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2 They ask of him: not all learn by their questioning what he, the Sage, hath grasped, as 'twere, with his o 3 To him these ladles go, to him these racing mares: he only will give ear to all the words I speak. 4 Whate'er he meets he grasps and then runs farther on, and straightway, newly born,creeps forward with 5 He is a wild thing of the flood and forest: he hath been laid upon the highest surface.

2 Auspicious, with expanded leaves, sent by the Gods, victorious plant, 3 Stronger am 1, O Stronger One, yea, mightier than the mightier; 4 Her very name I utter not: she takes no pleasure in this man. 5 I am the conqueror, and thou, thou also act victorious: 6 I have gained thee for vanquisher, have grasped thee with a stronger spell.