यथोदकमपपुषोऽपशुष्यत्यास्यम् । एवा नि शुष्य मां कामेनाथो शुष्कास्या चर
Just as, when one drinks water, the mouth does not dry up, so let your desire for me dry up, and with a parched mouth, depart.
यथा नकुलो विछिद्य संदधात्यहिं पुनः । एवा कामस्य विछिन्नं सं धेहि वीर्यावति
As the mongoose, having torn apart the snake, joins it together again, so, O vigorous one, join together what has been separated by desire.
यौ व्याघ्राववरूढौ जिघत्सतः पितरं मातरं च । तौ दन्तं ब्रह्मणस्पते शिवौ कृणु जातवेदः
As two tigers, crouching, hunger for their father and mother, O Brahmanaspati, O Jātavedas, make their teeth auspicious.
व्रीहिमत्तं यवमत्तमथो माषमथो तिलम् । एष वां भागो निहितो रत्नधेयाय दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरं मातरं च
Rice, barley, beans, and sesame—this is your portion set aside for your treasure; let your teeth not harm father or mother.
उपहूतौ सयुजौ स्योनौ दन्तौ सुमङ्गलौ । अन्यत्र वां घोरं तन्वः परैतु दन्तौ मा हिंसिष्टं पितरं मातरं च
Summoned, yoked together, gentle, may your teeth be most auspicious; let any fierceness of your bodies go elsewhere; let your teeth not harm father or mother.
वायुरेनाः समाकरत्त्वष्टा पोषाय ध्रियताम् । इन्द्र आभ्यो अधि ब्रवद्रुद्रो भूम्ने चिकित्सतु
Wind has gathered them, Tvaṣṭṛ holds them for nourishment; Indra speaks over them, Rudra heals for strength.
लोहितेन स्वधितिना मिथुनं कर्णयोः कृधि । अकर्तामश्विना लक्ष्म तदस्तु प्रजया बहु
With the red hatchet, make a pair at the ears; O Aśvins, we have marked this sign—may it be abundant with offspring.
यथा चक्रुर्देवासुरा यथा मनुष्या उत । एवा सहस्रपोषाय कृणुतं लक्ष्माश्विना
As the gods and asuras made, as men also did, so, O Aśvins, make this mark for a thousandfold increase.
उच्छ्रयस्व बहुर्भव स्वेन महसा यव । मृणीहि विश्वा पात्राणि मा त्वा दिव्याशनिर्वधीत्
Rise up, be abundant by your own greatness, O barley; overcome all obstacles, let no heavenly bolt strike you.
आशृण्वन्तं यवं देवं यत्र त्वाच्छावदामसि । तदुच्छ्रयस्व द्यौरिव समुद्र इवैध्यक्षितः
Where we bring you, barley, as a god to be heard, there rise up, like the sky, like the sea, unshaken.
अक्षितास्त उपसदोऽक्षिताः सन्तु राशयः । पृणन्तो अक्षिताः सन्त्वत्तारः सन्त्वक्षिताः
May the threshing floors be unbroken, may the heaps be unbroken; may the granaries be full, may the carriers be unbroken.
धीती वा ये अनयन् वाचो अग्रं मनसा वा येऽवदन्न् ऋतानि । तृतीयेन ब्रह्मणा वावृधानास्तुरीयेणामन्वत नाम धेनोः
Those who led forth the first speech with thought, those who spoke truths with mind, growing with the third utterance, they followed the name of the cow with the fourth.
स वेद पुत्रः पितरं स मातरं स सूनुर्भुवत्स भुवत्पुनर्मघः । स द्यामौर्णोदन्तरिक्षं स्वः स इदं विश्वमभवत्स आभरत्
He knows the father, he the mother, he the son who exists, who becomes again the generous one; he covered the sky, the atmosphere, the sun; he became this whole world, he brought it forth.
अथर्वाणं पितरं देवबन्धुं मातुर्गर्भं पितुरसुं युवानम् । य इमं यज्ञं मनसा चिकेत प्र णो वोचस्तमिहेह ब्रवः
Atharvan, the father, kin of the gods, the mother's womb, the father's breath, the youthful one—he who perceives this sacrifice with mind, to him we speak forth, to him here we declare.
अया विष्ठा जनयन् कर्वराणि स हि घृणिरुरुर्वराय गातुः । स प्रत्युदैद्धरुणं मध्वो अग्रं स्वया तन्वा तन्वमैरयत
With this dung he produces cakes; for he, the shining one, has a wide path for the offering; he approached the reddish honey's front, by his own form he created form.
एकया च दशभिश्च सुहुते द्वाभ्यामिष्टये विंशत्या च । तिसृभिश्च वहसे त्रिंशता च वियुग्भिर्वाय इह ता वि मुञ्च
With one, with ten, well-offered; with two for the desired, with twenty; with three you carry, with thirty; O Wind, release them here in groups.
