वैक॒ताय॑ त्वा

Fear thou not; be not dismayed. Unshaken be the sacrifice, unshaken be the sacrificer’s progeny. For the third (placing) thee; for the second (placing) thee; for the first (placing) thee.

Mantra 24

दे॒वस्य॑ त्वा सवि॒तुः प्र॑स॒वेऽश्विनो॑र्बा॒हुभ्यां॑ पू॒ष्णो हस्ता॑भ्याम् । आद॑देऽध्वर॒कृतं॑ दे॒वेभ्य॒ इन्द्र॑स्य बा॒हुर॑सि॒ दक्षि॑णः स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिः श॒तते॑जा वा॒युर॑सि ति॒ग्मते॑जा द्विष॒तो व॒धः

At the impulsion of the god Savitṛ, with the arms of the Aśvins, with the hands of Pūṣan, I take thee up—made ready for the sacrifice—for the Gods. Thou art Indra’s right arm, thousand-edged, of hundredfold vigour; thou art Vāyu, keen in energy, the slayer of the hateful.

Mantra 25

पृथि॑वि देवयज॒न्योष॑ध्यास्ते॒ मूलं॒ मा हि॑ᳪसिषं व्र॒जं ग॑च्छ गो॒ष्ठानं॒ वर्ष॑तु ते॒ द्यौर्ब॑धा॒न दे॑व सवितः पर॒मस्यां॑ पृथि॒व्याᳪ श॒तेन॒ पाशै॒र्योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तमतो॒ मा मौ॑क्

O Earth, meet for the worship of the Gods! Thy plants have their root in thee: may I not injure thy root. Go thou unto the cattle-pen, unto the cow-stall. Let Heaven rain upon thee. Bind, O god Savitar, on the farthest Earth, with a hundred nooses, him that hateth us, and him whom we hate: from thence let him not be loosed.

Mantra 26

अपा॒ररुं॑ पृथि॒व्यै दे॑व॒यज॑नाद्वध्यासं व्र॒जं ग॑च्छ गो॒ष्ठानं॒ वर्ष॑तु ते॒ द्यौर्ब॑धा॒न दे॑व सवितः पर॒मस्यां॑ पृथि॒व्या श॒तेन॒ पाशै॒र्योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तमतो॒ मा मौ॑क् । अर॑रो॒ दिवं॒ मा प॑प्तो द्र॒प्सस्ते॒ द्यां मा स्क॑न् व्र॒जं ग॑च्छ गो॒ष्ठानं॒ वर्ष॑तु ते॒ द्यौर्ब॑धा॒न दे॑व सवितः पर॒मस्यां॑ पृथि॒व्याᳪ श॒तेन॒ पाशै॒र्योऽस्मान्द्वेष्टि॒ यं च॑ व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मस्तमतो॒ मा मौ॑क्

O thou free from the pāraru-blemish, from the place of worship of the Gods I would bind thee fast: go thou unto the cattle-fold, unto the stall. May Heaven rain for thee. O god Savitar, bind, on the highest Earth, with a hundred nooses, him that hateth us, and him whom we hate; from hence let him not be loosed. Let not thy drop fall upon the sky; let it not be shed upon Heaven. Go thou unto the cattle-fold, unto the stall. May Heaven rain for thee. O god Savitar, bind, on the highest Earth, with a hundred nooses, him that hateth us, and him whom we hate; from hence let him not be loosed.

Mantra 27

गा॒य॒त्रेण॑ त्वा॒ छन्द॑सा॒ परि॑गृह्णामि॒ त्रै॑ष्टुभेन त्वा॒ छन्द॑सा॒ परि॑गृह्णामि॒ जाग॑तेन त्वा॒ छन्द॑सा॒ परि॑गृह्णामि । सु॒क्ष्मा चासि॑ शि॒वा चा॑सि स्यो॒ना चासि॑ सु॒षदा॑ चा॒स्यूर्ज॑स्वती॒ चासि॒ पय॑स्वती च

With the Gāyatrī metre I encompass thee; with the Triṣṭubh metre I encompass thee; with the Jagatī metre I encompass thee. Subtle art thou, and auspicious art thou; kindly art thou, and well-seated art thou; possessed of nourishment art thou, and possessed of milk (sap) art thou.

