1a Thou, O Soma, art the giver of wide protection from hostility, brought about by ourselves or by others; hail!     b May the active one gladly partake of the ghee.     c May Agni here make room for us;     May he go before us cleaving the foe;     Joyously may he conquer our foes;     May he win booty in the contest for booty.     d Step widely, O Visnu;     Give us broad space for dwelling in;     Drink the ghee, thou whose birthplace is in the ghee;     Lengthen (the years) of the lord of the sacrifice.     e Soma goeth, who knoweth the way;     He approacheth the place of the gods,     To sit on the birthplace of Order .     f Thou art the seat of Aditi.     g Do thou sit on the seat of Aditi.     h This, god Savitr, is the Soma of you (gods); guard it; let it escape you not.     i So, O Soma, god to the gods, hast thou gone, and I here man to man, with offspring, with increase of wealth.     k Honour to the gods I Homage to the Pitrs!     1 Here (may) I (be free) from Varuna's noose; may I gaze on the heaven, on the light that is for all men,     M Agni, lord of vows, thou art the vow-lord of vows.     n May my body that bath been in thee be here in me; may thy body that hath been in me be there in thee.     o Be aright the vows, O vow-lord, of both of us votaries.