यज्ञेन यज्ञमयजन्त देवास्तानि धर्माणि प्रथमान्यासन् । ते ह नाकं महिमानः सचन्त यत्र पूर्वे साध्याः सन्ति देवाः
By sacrifice, the gods sacrificed the sacrifice; those were the first laws. They attained the heights of heaven, where the earlier Sādhyas, the gods, are.
यज्ञो बभूव स आ बभूव स प्र जज्ञे स उ वावृधे पुनः । स देवानामधिपतिर्बभूव सो अस्मासु द्रविणमा दधातु
The sacrifice came into being; it grew, it was born, it increased again. It became the lord of the gods; may it place wealth among us.
यद्देवा देवान् हविषाऽयजन्तामर्त्यान् मनसा मर्त्येन । मदेम तत्र परमे व्योमन् पश्येम तदुदितौ सूर्यस्य
When the gods offered oblations to the gods, mortals with their minds, with mortal intent, may we rejoice there in the highest heaven, may we see that at the rising of the sun.
यत्पुरुषेण हविषा यज्ञं देवा अतन्वत । अस्ति नु तस्मादोजीयो यद्विहव्येनेजिरे
With the person and the oblation, the gods extended the sacrifice. Is there anything stronger than that, which they worshipped with the oblation?
मुग्धा देवा उत शुनाऽयजन्तोत गोरङ्गैः पुरुधाऽयजन्त । य इमं यज्ञं मनसा चिकेत प्र णो वोचस्तमिहेह ब्रवः
The gods, unskilled, also sacrificed with dog’s flesh, and with cow’s limbs, in many ways they sacrificed. Whoever understands this sacrifice with the mind, let him speak to us here, let him declare it.
अदितिर्द्यौरदितिरन्तरिक्षमदितिर्माता स पिता स पुत्रः । विश्वे देवा अदितिर्पञ्च जना अदितिर्जातमदितिर्जनित्वम्
Aditi is the sky, Aditi is the atmosphere, Aditi is mother, father, and son. All the gods are Aditi, the five peoples are Aditi, Aditi is birth, Aditi is creation.
महीमू षु मातरं सुव्रतानामृतस्य पत्नीमवसे हवामहे । तुविक्षत्रामजरन्तीमुरूचीं सुशर्माणमदितिं सुप्रणीतिम्
We call upon the great mother of the virtuous, the wife of immortality, for help. Mighty in power, unfading, broad, Aditi, giver of good shelter and excellent guidance.
सुत्रामाणं पृथिवीं द्यामनेहसं सुशर्माणमदितिं सुप्रणीतिम् । दैवीं नावं स्वरित्रामनागसो अस्रवन्तीमा रुहेमा स्वस्तये
May we reach the earth, the sky, free from harm, Aditi, giver of good shelter and excellent guidance, the divine ship, well-constructed, sinless, flowing, for our well-being.
वाजस्य नु प्रसवे मातरं महीमदितिं नाम वचसा करामहे । यस्या उपस्थ उर्वन्तरिक्षं सा नः शर्म त्रिवरूथं नि यच्छात्
At the birth of strength, we make the name of great Aditi, mother, with words. In whose lap lies the wide atmosphere, may she grant us triple-shielded protection.
दितेः पुत्राणामदितेरकारिषमव देवानां बृहतामनर्मणाम् । तेषां हि धाम गभिषक्समुद्रियं नैनान् नमसा परो अस्ति कश्चन
I have acted for the sons of Diti and Aditi, for the gods, for their vast powers. Their abode is deep, oceanic; none is superior to them in reverence.
7.9(7.8) भद्रादधि श्रेयः प्रेहि बृहस्पतिः पुरएता ते अस्तु । अथेममस्या वर आ पृथिव्या आरेशत्रुं कृणुहि सर्ववीरम्
Go forth from good fortune to greater prosperity; may Brihaspati be your leader. Now, from this best region of earth, remove the hostile, make all men your own.
प्रपथे पथामजनिष्ट पूषा प्रपथे दिवः प्रपथे पृथिव्याः । उभे अभि प्रियतमे सधस्थे आ च परा च चरति प्रजानन्
On the broad path, Pūṣan was born; on the path of heaven, on the path of earth. In both beloved abodes, he moves forward and backward, knowing.
पूषेमा आशा अनु वेद सर्वाः सो अस्माँ अभयतमेन नेषत्। स्वस्तिदा आघृणिः सर्ववीरोऽप्रयुच्छन् पुर एतु प्रजानन्
May Pūṣan know all these directions; may he lead us with the greatest fearlessness. Giver of well-being, radiant, all-powerful, unwearied, let him go ahead, knowing.
पूषन् तव व्रते वयं न रिष्येम कदा चन । स्तोतारस्त इह स्मसि
Pūṣan, under your command, may we never suffer harm at any time. We are your singers here.