mā no mitro varuṇo aryamāyurindra ṛbhukṣā marutaḥ pari khyan । yadvājino devajātasya sapteḥ pravakṣyāmo vidathe vīryāṇi ॥१॥ yannirṇijā rekṇasā prāvṛtasya rātiṃ gṛbhītāṃ mukhato nayanti । suprāṅajo memyadviśvarūpa indrāpūṣṇoḥ priyamapyeti pāthaḥ ॥२॥ eṣa cchāgaḥ puro aśvena vājinā pūṣṇo bhāgo nīyate viśvadevyaḥ । abhipriyaṃ yatpuroḷāśamarvatā tvaṣṭedenaṃ sauśravasāya jinvati ॥३॥ yaddhaviṣyamṛtuśo devayānaṃ trirmānuṣāḥ paryaśvaṃ nayanti । atrā pūṣṇaḥ prathamo bhāga eti yajñaṃ devebhyaḥ prativedayannajaḥ ॥४॥ hotādhvaryurāvayā agnimindho grāvagrābha uta śaṃstā suvipraḥ । tena yajñena svaraṃkṛtena sviṣṭena vakṣaṇā ā pṛṇadhvam ॥५॥ yūpavraskā uta ye yūpavāhāścaṣālaṃ ye aśvayūpāya takṣati । ye cārvate pacanaṃ sambharantyuto teṣāmabhigūrtirna invatu ॥६॥ upa prāgātsumanme'dhāyi manma devānāmāśā upa vītapṛṣṭhaḥ । anvenaṃ viprā ṛṣayo madanti devānāṃ puṣṭe cakṛmā subandhum ॥७॥ yadvājino dāma saṃdānamarvato yā śīrṣaṇyā raśanā rajjurasya । yadvā ghāsya prabhṛtamāsye tṛṇaṃ sarvā tā te api deveṣvastu ॥८॥ yadaśvasya kraviṣo makṣikāśa yadvā svarau svadhitau riptamasti । yaddhastayoḥ śamituryannakheṣu sarvā tā te api deveṣvastu ॥९॥ yadūvadhyamudarasyāpavāti ya āmasya kraviṣo gandho asti । sukṛtā tacchamitāraḥ kṛṇvantūta medhaṃ śṛtapākaṃ pacantu ॥१०॥ yatte gātrādagninā pacyamānādabhi śūlaṃ nihatasyāvadhāvati । mā tadbhūmyāmā śriṣanmā tṛṇeṣu devebhyastaduśadbhyo rātamastu ॥११॥ ye vājinaṃ paripaśyanti pakvaṃ ya īmāhuḥ surabhirnirhareti । ye cārvato māṃsabhikṣāmupāsata uto teṣāmabhigūrtirna invatu ॥१२॥ yannīkṣaṇaṃ mām̐spacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇa āsecanāni । ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥ pari bhūṣantyaśvam ॥१३॥ nikramaṇaṃ niṣadanaṃ vivartanaṃ yacca paḍbīśamarvataḥ । yacca papau yacca ghāsiṃ jaghāsa sarvā tā te api deveṣvastu ॥१४॥ mā tvāgnirdhvanayīddhūmagandhirmokhā bhrājantyabhi vikta jaghriḥ । iṣṭaṃ vītamabhigūrtaṃ vaṣaṭkṛtaṃ taṃ devāsaḥ prati gṛbhṇantyaśvam ॥१५॥ yadaśvāya vāsa upastṛṇantyadhīvāsaṃ yā hiraṇyānyasmai । saṃdānamarvantaṃ paḍbīśaṃ priyā deveṣvā yāmayanti ॥१६॥ yatte sāde mahasā śūkṛtasya pārṣṇyā vā kaśayā vā tutoda । sruceva tā haviṣo adhvareṣu sarvā tā te brahmaṇā sūdayāmi ॥१७॥ catustriṃśadvājino devabandhorvaṅkrīraśvasya svadhitiḥ sameti । acchidrā gātrā vayunā kṛṇota paruṣparuranughuṣyā vi śasta ॥१८॥ ekastvaṣṭuraśvasyā viśastā dvā yantārā bhavatastatha ṛtuḥ । yā te gātrāṇāmṛtuthā kṛṇomi tātā piṇḍānāṃ pra juhomyagnau ॥१९॥ mā tvā tapatpriya ātmāpiyantaṃ mā svadhitistanva ā tiṣṭhipatte । mā te gṛdhnuraviśastātihāya chidrā gātrāṇyasinā mithū kaḥ ॥२०॥ na vā u etanmriyase na riṣyasi devām̐ ideṣi pathibhiḥ sugebhiḥ । harī te yuñjā pṛṣatī abhūtāmupāsthādvājī dhuri rāsabhasya ॥२१॥ sugavyaṃ no vājī svaśvyaṃ puṃsaḥ putrām̐ uta viśvāpuṣaṃ rayim । anāgāstvaṃ no aditiḥ kṛṇotu kṣatraṃ no aśvo vanatāṃ haviṣmān ॥२२॥

“Hymn to the sacrificial Horse, declaring its virtues amid the congregation — 22 verses. (after R.T.H. Griffith)”