2Like−coloured, various−hued, or single−coloured, whose names through sacrifice are known to Agni, Whom the Angirases produced by Fervour,vouchsafe to these, Parjanya, great protection.

3Those who have offered to the Gods their bodies, whose varied forms are all well known to Soma,− Those grant us in our cattle−pen, O Indra, with their full streams of milk and plenteous offsprin g. 4 Prajapati, bestowing these upon me, one−minded with all Gods and with the Fathers, Hath t o our cow−pen brought auspicious cattle: so may we own the offspring they will bear us.