b. I have found thee nearer than the farther, farther than the near.
c. So I welcome thee, that art of Visnu, for the sacrifice to the gods.
d. Let the god Savitr anoint thee with honey.
e. O plant, guard it.
f. O axe, harm it not.
g. With thy top graze not the sky, with thy middle harm not the atmosphere, with earth be united.
h. O tree, grow with a hundred shoots; may we grow with a thousand shoots.
i. Thou, whom this sharp axe hath brought forward for great good fortune, uncut, with wealth of heroes, (give us) riches.