हिरण्यवर्णाः शुचयः पावका यासु जातः सविता यास्वग्निः । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु
Golden-hued, pure, and radiant are those waters in which Savitṛ was born, in which Agni was born; those waters that bear Agni as their embryo, may they be auspicious and gentle for us.
यासां राजा वरुणो याति मध्ये सत्यानृते अवपश्यन् जनानाम् । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु
Among them King Varuṇa moves, discerning truth and falsehood among people; those waters that bear Agni as their embryo, may they be auspicious and gentle for us.
यासां देवा दिवि कृण्वन्ति भक्षं या अन्तरिक्षे बहुधा भवन्ति । या अग्निं गर्भं दधिरे सुवर्णास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु
Those waters in which the gods in heaven make their food, which exist in many forms in the atmosphere; those waters that bear Agni as their embryo, may they be auspicious and gentle for us.
शिवेन मा चक्षुषा पश्यतापः शिवया तन्वोप स्पृशत त्वचं मे । घृतश्चुतः शुचयो याः पावकास्ता न आपः शं स्योना भवन्तु
With auspicious sight may you look upon me, waters; with auspicious touch may you touch my skin. Pure, radiant, and clarified-butter-flowing are those waters; may they be auspicious and gentle for us.
इयं वीरुन् मधुजाता मधुना त्वा खनामसि । मधोरधि प्रजातासि सा नो मधुमतस्कृधि
This is the honey-born Viru; with honey we dig you up. You are born from honey; make us full of honeyed sweetness.
जिह्वाया अग्रे मधु मे जिह्वामूले मधूलकम् । ममेदह क्रतावसो मम चित्तमुपायसि
At the tip of my tongue is honey, at the root of my tongue is honeyed sap. Let my words be pleasing; may you draw my mind to yourself.
मधुमन् मे निक्रमणं मधुमन् मे परायणम् । वाचा वदामि मधुमद्भूयासं मधुसंदृशः
May my approach be honey-sweet, may my departure be honey-sweet. With speech I speak; may I become honey-sweet, one who is seen as honeyed.
मधोरस्मि मधुतरो मदुघान् मधुमत्तरः । मामित्किल त्वं वनाः शाखां मधुमतीमिव
I am of honey, more honeyed than honey, most honeyed among the honeyed. Do not, like a branch heavy with honey, break me off, O forest.
परि त्वा परितत्नुनेक्षुणागामविद्विषे । यथा मां कमिन्यसो यथा मन् नापगा असः
Around you I wrap sweet cane, for the one who comes without hatred. So that women may desire me, so that men may not turn away from me.
यदाबध्नन् दाक्षायणा हिरण्यं शतानीकाय सुमनस्यमानाः । तत्ते बध्नाम्यायुषे वर्चसे बलाय दीर्घायुत्वाय शतशारदाय
When the Daksha-born ones, with joyful minds, bound the gold for the hundredfold-bannered one, I bind this for you—for life, for brilliance, for strength, for long years, for a hundred autumns.
नैनं रक्षांसि न पिशाचाः सहन्ते देवानामोजः प्रथमजं ह्येतत्। यो बिभर्ति दाक्षायणं हिरण्यं स जीवेषु कृणुते दीर्घमायुः
Neither demons nor spirits can withstand this, for it is the first-born might of the gods. Whoever bears the Daksha-born gold, he gains long life among the living.
अपां तेजो ज्योतिरोजो बलं च वनस्पतीनामुत वीर्याणि । इन्द्र इवेन्द्रियाण्यधि धारयामो अस्मिन् तद्दक्षमाणो बिभरद्धिरण्यम्
The radiance, light, vigor, and strength of the plants, and their powers—we place these energies, like Indra his powers, in the one who, with skill, bears this gold.
समानां मासामृतुभिष्ट्वा वयं संवत्सरस्य पयसा पिपर्मि । इन्द्राग्नी विश्वे देवास्तेऽनु मन्यन्तामहृणीयमानाः
Having passed through the months and seasons, I am filled with the essence of the year. Indra, Agni, all the gods—may they approve as I am adorned.