यो अस्य समिधं वेद क्षत्रियेण समाहिताम् । नाभिह्वारे पदं नि दधाति स मृत्यवे
He who knows the kindling of this fire, established with the Kshatriya, and does not set its place at the navel, that one is destined for death.
नैनं घ्नन्ति पर्यायिणो न सन्नामव गच्छति । अग्नेर्यः क्षत्रियो विद्वान् नाम गृह्नाति आयुषे
Those who move around do not harm him, nor does he fall into misfortune; the Kshatriya who, knowing, takes the name of Agni, gains long life.
अस्थाद्द्यौरस्थात्पृथिव्यस्थाद्विश्वमिदं जगत्। आस्थाने पर्वता अस्थु स्थाम्न्यश्वामतिष्ठिपम्
He stood upon the sky, he stood upon the earth, upon this whole world; the mountains stood in their place, the standing horses I set in place.
य उदानत्परायणं य उदानण्न्यायनम् । आवर्तनं निवर्तनं यो गोपा अपि तं हुवे
He who knows the upward path, the departure, he who knows the return and the turning back, who is the protector—I call upon him.
जातवेदो नि वर्तय शतं ते सन्त्वावृतः । सहस्रं त उपावृतस्ताभिर्नः पुनरा कृधि
O Jatavedas, turn back; may a hundred return to you, may a thousand return to you; by these, restore us again.
तेन भूतेन हविषायमा प्यायतां पुनः । जायां यामस्मा आवाक्षुस्तां रसेनाभि वर्धताम्
With that being, with that offering, may you be filled again; may the wife whom we have brought home be increased with essence.
अभि वर्धतां पयसाभि राष्ट्रेण वर्धताम् । रय्या सहस्रवर्चसेमौ स्तामनुपक्षितौ
May she grow with nourishment, may she grow with prosperity; may these two, endowed with wealth and a thousandfold radiance, be unharmed.
त्वष्टा जायामजनयत्त्वष्टास्यै त्वां पतिम् । त्वष्टा सहस्रमायुंषि दीर्घमायुः कृणोतु वाम्
Tvashtar created the wife, Tvashtar made you her husband; may Tvashtar grant you both a thousand years, may he give you long life.
अयं नो नभसस्पतिः संस्फानो अभि रक्षतु । असमातिं गृहेषु नः
May this Lord of the Cloud, the mighty one, protect us, guarding us from discord in our homes.
त्वं नो नभसस्पते ऊर्जं गृहेसु धारय । आ पुष्टमेत्वा वसु
You, Lord of the Cloud, sustain strength in our homes; may you bring us abundance and wealth.
देव संस्फान सहस्रापोषस्येशिषे । तस्य नो रास्व तस्य नो धेहि तस्य ते भक्तिवांसः स्याम
O god of resounding might, lord of a thousand prosperities, you are the ruler; grant us a share of that, bestow that upon us, and may we be devoted to you.
अन्तरिक्षेण पतति विश्वा भूतावचाकशत्। शुनो दिव्यस्य यन् महस्तेना ते हविषा विधेम
He flies through the midspace, proclaiming all beings; to you, O divine one, for that great power, we offer this oblation.
ये त्रयः कालकाञ्जा दिवि देवा इव श्रिताः । तान्त्सर्वान् अह्व ऊतयेऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये
Those three dark ones, stationed in the sky like gods— I call upon all of them for aid, for our unharmed protection.
अप्सु ते जन्म दिवि ते सधस्थं समुद्रे अन्तर्महिमा ते पृथिव्याम् । शुनो दिव्यस्य यन् महस्तेना ते हविषा विधेम
Your birth is in the waters, your seat is in the sky, your greatness is within the ocean, and upon the earth; to you, O divine one, for that great power, we offer this oblation.
यन्तासि यच्छसे हस्तावप रक्षांसि सेधसि । प्रजां धनं च गृह्णानः परिहस्तो अभूदयम्
You are the restrainer, you hold back with your hands, you drive away the demons; taking hold of offspring and wealth, the restraining hand has arisen.