Mantra 28

पु॒रा क्रू॒रस्य॑ वि॒सृपो॑ विरप्शिन्नुदा॒दाय॑ पृथि॒वीं जी॒वदा॑नुम् । यामैरयँश्च॒न्द्रम॑सि स्व॒धाभि॒स्तामु॒ धीरा॑सो अनु॒दिश्य॑ यजन्ते । प्रोक्ष॑णी॒रासा॑दय द्वि॑ष॒तो ब॒धो॒ऽसि

Of old the creeping, wide-extended one, of the terrible (power), having lifted up the Earth, the living Dānu. Her whom they set in motion in the Moon with Svadhā-invocations,—her the wise, having duly assigned (her office), do worship. Set down the sprinkling-waters: thou art the slaying of the hater.

Mantra 29

प्रत्यु॑ष्ट॒ᳪ रक्ष॒: प्रत्यु॑ष्टा॒ अरा॑तयो निष्ट॑प्त॒ᳪ रक्षो॒ निष्ट॑प्ता॒ अरा॑तयः । अनि॑शितोऽसि सपत्न॒क्षिद्वा॒जिनं॑ त्वा वाजे॒ध्यायै॒ सम्मा॑र्ज्मि । प्रत्यु॑ष्ट॒ᳪ रक्ष॒: प्रत्यु॑ष्टा॒ अरा॑तयो॒ निष्ट॑प्त॒ᳪ रक्षो॒ निष्ट॑प्ता॒ अरा॑तयः । अनि॑शिताऽसि सपत्न॒क्षिद्वा॒जिनीं॑ त्वा वाजे॒ध्यायै॒ सम्मा॑र्ज्मि

Scorched back is the Rakṣas; scorched back are the malignant foes; utterly burnt is the Rakṣas; utterly burnt are the malignant foes. Unwhetted art thou, a slayer of rivals: thee, the prize-winning one, for the winning of the prize, I thoroughly wipe. Scorched back is the Rakṣas; scorched back are the malignant foes; utterly burnt is the Rakṣas; utterly burnt are the malignant foes. Unwhetted art thou, a slayer of rivals: thee, the prize-winning one (fem.), for the winning of the prize, I thoroughly wipe.

Mantra 30

अदि॑त्यै॒ रास्ना॑सि विष्णो॑र्वे॒ष्पो॒ऽस्यू॒र्जे त्वा ऽद॑ब्धेन त्वा॒ चक्षु॒षाव॑पश्यामि । अ॒ग्नेर्जि॒ह्वासि॑ सु॒हूर्दे॒वेभ्यो॒ धाम्ने॑ धाम्ने मे भव॒ यजु॑षे यजुषे

Thou art Aditi’s rein; thou art Viṣṇu’s sprout. For nourishment I take thee: with thee, by the unbaffled (power), I behold (the rite) with mine eye. Thou art Agni’s tongue, the fair-invoker for the Gods: for each abode be thou mine, for each Yajus-formula, for each (act of) Yajus.

Mantra 31

स॒वि॒तुस्त्वा॑ प्रस॒व उत्पु॑ना॒म्यच्छि॑द्रेण प॒वित्रे॑ण॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॑: । स॒वि॒तुर्व॑: प्रस॒व उत्पु॑ना॒म्यच्छि॑द्रेण प॒वित्रे॑ण॒ सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॑: । तेजो॑ऽसि शु॒क्रम॑स्य॒मृत॑मसि धाम॒ नामा॑सि प्रि॒यं दे॒वाना॒मना॑धृष्टं देव॒यज॑नमसि

At Savitṛ’s impulsion I purify thee with the flawless strainer, with the rays of Sūrya. At Savitṛ’s impulsion I purify you with the flawless strainer, with the rays of Sūrya. Thou art splendour; thou art bright; thou art immortal; thou art an abode; thou art a name; thou art dear to the Gods; unassailed art thou; thou art a place of sacrifice unto the Gods.