ऋतस्य ऋतेनादित्या यजत्रा मुञ्चतेह नः । यज्ञं यद्यज्ञवाहसः शिक्षन्तो नोपशेकिम
By the law of truth, O worshipful Ādityas, release us here; if, in seeking to perform the sacrifice, we have failed in the proper conduct of the rite.
मेदस्वता यजमानाः स्रुचाज्यानि जुह्वतः । अकामा विश्वे वो देवाः शिक्षन्तो नोप शेकिम
The sacrificers, rich in fat, offer ghee with the ladle; unwilling, all you gods, though seeking to perform, we have not succeeded.
यद्विद्वांसो यदविद्वांस एनांसि चकृमा वयम् । यूयं नस्तस्मान् मुञ्चत विश्वे देवाः सजोषसः
Whatever sins we have committed, knowingly or unknowingly, you, all the gods together, release us from that.
यदि जाग्रद्यदि स्वपन्न् एन एनस्योऽकरम् । भूतं मा तस्माद्भव्यं च द्रुपदादिव मुञ्चताम्
Whether awake or asleep, if I have committed this sin, may both past and future release me from it, as the pressing stone releases the stalk.
द्रुपदादिव मुमुचानः स्विन्नः स्नात्वा मलादिव । पूतं पवित्रेणेवाज्यं विश्वे शुम्भन्तु मैनसः
As one released from the pressing stone, as one cleansed after bathing from dirt, as clarified butter purified by the strainer, so may all the gods cleanse me from guilt.
6.116 यद्यामं चक्रुर्निखनन्तो अग्रे कार्षीवणा अन्नविदो न विद्यया । वैवस्वते राजनि तज्जुहोम्यथ यज्ञियं मधुमदस्तु नोऽन्नम्
If, at the beginning, those who knew food but not knowledge made this binding, as the Kārṣīvaṇas did, I offer this to King Vaivasvata; then may our sacrificial food be sweet.
वैवस्वतः कृणवद्भागधेयं मधुभागो मधुना सं सृजाति । मातुर्यदेन इषितं न आगन् यद्वा पिताऽपराद्धो जिहीदे
Vaivasvata apportions the share, he joins the honeyed portion with honey; whatever was desired by the mother did not come, or if the father erred, he withdrew.
यदीदं मातुर्यदि पितुर्नः परि भ्रातुः पुत्राच्चेतस एन आगन् । यावन्तो अस्मान् पितरः सचन्ते तेषां सर्वेषां शिवो अस्तु मन्युः
If this guilt has come to us from our mother, father, brother, or son—however many ancestors are associated with us, may all their intentions be peaceful.
अपमित्यमप्रतीत्तं यदस्मि यमस्य येन बलिना चरामि । इदं तदग्ने अनृणो भवामि त्वं पाशान् विचृतं वेत्थ सर्वान्
Whatever debt I have incurred, unpaid, by which I walk under the power of Yama—by this, O Agni, may I be free from debt; you know all the bonds that are loosened.
इहैव सन्तः प्रति दद्म एनज्जीवा जीवेभ्यो नि हराम एनत्। अपमित्य धान्यं यज्जघसाहमिदं तदग्ने अनृणो भवामि
Here and now, we return this guilt, living among the living we take it away; whatever debt I have incurred by eating another's grain, by this, O Agni, may I be free from debt.
अनृणा अस्मिन्न् अनृणाः परस्मिन् तृतीये लोके अनृणाः स्याम । ये देवयानाः पितृयाणश्च लोकाः सर्वान् पथो अनृणा आ क्षियेम
Free from debt here, free from debt elsewhere, free from debt in the third world may we be; may we dwell, free from debt, in all the paths of the worlds of the gods and ancestors.
यद्धस्ताभ्यां चकृम किल्बिषाण्यक्षाणां गत्नुमुपलिप्समानाः । उग्रंपश्ये उग्रजितौ तदद्याप्सरसावनु दत्तामृणं नः
Whatever sins we have committed with our hands, seeking to win the course of dice—may the fierce Apsaras and Ugrajita today release us from debt.
उग्रंपश्ये राष्ट्रभृत्किल्बिषाणि यदक्षवृत्तमनु दत्तं न एतत्। ऋणान् नो न ऋणमेर्त्समानो यमस्य लोके अधिरज्जुरायत्
The fierce Apsaras, the ruler of the realm, whatever gambling sins have been committed, let them release us from that; let not the debt, nor the debtor, remain in Yama's world.
यस्मा ऋणं यस्य जायामुपैमि यं याचमानो अभ्यैमि देवाः । ते वाचं वादिषुर्मोत्तरां मद्देवपत्नी अप्सरसावधीतम्
From whom I have taken a loan, whose wife I approach, whom I come to as a supplicant—may the gods make their words favorable, and may the Apsaras, wives of the gods, approve.
6.119 यददीव्यन्न् ऋणमहं कृणोम्यदास्यन्न् अग्ने उत संगृणामि । वैश्वानरो नो अधिपा वसिष्ठ उदिन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम्
Whatever debt I incur by gambling or by eating, O Agni, I acknowledge; may Vaiśvānara, our lord, lead us forth to the world of the righteous.
