Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
द॒धि॒क्रां वः॑ प्रथ॒मम॒श्विनो॒षस॑म॒ग्निं समि॑द्धं॒ भग॑मू॒तये॑ हुवे इन्द्रं॒ विष्णुं॑ पू॒षणं॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॑मादि॒त्यान्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी अ॒पः स्वः॑
"I CALL on Dadhikrâs, the first, to give you aid, the Aṣvins, Bhaga, Dawn, and Agni kindled well, Indra, and Vishṇu, Pûshan, Brahmaṇaspati, Âdityas, Heaven and Earth, the Waters, and the Light."
द॒धि॒क्रामु॒ नम॑सा बो॒धय॑न्त उ॒दीरा॑णा य॒ज्ञमु॑पप्र॒यन्तः॑ इळां॑ दे॒वीं ब॒र्हिषि॑ सा॒दय॑न्तो॒ऽश्विना॒ विप्रा॑ सु॒हवा॑ हुवेम
"When, rising, to the sacrifice we hasten, awaking Dadhikrâs with adorations. Seating on sacred grass the Goddess Iḷâ. let us invoke the sage swift-hearing Aṣvins."
द॒धि॒क्रावा॑णं बुबुधा॒नो अ॒ग्निमुप॑ ब्रुव उ॒षसं॒ सूर्यं॒ गाम् ब्र॒ध्नं मँ॑श्च॒तोर्वरु॑णस्य ब॒भ्रुं ते विश्वा॒स्मद्दु॑रि॒ता या॑वयन्तु
"While I am thus arousing Dadhikrâvan I speak to Agni, Earth, and Dawn, and Sûrya, The red, the brown of Varuṇa ever mindful: may they ward off from us all grief and trouble."
द॒धि॒क्रावा॑ प्रथ॒मो वा॒ज्यर्वाग्रे॒ रथा॑नां भवति प्रजा॒नन् सं॒वि॒दा॒न उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑णादि॒त्येभि॒र्वसु॑भि॒रङ्गि॑रोभिः
"Foremost is Dadhikrâvan, vigorous courser; in forefront of the cars, his way he knoweth, Closely allied with Sûrya and with Morning, Âdityas, and Angirases, and Vasus."
आ नो॑ दधि॒क्राः प॒थ्या॑मनक्त्वृ॒तस्य॒ पन्था॒मन्वे॑त॒वा उ॑ शृ॒णोतु॑ नो॒ दैव्यं॒ शर्धो॑ अ॒ग्निः शृ॒ण्वन्तु॒ विश्वे॑ महि॒षा अमू॑राः
"May Dadhikrâs prepare the way we travel that we may pass along the path of Order. May Agni bear us, and the Heavenly Army: hear us all Mighty Ones whom none deceiveth."