A swan, spotless, the Vasus, the skies' bright one—Vedic guest, hard to reach. Men, heroes, like the sky, like the lotus, cows, born of Ṛta, born of mountains—Ṛtam (cosmic order).

He is the Haṃsa, (the sun), dwelling; Vasu (the wind), dwelling in the firmament; the invoker of the gods (Agni), dwelling on the altar; the guest (of the worshipper), dweling in the house (as the culinary fire); the dweller among men, (as consciousness), the dweller in the most excellent (orbl, the sun), the dweller in truth, the dweller in the sky (the air), born in the waters, in the rays of light, in the verity (of manifestation) in the (eastern) mountain, the truth (itself).

The Hamsa homed in light, the Vasu in mid-air, the priest beside the altar, in the house the guest, Dweller in noblest place, mid men, in truth, in sky, born of flood, kine, truth, mountain, he is holy Law.