वैश्वानराय प्रति वेदयामि यदि ऋणं संगरो देवतासु । स एतान् पाशान् विचृतं वेद सर्वान् अथ पक्वेन सह सं भवेम
To Vaiśvānara I declare: if there is any debt accumulated among the gods, he knows all the bonds that are loosened; then may we be united with the cooked offering.
वैश्वानरः पविता मा पुनातु यत्संगरमभिधावाम्याशाम् । अनाजानन् मनसा याचमानो यत्तत्रैनो अप तत्सुवामि
May Vaiśvānara, the purifier, cleanse me as I approach the conflict with hope; whatever I have done there unknowingly, asking with my mind, may I expiate that offense.
यदन्तरिक्षं पृथिवीमुत द्यां यन् मातरं पितरं वा जिहिंसिम । अयं तस्माद्गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निरुदिन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम्
Whatever harm we have done to the midspace, to the earth, or to the sky, or to mother or father, may this Gārhapatya fire lead us away from that, guiding us to the world of the righteous.
भूमिर्मातादितिर्नो जनित्रं भ्रातान्तरिक्षमभिशस्त्या नः । द्यौर्नः पिता पित्र्याच्छं भवाति जामिमृत्वा माव पत्सि लोकात्
Earth is our mother, Aditi our birth-giver, the midspace our brother—let no curse befall us; heaven is our father—may the ancestral portion be auspicious; having conquered death, may we not fall from the world.
यत्रा सुहार्दः सुकृतो मदन्ति विहाय रोगं तन्वः स्वायाः । अश्लोना अङ्गैरह्रुताः स्वर्गे तत्र पश्येम पितरौ च पुत्रान्
Where friends of good heart and righteous deeds rejoice, having cast off disease from their own bodies, uninjured in their limbs, unharmed, in that heaven may we see both parents and children.
विषाणा पाशान् वि ष्याध्यस्मद्य उत्तमा अधमा वारुणा ये । दुष्वप्न्यं दुरितं नि ष्वास्मदथ गछेम सुकृतस्य लोकम्
May Varuṇa’s fetters, upper and lower, be loosed from us; drive away evil dreams and misfortune from us, and then may we reach the world of the righteous.
यद्दारुणि बध्यसे यच्च रज्ज्वां यद्भूम्यां बध्यसे यच्च वाचा । अयं तस्माद्गार्हपत्यो नो अग्निरुदिन् नयाति सुकृतस्य लोकम्
Whatever binds you to wood, or with a rope, whatever binds you to the earth, or with words—may this Gārhapatya fire lead us away from that, guiding us to the world of the righteous.
उदगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके । प्रेहामृतस्य यच्छतां प्रैतु बद्धकमोचनम्
May the blessed one rise up in the assembly, bearing the name of the deliverer; let the giver of immortality send forth the release from bondage.
वि जिहीष्व लोकं कृणु बन्धान् मुञ्चासि बद्धकम् । योन्या इव प्रच्युतो गर्भः पथः सर्वामनु क्षिय
Break open, make a path, release the bonds, free the bound one; as an embryo slips from the womb, so may you pass along all the paths.
एतं भागं परि ददामि विद्वान् विश्वकर्मन् प्रथमजा ऋतस्य । अस्माभिर्दत्तं जरसः परस्तादछिन्नं तन्तुमनु सं तरेम
This share I dedicate, O wise Viśvakarman, first-born of truth; what we have given, beyond old age, may we cross over the unbroken thread.
ततं तन्तुमन्वेके तरन्ति येषां दत्तं पित्र्यमायनेन । अबन्ध्वेके ददतः प्रयच्छन्तो दातुं चेच्छिक्षान्त्स स्वर्ग एव
Some cross over the stretched thread, those to whom the ancestral gift has been given; others, unbound, give and bestow—whoever desires to give, may he attain heaven.
अन्वारभेथामनुसंरभेथामेतं लोकं श्रद्दधानाः सचन्ते । यद्वां पक्वं परिविष्टमग्नौ तस्य गुप्तये दम्पती सं श्रयेथाम्
Let them take up, let them strive after, let the faithful join with this world; whatever of yours is cooked and offered in the fire, for its protection may the couple take refuge together.
यज्ञं यन्तं मनसा बृहन्तमन्वारोहामि तपसा सयोनिः । उपहूता अग्ने जरसः परस्तात्तृतीये नाके सधमादं मदेम
With austerity I ascend to the great sacrifice, with mind united; O Agni, called forth, beyond old age, may we rejoice in the third heaven at the shared feast.
शुद्धाः पूता योषितो यज्ञिया इमा ब्रह्मणां हस्तेषु प्रपृथक्सादयामि । यत्काम इदमभिषिञ्चामि वोऽहमिन्द्रो मरुत्वान्त्स ददातु तन् मे
Pure, purified, worthy women—these I seat separately in the hands of the priests; as I anoint you with this for your desire, may Indra with the Maruts grant that to me.
एतं सधस्थाः परि वो ददामि यं शेवधिमावहाज्जातवेदः । अन्वागन्ता यजमानः स्वस्ति तं स्म जानीत परमे व्योमन्
This seat I give to you, O assembled ones, which Jātavedas has brought as a treasure; may the sacrificer follow with well-being—know him in the highest heaven.