He who of old invoked Agni, sacrificing with sovereign rites and with offering and oblation, the holy one: let his law attend the sacrificer; may he lead us to the right path in the gods’ protection.

He is the most diligent offerer of worship who is the presenter of oblations before you are and who in two plural ces (the middling and the best) seated with the sacrificial food is (the source of) happiness (to the worshippers); do you cognizant (of the objects of devotion), officiate in accordance with his piety, and thus render our rite acceptable to the gods.

That Priest before thee, yet more skilled in worship, stablished of old, healthgiver by his nature,- After his custom offer, thou who knowest, and lay our sacrifice where Gods may taste it.