1a King Varuna hath made a broad path     For the sun to travel;     He hath made him set his feet in the pathless way;     He driveth away whatever woundeth the heart.     b A hundred remedies are thine, O king, a thousand;     Broad and deep be thy loving kindness.     Overcome the enmity, the hostility;     Remove from us whatever sin hath been committed.     c The noose of Varuna is overcome.     d The face of Agni hath entered the waters,     The child of the waters guarding against the demons' power,     In each home [1] do thou offer the kindling-stick, O Agni;     Let thy tongue seek the ghee.     e In the sea is thy heart, within the waters;     Let the plants and the waters enter thee;     With the offerings of the sacrifice, O lord of the sacrifice,     Let us worship at the utterance of the hymn, at the utterance of homage.     f O bath, O flood, thou glidest, O flood; thou hast removed by sacrifice the sin committed by the gods, through the gods, the sin committed by mortals, through mortals; guard us, O god, from wide hostility.     g Be the water and plants friendly to us [2]; be they hostile to him who hateth us and whom we hate.     h Ye divine waters, this is thy foetus, glad and well tended have we made it for you; proclaim us as doers of good deeds among the gods.     i The noose of Varuna is tied, the noose of Varuna is loosed.     k Thou art fuel; may we prosper; thou art kindling; thou art brilliance, grant me brilliance.     l I have penetrated to the waters;     We are united with the sap;     I have come rich in milk, O Agni;     Do thou unite me with radiance.