HYMN XCVII

Sacrificial formulas

As we have here elected thee, skilled Hotar! to-day as this our
sacrifice proceedeth,
Come to the firm place, mightiest! yea, come firmly. Knowing
the sacrifice, approach the Soma.
With kine connect us, and with spirit, Indra! Lord of Bay
Steeds, with princes and with favour,
With the God-destined portion of the Brahmans,
and the good-will of Gods who merit worship.
The willing Gods whom, God, thou hast brought hither, send
thou to their own dwelling-place, O Agni.
When ye have eaten and have drunk sweet juices, endow this
man with precious wealth, ye Vasus.
Gods, we have made your seats of easy access, who, pleased
with me, have come to my libation.
Bearing and bringing hitherward your treasures, after the rich
warm beverage mount to heaven.
Go to the sacrifiee, go to its master, Sacrifice! To thy birth-
place go with Svaha.
This is thy sacrifice with hole hymnal, Lord of the Rite, Svaha!
and fraught with vigour.
Vashat to paid and yet unpaid oblations! Ye Gods who know
the way, find and pursue it!
Lord of the Mind, lay this our sacrifice in heaven among the
Gods. Svaha in heaven! Svaha on earth!
Svaha in air! In wind have I paid offerings. Hail!