"Savitar (the Sun God) has revealed eight mountains of the earth, three desert (or shore) regions and seven rivers."

"Let the two heavenly Heralds, first, most wise, most fair, present oblation duly with the sacred verse, Worshipping G…"

"You, oh sacred fire, are the fast living one for living men. The Gods made you as the lord of the peoples of Nahusha.…"

"We set you down, oh sacred fire, at the most holy place on Earth, in the land of Ila, in the clear brightness of the …"

"Parjanya and Vata, bulls of the Earth, you energize the heavenly waters (Purishas) (VI.49.6)."

"Of easy access for the Maruts is the Earth, of easy access is Heaven for their descent, of easy access are the paths …"

"Worship thou Rudra for his great good favour: adore the Asura, God, with salutations."

"The God Rudra is described to have possessed golden hair . . . yet we cannot make a Nordic viking out of him, as he h…"

"To what, Sudas, did you flow along with the rain and the nourishing waters? Come, oh Maruts, from Heaven and from the…"

"Oh skillful Maruts, when through the nights and the days, oh powerful ones, when through the atmosphere and the regio…"