Mantrabrahmana 2.2

First indeed she shone forth; / she became a milch cow for Yama. / Rich in milk, may she yield milk for us / year after year.

I stand firm in dominion, I stand firm in the realm; / I stand firm in horses, I stand firm in cows; / I stand firm in vital breath, I stand firm in nourishment; / I stand firm in limbs, I stand firm in self.

I stand firm in Heaven and Earth, I stand firm in the sacrifice.

Be gentle to us, O Earth, / thornless and a peaceful resting-place; / bestow upon us broad protection, / lest fear come from a god.

What you, O cattle, meditate upon / with mind and with heart: / with speech of a thousand snares / I bind fast your mind.

May mother consent to you, / father consent, brother consent / born of the same womb, friend consent of the same herd!

Taken is the oblation for the gods!

If the victim has made a bleat / or struck its chest with its feet, / may Agni release me from that fault, / from all distress.

Agni has entered and moves within Agni; / this son of the ṛṣis is the sovereign ruler. / May he, kindly disposed, sacrifice well on our behalf, / as he knows the lineages of the gods.

The pressing-stones in the mortars sound forth together, / making the oblation belonging to the year. / On the Ekāṣṭakā, with good offspring and good heroes, / bringing tribute to you, may we live long!

The step of Iḍā, full of clarified butter, creeping along: / O Jātavedas, receive the oblations! / Whatever domestic cattle there are of every form, / may delight in those seven be mine.

This is indeed she who shone forth of old; / she here moves, having entered into the waters. / The bride has conquered, the first mother, / for all greatnesses are within her.

This is indeed she who first shone forth; / she became an all-formed milch cow. / She who is the consort of the year, / may she be very auspicious for us!

The night which the gods look toward / as toward a milch cow approaching: / rich in milk, may she yield milk for us / year after year.

O night, who are the counter-image of the year, / you whom we worship: / make our offspring free from old age; / endow us with increase of wealth.

May Anumati approve this / sacrifice of ours among the gods; / and may Agni, bearer of oblations, / give delight to us, the worshipper.