A History of Indian Literature v1.c8.s3.153

v1.c8.s3.153

"Truth, high and potent Law, the Consecrating Rite,
Fervour, Brahma, and Sacrifice uphold the Earth.
May she, the Queen of all that is and is to be, may
Pṛithivī make ample space and room for us. [1]
She who at first was water in the ocean, whom with their wondrous powers the sages followed,
May she whose heart is in the highest heaven, compassed about with truth, and everlasting,
May she, this Earth, bestow upon us lustre, and grant us power in loftiest dominion. [8]
She whom the Aśvins measured out, o'er whom the foot of Viṣṇu strode,
Whom Indra, Lord of Power and Might, freed from all foemen for himself,
May Earth pour out her milk for us, a mother unto me her son. [10]
O Pṛithivī, auspicious be thy woodlands, auspicious be thy hills and snow-clad mountains.
Unslain, unwounded, unsubdued, I have set foot upon the Earth, On Earth, brown, black, ruddy and every-coloured, on the firm earth that Indra guards from danger. [11]