I know them by their names and their way of living, and it is I who protect his own father from them.
Back, thou Crocodile of the West, who livest on the Setting Stars.([3]) What thou execratest is upon me. Thou hast devoured the head of Osiris, but I am Rā.([4])
Back, thou Crocodile of the East, who livest upon those who devour their own foulness. What thou execratest is upon me. I have come, and I am Osiris.
Back, thou Crocodile of the South, who livest upon impurities. What thou execratest is upon me. Let not the red flame be upon thee. For I am Septu.([5])
Back, thou Crocodile of the North, who livest upon that which lieth between the hours([6]). What thou execratest is upon me. Let not thy fiery water be inflicted upon me. [For I am Tmu.([7])]
All things which exist are in my grasp, and those depend upon me which are not yet.
I am arrayed and equipped with thy Words of Power, O Rā; with that which is above and with that which is below me.
I have received increase of length and depth, and fulness of breathing within the domain of my father, the Great one.
He hath given to me that beautiful Amenta in which the living are destroyed. But strong is its possessor though he faint in it daily.
My face is unveiled, and my heart is in its place.