2Beholding men he sits amid the heaven filling the two world−halves and air's wide region. He looks upon the rich far−spreading pastures between the eastern and the western limit.

3He, root of wealth, the gatherer−up of treasures, looks with his might on every form and figure. Savitar, like a God.whose Law is constant, stands in the battle for the spoil like Indra.

4Waters from sacrifice came to the Gandharva Visvavasu, O Soma, when they saw him. Indra, approaching quickly, marked their going, and looked around upon the Sun's enclosures.

5This song Visvavasu shall sing us, meter of air's mid−realm celestial Gandharva, That we may know aright both truth and falsehood: may he inspire our thoughts and help our praises.

6In the floods' track he found the bootyseeker: the rocky cow−pen's doors he threw wide open. These, the Gandharva told him, Rowed with Amrta. Indra knew well the puissancc of the dragons.