Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

tvam imaa vaaryaa puru divodaasaaya sunvate

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

agnir havyaa suSuudati devo deveSu medhiraH

And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

stotaa yat te anuvrata ukthaany Rtuthaa dadhe

oSadhiir iti maataras tad vo deviir upa bruve

yad ado pito ajagan vivasva parvataanaam

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

ayaM ha yena vaa idaM sva\r marutvataa jitam

The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

vapanti maruto miham pra vepayanti parvataan

But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

pari yo rodasii ubhe sadyo vaajebhir arSati

pavasva vRtrahantamokthebhir anumaadyaH

tuvikuurmim RtiiSaham indra shaviSTha satpate

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

tvam it saprathaa asy agne traatar Rtas kaviH

tvaM soma vipashcitam punaano vaacam iSyasi

tvaM no agna eSaaM gayam puSTiM ca vardhaya

tvaM vasuuni paarthivaa divyaa ca soma puSyasi

shiras tatasyorvaraam aad idam ma upodare