LET US RECIPECE THE PRIDE OF DAHHIKRĀVAN: MAY ALL THE MORNING MOVE ME TO EXERTION; PRIDE OF THE LORD OF WATERS, DAWN, AND AGNI, SON OF BRHAVASPATHI, AND SUN.
BRAVE, SEEKING WAR AND BOOTY, DWELLING WITH THE GOOD AND WITH THE SWIFT, MAY HE HASTE THE FOOD OF DAWN. MAY HE THE TRUE, THE FAST, THE LOVER OF THE COURSE, THE BIRD-LIKE DAHHIKRĀVAN, BRING FOOD, STRENGTH, AND LIGHT.
HIS PINION, RAPID RUNNER, FANS HIM IN HIS WAY, AS OF A BIRD THAT HASTENS ONWARD TO ITS AIM, AND AS IT WERE A FALCON'S GLIDING THROUGH THE AIR, STRIKES DAHHIKRĀVAN'S SIDE AS HE SPEEDS ON WITH MIGHT.
BOUND BY THE NECK AND BY THE FLANKS AND BY THE MOUTH, THE VIGOROUS COURSE LENDS NEW SWIFTNESS TO HIS SPEED. DRAWING HIMSELF TOGETHER, AS HIS STRENGTH ALLOWS, DAHHIKRĀS SPRINGS ALONG THE PATHS.
HAṀSA HOMED IN LIGHT, THE VASU IN MID-AIR, THE PRIEST BY THE ALTAR, IN THE HOUSE THE GUEST, DWELLER IN NOSTRIL PLACE, MID MEN, IN TRUTH, IN SKY, BORN OF FLOOD, KINE, TRUTH, MOUNTAIN, HE IS HOLY LAW.