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1. Nine breaths with nine he combines (? sam-mā), in order to length of life for a hundred autumns; in the yellow (hárita), three; in silver, three; in iron (? áyas), three—enveloped with fervor.

2. Fire, sun, moon, earth, waters, sky, atmosphere, directions, and quarters, they of the seasons in concord with the seasons—let them rescue (pāray) me by this triple one.

3. Let three abundances (póṣa) resort to the triple one; let Pūshan anoint it with milk, with ghee; affluence of food, affluence of man (púruṣa), affluence of cattle—let these resort hither.

4. O Ādityas, sprinkle this man well with good (vásu); O Agni, do thou, thyself increasing, increase him; unite him, O Indra, with heroism; let the prospering triple one resort to him.

5. Let earth, the all-bearing, protect thee with the yellow one; let Agni rescue [thee] in accord with the iron; let the silver one (árjuna), in concord with the plants, bestow (dhā) on thee dexterity, with favoring mind.

6. Triply born by birth [is] this gold: one was Agni's dearest; one fell away of Soma when injured; one they call the seed of devout waters; let that triple gold be thine in order to life-time.