“Accept with a pleased heart these auspicious ornaments on this occasion of the Sacrifice in the same manner as you did, being worshipped with excellent gifts of brilliant forms by Siva , the Sun, Yama, Indra, the Moon, Kubera , Fire, Varuṇa, groups of great Sages, the Deities presiding over the quarters, nymphs, Venus, Jupiter, Skanda and the multitudes of Gods (or Maruts ). You are without birth, imperishable, eternal, of immutable form, all-pervading, the Great Boar, the ancient Being, the God of Death, Destroyer of all things, fire, thousand-headed, Indra and the Adorable. I invoke the omniscient, Seven-tongued one (Fire), who is the protector; I invoke the mighty Indra, the ruler of the Gods, the destroyer of Vṛtra , and leader of a mighty army, who protects us carefully. May our heroes (warriors) be crowned with success!”