परिहस्त वि धारय योनिं गर्भाय धातवे । मर्यादे पुत्रमा धेहि तं त्वमा गमयागमे
O restraining hand, hold firm the womb for the bearing of offspring; place the son within the boundary, and bring him forth to us again and again.
यं परिहस्तमबिभरदितिः पुत्रकाम्या । त्वष्टा तमस्या आ बध्नाद्यथा पुत्रं जनाद्
That restraining hand which Aditi bore, desiring a son— Tvaṣṭṛ fastened it upon her, as one would bind a son to be born.
आगच्छत आगतस्य नाम गृह्णाम्यायतः । इन्द्रस्य वृत्रघ्नो वन्वे वासवस्य शतक्रतोः
Come, I accept the name of the one who has come, who approaches; I seek the favor of Indra, the slayer of Vṛtra, of Vāsava, the wielder of a hundred powers.
येन सूर्यां सावित्रीमश्विनोहतुः पथा । तेन मामब्रवीद्भगो जायामा वहतादिति
By that path by which Sāvitrī led the Sun, and the Aśvins led the way— by that, Bhaga spoke to me: 'Carry off a wife.'
यस्तेऽङ्कुशो वसुदानो बृहन्न् इन्द्र हिरण्ययः । तेना जनीयते जायां मह्यं धेहि शचीपते
That goad of yours, O Indra, bestower of wealth, great and golden— by that, may a wife be obtained; grant her to me, O lord of strength.
अपचितः प्र पतत सुपर्णो वसतेरिव । सूर्यः कृणोतु भेषजं चन्द्रमा वोऽपोच्छतु
Let the disease fall away, cast off like a bird from its nest; may the Sun bring healing, may the Moon draw out your affliction.
एन्येका श्येन्येका कृष्णैका रोहिणी द्वे । सर्वासामग्रभं नामावीरघ्नीरपेतन
One is pale, one is dark, one is red, two are roan; I call upon the name of all these, O destroyers of men, depart!
असूतिका रामायण्यपचित्प्र पतिष्यति । ग्लौरितः प्र पतिष्यति स गलुन्तो नशिष्यति
The woman in labor, the one afflicted, will cast off the disease; the one with a swollen throat will cast it off, and the one with a goiter will be healed.
वीहि स्वामाहुतिं जुषाणो मनसा स्वाहा मनसा यदिदं जुहोमि
Accept this offering of mine, with mind intent, with svāhā; with mind intent I make this oblation.
यस्यास्त आसनि घोरे जुहोम्येषां बद्धानामवसर्जनाय कम् । भूमिरिति त्वाभिप्रमन्वते जना निर्ऋतिरिति त्वाहं परि वेद सर्वतः
For whom there is a seat in terror, I offer this for the release of those bound; people address you as Earth, but I know you all around as Nirṛti.
भूते हविष्मती भवैष ते भागो यो अस्मासु । मुञ्चेमान् अमून् एनसः स्वाहा
Become possessed of oblation among beings; this is your share among us— release these here from sin, svāhā.
एवो ष्वस्मन् निर्ऋतेऽनेहा त्वमयस्मयान् वि चृता बन्धपाशान् । यमो मह्यं पुनरित्त्वां ददाति तस्मै यमाय नमो अस्तु मृत्यवे
Thus, O Nirṛti, be free from sin for us; break apart the iron bonds; Yama gives you back to me again— to that Yama, to Death, be homage.
अयस्मये द्रुपदे बेधिष इहाभिहितो मृत्युभिर्ये सहस्रम् । यमेन त्वं पितृभिः संविदान उत्तमं नाकमधि रोहयेमम्
O iron one, O wooden one, O one pierced, here named among deaths by the thousand— with Yama and the ancestors, may you ascend to the highest heaven.
वरणो वारयाता अयं देवो वनस्पतिः । यक्ष्मो यो अस्मिन्न् आविष्टस्तमु देवा अवीवरन्
This Varana tree, the divine Lord of the forest, wards off; whatever illness has entered into this one, the gods have driven it away.
इन्द्रस्य वचसा वयं मित्रस्य वरुणस्य च । देवानां सर्वेषां वाचा यक्ष्मं ते वारयामहे
By the command of Indra, of Mitra, and of Varuna, and by the word of all the gods, we ward off illness from you.