With lowly reverence here I sue;

To each, intent on penance-vow,

O Bráhmans, low my head I bow,

And pray you each with ready heart

In my great rite to bear a part,

That in the body I may rise

And dwell with Gods within the skies.

Sons of my guide, none else I see

Can give what he refuses me.

Ikshváku's children still depend