Mandala 1, Hymn 67

"VICTORIOUS in the wood, Friend among men, ever he claims obedience as a King. "

"Gracious like peace, blessing like mental power, Priest was he, offering-bearer, full of thought."

"He, bearing in his hand all manly might, crouched in the cavern, struck the Gods with fear. "

"Men filled with understanding find him there, when they have sting prayers formed within their heart."

"He, like the Unborn, holds the broad earth up; and with effective utterance fixed the sky. "

"O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair."

"Whoso hath known him dwelling in his lair, and hath approached the stream of holy Law,– "

"They who release him, paying sacred rites, -truly to such doth he announce great wealth."

"He who grows mightily in herbs, within each fruitful mother and each babe she bears, "

"Wise, life of all men, in the waters' home,– for him have sages built as 'twere a seat."