Anointing the eagle with fat, making breath his own, the kinsman gave life; he kindled the swift ones with flame.

May the brilliant, (Indra), who is a benefactor among thwese his own (people), for the sake ofthe hymn; Suparṇa, the son of the Tārk.sya. ahiśuvaḥ = name of an asura; the subject of the verb may beSoma and not Indra].

Impetuous Ahisuva, a bull among cows of his, looked down upon the restless Hawk.